Damn, seeing all those AI generated images being taken at face value just makes me lose my faith in humanity.
Given that Facebook’s primary userbase at this point is made up of middle-aged/elderly folk, it isn’t all that surprising to see so much of this slop taken at face value tbh. Still disheartening, though.
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.
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.
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.
Can’t wait for him to try and bully some of the big suppliers. What … you want how much money for a prototype… That will work wonders for the quality.
Maybe defense corporations will start selling devices with paywalled options or subscription.
The problem isn’t just that people are making AI slop: It’s also a problem that Zuck has seen the engagement that this trash generates and realized that it’s good for Meta’s metrics. They’re never going to do anything to stop it if the alternative is that investors might realize that Facebook is a rotten log.
Somehow the ai made his face more uncomfortable to look at
