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Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

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Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#41

It is the same people that exercise no discernment when sharing fake news that share these obviously fake AI images. I’ve been seeing it for most of this year and it is concerning that people can’t spot obvious fakes at current AI tech levels.

It’s classical Nigerian prince audience. The stories are crafted that way, the audience does not see obvious warn signs. When for other people first sentence with intentional mistake is a red light.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#42
post #11

Facebook has become a cesspool of clickbaits. Less that 1/3 of my feed is people I know (most of which quitted posting anything years ago) or groups I subscribed to - the rest is literally spam, as in meat that's been ground finely and repackaged in a thousands ways. The result is a general sense of nausea.

Whenever I'm told about the impressive work people are doing at their FAANG dev job, I always wonder what they mean. Because the product I see is not particularly appealing (I suppose I am the product though). They did at least switch from showing me political rage bait to women whose nipples I can clearly see through their clothing, which is indeed more pleasing to me, but not what I go to Facebook for, and eventually drove me off.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#43
post #2

While this may be a particularly dangerous way of thinking[1], it might be good that everything on the internet is becoming obviously fake, AI-generated junk. So that peoples attitude toward things that are real or borderline but are manipulated by bad actors, whatever their motivations may be, also lose some of their influence over the public. And (hopefully) the public becomes more skeptical about everything on the…

Not every equilibrium is a good equilibrium.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#44
post #33

And 100% of my YouTube ads are scams the last few weeks, many with deepfake fuckery going on. This whole side of the Web needs to be put down. The algo-feed ad-clearinghouse side. It’s a cesspit.

Most of the facebook ads shown to me for the last few years were scams of varying sorts.

Ranging from fast fashion sites "going out of business" (whose domain was registered within the last 90 days) to kickstarter campaigns for cloned products to drop-shipped products with slick videos whose discount price is 3x what it costs for the same on Amazon...

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similarly T-Mobile doesn't give a shit if I send my friends and family text messages full of lies

T-Mobile also doesn’t send your texts to millions of people based on the engagement they generate.

yet

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#46
post #11

Facebook has become a cesspool of clickbaits. Less that 1/3 of my feed is people I know (most of which quitted posting anything years ago) or groups I subscribed to - the rest is literally spam, as in meat that's been ground finely and repackaged in a thousands ways. The result is a general sense of nausea.

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Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#47
post #11

Facebook has become a cesspool of clickbaits. Less that 1/3 of my feed is people I know (most of which quitted posting anything years ago) or groups I subscribed to - the rest is literally spam, as in meat that's been ground finely and repackaged in a thousands ways. The result is a general sense of nausea.

I have no idea why or how, but lately FB has been showing me a ton of really interesting "suggested for you" content that actually gets me sucked in. Stuff like clips from nature docs, min-docs on extinct megafauna, time-lapse building a cabin in the woods, etc.

I feel like I must be part of some pilot program to actually show people stuff they want to see. I'm sure it won't be deemed profitable enough.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#48
post #27

I wonder if we will get to a point where the web is so saturated with this junk that the web itself starts to lose its luster. If AI can dream up a million impressive wood carvings, it seems like the real carving I saw in person is the only one that is actually interesting.

Perhaps the real wood carving is also no longer interesting, because you already saw so many (fake ones) before.

At that point, the process is the interesting thing. Instead of an AI generating "cool" shapes and delicate carvings, a real person had to painstakingly carve out each tiny channel in the wood - a combination of art, skill, and patience. I can come watch them work each day until I see the transformation of a single block of wood into something functional or beautiful (or both!)

On the other hand I might be able to print out a copy of the AI generated one, hang it at my desk, and enjoy looking at it a few times before it becomes part of the background of my disposable life.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#49
post #2

While this may be a particularly dangerous way of thinking[1], it might be good that everything on the internet is becoming obviously fake, AI-generated junk. So that peoples attitude toward things that are real or borderline but are manipulated by bad actors, whatever their motivations may be, also lose some of their influence over the public. And (hopefully) the public becomes more skeptical about everything on the…

Sure, but the flip-side is that the truth becomes harder to ferret out as well.

Truth is whatever advertisers pay for it to be
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