(August 14, 2024 at 11:22 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:(August 14, 2024 at 11:14 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: All fine and well until you consider how many people don't question what they see ... sonny boy. Don't get defensive. Read what was written.
Ah, photo manipulation existed way before computers.
That's actually not the most dangerous part of AI, in my opinion. The photos, as I've pointed pointed out here and elsewhere, are visibly wrong to anyone paying attention. But when written disinformation is automated -- when Trump can only spin five or six lies a day, but servers can throw out dozens, with faked pics simple enough to fool the masses -- yeah, you might have a problem.
And it won't get any better, as the tech improves and detectability declines.