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The recent wave of pope-related AI images, and the accompanying hot takes about whether or not we've now finally left an era of »visual truth« made me think about the relationship between two modes of online image interpretation: #WildForensis and #InstantMemeification 1/9 Midjourney-generated image, prompt: Pope Francis forensicall
Popular versions of image forensics have been a staple of social media for some time: People just love to speculate about whether or not a widely shared image has been manipulated, and to look for hidden clues of tampering. That’s what I call #WildForensis
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AI images in their current form are a perfect object of such #WildForensis: Clues that an image was generated are now often so subtle that they're only visible at second glance. But you still don't need any technical skills to find them, they are usually hidden in plain sight
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