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by: sobriquet - Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:41 UTC

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by: Bill W - Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:43 UTC

On Apr 18, 2023, sobriquet wrote
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> https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65296763
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> Who can tell what is real or fake these days? Probably only superhuman AI.
>
> https://i.imgur.com/6qL2dQa.jpg
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> https://i.imgur.com/igFRzBN.jpg
>
> https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/

It doesn’t seem possible that anyone could think that photo was real,
especially when the subject of AI was already floating around. Looking at it
made my brain hurt.

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by: geoff - Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:19 UTC

On 19/04/2023 9:43 am, Bill W wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2023, sobriquet wrote
> (in article<c7a6e2d6-a514-4b3d-8d58-d2274309d6efn@googlegroups.com>):
>
>>
>> https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65296763
>>
>> Who can tell what is real or fake these days? Probably only superhuman AI.
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/6qL2dQa.jpg
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/igFRzBN.jpg
>>
>> https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/
>
> It doesn’t seem possible that anyone could think that photo was real,
> especially when the subject of AI was already floating around. Looking at it
> made my brain hurt.
>

Yes, a bit freaky and disturbing to me.

geoff

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by: Whisky-dave - Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:59 UTC

On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 22:44:01 UTC+1, Bill W wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2023, sobriquet wrote
> (in article<c7a6e2d6-a514-4b3d...@googlegroups.com>):
> >
> > https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65296763
> >
> > Who can tell what is real or fake these days? Probably only superhuman AI.
> >
> > https://i.imgur.com/6qL2dQa.jpg
> >
> > https://i.imgur.com/igFRzBN.jpg
> >
> > https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/
> It doesn’t seem possible that anyone could think that photo was real,

Does it matter, I didn't think the 'photo' was very good anyway even if it was real
whatever that is meant to mean.

> especially when the subject of AI was already floating around. Looking at it
> made my brain hurt.

Now AI can create what people call art, it's a new problem.

Sentient plasmoids are a gas.

tech / rec.photo.digital / AI photomimicry

Subject	Author
AI photomimicry	sobriquet
AI photomimicry	Bill W
AI photomimicry	geoff
AI photomimicry	Whisky-dave