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One phenomenon I’ve seen several times during recent conflicts is people swearing blind that an image must be fake, and even insisting some vague shadow is a si
by thom 3y ago
One phenomenon I’ve seen several times during recent conflicts is people swearing blind that an image must be fake, and even insisting some vague shadow is a sixth finger proving their point, even when the photo later proves to have pretty reliable provenance. It’s a reasonable immune response and maybe we’ll all end up there but it seems just as worrying and tragic as fake images themselves.
- 15457345234 3y agoIt's not worrying and tragic, it's entirely logical. The news media have utterly debased themselves recently by publishing ridiculous levels of gaslighting and fake news. When you see _anything_ on the internet these days your first instinct should be to ask 'did any of this actually happen?'
- rany_ 3y agoBefore AI fakes, people used to claim that images and videos are photoshopped and CGI. Nothing has changed, only the bar for entry is lower.