3 ms·

> You don't need to have that anymore. Anyone can do anything on any scale. I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and no

> You don't need to have that anymore. Anyone can do anything on any scale. I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. And if you think being 99% there means we're very close to 100% just remember how long it's taken self driving cars to close the gap (we actually don't know how long since they still haven't succeeded in this).

pretendscholar 4y ago
>I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. Would you know if you had?
gpm 4y ago
> I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. Man, am I a good photographer or what https://imgur.com/mUoY4b1 https://imgur.com/mUoY4b1 I mean, probably if you're familiar enough with squirrels something gives it away, but I'm not.
- gpm 4y ago
  That said, I do think it does better with less realistic images right now, like https://imgur.com/mcJsg0n https://imgur.com/mcJsg0n and https://imgur.com/41eENUO https://imgur.com/41eENUO It also took a number of much worse images to get those ones.
  - borski 4y ago
    Okay, but Imgur marked that second one as erotic, so for every two steps forward… haha
    - gpm 4y ago
      Lol, it didn't tell me that. In case anyone is worried, it isn't remotely erotic or otherwise nsfw.
- butwhywhyoh 4y ago
  You're right. I guess if you can't tell the difference, that means everyone who claims to be able to tell the difference is lying! I'm not particularly familiar with squirrels and something about that "photo" looks very off. If you showed it to me in a vacuum I'd just assume someone was trying to make a highly stylized version of something they had a photo reference for, but under no circumstances would I believe that's a real photo.
  - gpm 4y ago
    I'm not accusing anyone of lying, I'm suggesting that they might not have fully seen what this technology is capable of yet. I'm sure that I haven't. The whole point of the post we are discussing this under is the rate of progress in the space.
simonw 4y ago
> I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. Three months ago I'd probably have agreed with you. Things have changed.

pretendscholar 4y ago

>I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. Would you know if you had?

gpm 4y ago

> I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. Man, am I a good photographer or what https://imgur.com/mUoY4b1 https://imgur.com/mUoY4b1 I mean, probably if you're familiar enough with squirrels something gives it away, but I'm not.

gpm 4y ago
That said, I do think it does better with less realistic images right now, like https://imgur.com/mcJsg0n https://imgur.com/mcJsg0n and https://imgur.com/41eENUO https://imgur.com/41eENUO It also took a number of much worse images to get those ones.
- borski 4y ago
  Okay, but Imgur marked that second one as erotic, so for every two steps forward… haha
  - gpm 4y ago
    Lol, it didn't tell me that. In case anyone is worried, it isn't remotely erotic or otherwise nsfw.
butwhywhyoh 4y ago
You're right. I guess if you can't tell the difference, that means everyone who claims to be able to tell the difference is lying! I'm not particularly familiar with squirrels and something about that "photo" looks very off. If you showed it to me in a vacuum I'd just assume someone was trying to make a highly stylized version of something they had a photo reference for, but under no circumstances would I believe that's a real photo.
- gpm 4y ago
  I'm not accusing anyone of lying, I'm suggesting that they might not have fully seen what this technology is capable of yet. I'm sure that I haven't. The whole point of the post we are discussing this under is the rate of progress in the space.

simonw 4y ago

> I have yet to see an example of "Synthetic AI media" that was both realistic and not immediately recognizable as being synthetically generated. Three months ago I'd probably have agreed with you. Things have changed.