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How to tell if an image is AI-generated | Malwarebytes (www.malwarebytes.com)

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Spotting a fake used to mean spotting edits, such as a repeating background, a shadow in the wrong place, or artefacts around a pasted-in object. That worked because manipulated images usually started with a real photo, leaving clues behind.

AI-generated images are different. They’re created from scratch, with no original image underneath, so those kinds of editing mistakes often don’t exist.

Even this is out-of-date, thanks to edit-models. This is why 'replace her clothes with a micro-bikini' is a problem. The model also doesn't clone-tool from nearby in the same image, like us Photoshop Phriday veterans. They're fully capable of generating an image from scratch, but replace just enough to blend into a given photo.

An image used to be reasonable proof that something happened.

Ehhhh.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ehhhh.

Yeah, photos haven't been reliable for 20-25 years. Hell, people fake Twitter posts as YouTube thumbnails all the time.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

The invention of photography just barely predates the first photographic hoaxes.

I keep coming back to Death of a Fantastic Machine.