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Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)

submitted 2 years ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Imagine an image like Tank Man, or the running Vietnamese girl with napalm burns on her skin, but AI generated at the right moment.
It could change the course of nations.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As lies always could.

There were no WMDs in Iraq.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

Sure, but now you can make a video of Saddam giving a tour of a nuclear enrichment facility.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Sure, but now you'll be able to sway all those people who were on the fence about believing the lie until they see the "evidence"

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's already happening to some extent (I think still a small extent). I'm reminded of this Ryan Long video making fun of people who follow wars on Twitter. I can say the people who he's making fun of are definitely real: I've met some of them. Their idea of figuring out a war or figuring out which side to support basically comes down to finding pictures of dead babies.

At 1:02 he specifically mentions people using AI for these images, which has definitely been cropping up here and there in Twitter discussions around Israel-Palestine.

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I'm reminded of this Ryan Long video making fun of people who follow wars on Twitter

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[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

And it almost certainly will. Perhaps has already.