I just looked for ai slop on the internet and some videos are very realistic, so realistic it makes me doubt my ability to discern what’s real from what’s created to play with my emotions and generate money for the creator or advance an agenda.
I’m in my 40s. Video sites are full of what I assume overconfident people younger than me with comments like how boomers would believe any of these videos. I’m not that old myself yet but this stuff is scary. It can be used to denigrate a politician, to demonize or ridicule minorities, to share misinformation, to make porn using the face of somebody who rejected a disgruntled man…
It’s also very sad society actually wants this. It shows lots of people are actually very gullible and stupid.
A better question would be, how do I avoid being gullible with images and video so realistic? Because the more technology advances the worse it’s going to get.
Perfect framing is often a giveaway. Most people’s phone footage wobbles and moves around. Background object permanence is another thing to look out for
The Corridor Crew have done a couple of videos where they explain a lot of the things to look for and the reason AI finds it hard. Some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4TXO4kQwSQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hI9T4jnrSI
Was about to recommend Corridor’s videos! They are really comprehensive and easy to follow.