Look at the fingers. You always have to look at the fingers

A viral photo of a guy smoking in McDonald’s is completely fake — and of course made by AI::Look at the fingers. You always have to look at the fingers

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    47·
    9 months ago

    I guess nobody much tried to see if it was fake or not because it was mundane enough to not matter and believable enough because there was a million people like this guy smoking in McDonald’s in the 80’s. My great grandma was a chain smoker. Literally all the time. I remembe going to McDonald’s for lunch in the 80’s and sitting there eating while she chews and smokes at the same time.

    So there was no reason to suspect or care about it being a real pic.

    • alive_posted115@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      9 months ago

      Looking at the photo knowing it is AI generated, I can definitely see all of the imperfections, however for someone who is just scrolling looking at stuff and not really paying attention, it’s easily passable. And I think that’s a huge problem, especially with Sora being a thing, you won’t be able to believe anything you see on the internet ever again.

      I’d even take it further and I’d bet that there are going to be movies made in the future that will brag about how they didn’t use AI in the production. This shit is wild

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        It’s a nail in the coffin to know the world wide webs golden age won’t have a resurgence and that you’ll no longer be able to believe or trust anything you watch, read, or hear, pretty soon.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          People lied on the internet before generative AI. Now they’ll just lie with pictures but the lying will continue