The internet is flooded with AI-generated photos and they're getting harder to spot

Most of the time AI is used for click-farming, but lately images have been used in fake news stories and product scams

So let's review some tips for spotting AI images! 🧵(1/5) If you're not sure about an image, right-click and open it in a new window

Zoom in and take the time to look at details

Sometimes mistakes are obvious, like extra fingers or hands (2/5)

A.I. photos are flooding social media and contributing to an Internet where we can't believe what we see.

Spotting A.I. 📷s is an important media literacy skill.

It takes a few seconds to spot a fake and stop the spread of disinformation. Let's learn how! 🧵(1/5) It may help to right click + open image in new tab to zoom in.

Check any text first. For now, A.I. struggles w/ spelling and alphabets. Sometimes it even puts fake watermarks!

Check for warping in the shape of finely outlined/framed objects, like chairs and lightbulbs. /2

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'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

You can write an entire wizard school YA novel using only Scottish wildflowers.

Don't believe me? HERE COMES A THREAD! (1/??)

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They have a great destiny prophecized at birth, which is a threat to a MALEVOLENT MAGICAL VILLAIN!

Take your pick of: Charlock, Red Bartsia, Black Medick, or Hemlock!

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I, for one, would like to thank the Queen for making her royal address and providing the nation with something it sorely needs right now...

The perfect Photoshop bait... Mood: