• coyootje@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    That’s assuming people can even tell. It’s at the point now where a lot of people are starting to struggle.

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      Even if people couldn’t tell, when it comes out that a purportedly real photo is AI, it still can greatly undermine a point.

      Fine if the photo is obviously AI as an obviously fake over the top satire, but other than that, particularly when there’s just a huge library of real photos, don’t resort to AI fakes.

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        18 hours ago

        when it comes out that a purportedly real photo is AI, it still can greatly undermine a point.

        You’re stuck in the old way of thinking, when facts and reality mattered. The only thing that matters now are feelings, specifically outrage, or smug superiority.

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        20 hours ago

        Does it really matter?

        Musk just killed the US budget bill with a bunch of tweets that were explicit lies, and people lapped them up. Bizarre, obvious AI slop gets tons of engagement on Facebook.

        And there are zero consequences.

        Trump and Musk embraced a post truth world, so maybe it’s time for their opposition to stop pretending like America can (as a whole) think critically and fight fire with fire. Maybe it will accelerate the fall of the platforms that enable them.