Damn, seeing all those AI generated images being taken at face value just makes me lose my faith in humanity.
I wonder how many of the comments / other interactions are also falsely generated.
I assume the vast majority.
These pictures remind me of YouTube thumbnails with fhe style of over emphasized visuals and it makes me wonder if people got accustomed to that style and that makes it easier to pass the BS test.
The one thing I’m holding out hope for is that things like this won’t lead a significant number new people into getting duped.
There’s a certain portion of the population that seems to question nothing and got duped long ago by all of those “every immigrant is a rapist and murder”-type Facebook posts with links to totallyrealnews.com. That segment of idiots remains unchanged. They will believe any wild claim and never fact check as long as the misinformation fits their world view.
The question is, how many people who aren’t already lost see these low-effort AI posts and take them at face value?
Disclaimer: I say this knowing full well that well that better quality and more subtle misinformation is also possible with AI, but this ain’t it.
- Lower the average IQ of Americans
- Start generating AI generated propaganda that would be easy to decipher normally
- ???
- profit
I’m glad that “AI slop” is becoming a common term. Of course, I’d be even more glad if it wasn’t necessary in the first place, but I’ll take what I can get.
Viral is no longer a strong enough adjective for headline editors, we now have MEGAVIRAL.
I wish this AI generated image would go megaviral
Next up, ULTRAVIRAL.
FREEDOM IS DEAD
DISINFORMATION IS FUEL
FACEBOOK IS FULL
M-M-M-MONSTERVIRAL
It’s like the seasons in Texas. You have summer, MEGASUMMER, still summer, mostly summer but with rain.
Megaviral… sounds like idiocracy…
Elon ruined Twitter when it was pretty alright. I doubt theres anything he can do for a nation except leach tax payer dollars like he already does.
I never tweeted myself but I liked to follow a couple of local news outlets and out local government agencies for public notices and emergencies. I gave up when stuff from Elon and a bunch of right wing stuff populated my feed. I rarely saw anything of interest. I started using Facebook for that. At least the local stuff pops up in addition to the crazy stuff.
Well at least using Facebook (for now) doesnt come with a side of NASA defunding.
I have a question about this and I hope I’m able to ask it correctly the way it’s sitting in my head.
I know throughout history there have been strongmen who come to power, promise the world, and don’t deliver.
I also know about propaganda and its role in the above scenario.
My question is - if these images are seen by enough people who truly believe what they say - and they’re poor, maybe older, not in a great place overall, etc, and they voted Trump because they believe this…shit….what happens when they don’t deliver?
If they’re expecting homes and help and a magic, simple solution to all of their problems that never delivers, what happens not only to them psychologically, but also what bigger impact will their reactions have on the country as a whole?
In the US, I’m not so optimistic we’ll have that moment given the past 8 or so years. There will never be a realization that the Emperor has no clothes but the help will still never arrive. How long can that be sustained, and what happens when it can’t?
I hope that made sense and I apologize if it doesn’t.
what happens when they don’t deliver?
It will be the fault of The Other. The Other is evil. The Other is ruthless. The Other is mixing drag queen and trans DNA in your child’s classroom using your fine silver and selling it to power the space lasers. Lies are the gift that keeps on giving.
