I spy, with my little eye, a photo that was faked by an AI image generator!
Can you spot the clues?
Facebook is turning into a parade of fake AI images churned out by click-farming pages. More misinformation is on the way.
Learn some tricks for spotting AI photos! 🧵
If you think in image looks a little funny or "too good to be true," open it in a new tab.
I've included the original image so you can practice before I reveal the AI tells that I found.
Always start by checking text. Old AI generators botch it every time.
New AI models are better, but some models still make mistakes, some AI users don't bother checking, and many old AI photos are still going viral, so it's always worth a check.
Being able to spot fake images is becoming an essential skill in social media literacy.
This AI-faked image got 90,000 likes/shares in 2 days. The algorithm rewards pages that flood the internet with rapidly generated AI content.
Here are some tips for spotting AI 📷! 🧵(1/4)
AI has trouble with rendering straight symmetrical lines, complex symmetrical patterns, and continuous objects across window panes. (2/4)
It also doesn't actually "think" about the logic of the scene. Note there are only 3 knobs for 4 burners + 2 ovens, zero outlets, floating objects, and no transition between wallpaper and tile. (3/4)
It's terrifying that the architects of the digital world—the people/algorithms shaping what we see, who we interact with, what version of news we get, how we feel—are not optimizing the world for truth or joy or meaning or connection
They're optimizing for ad space/data access
That's why everything is "content" now
All complexities of the human experience: art, ideas, performance, human interaction, personality, influence: put it through the meat grinder of social media and you get Content™: the food source for a machine that eats time and attention
As a design concept, infinite scroll is clearly optimized to give nutritional volume to the machine
Infinite scroll is not good for any human
It's the seawater of human sustenance
But selling water that makes people thirsty is a great business model for a robot