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A.I. Came for Our Jobs, Our Art, and Our Souls. Now It's Coming for Our Birds.
A.I. Came for Our Jobs, Our Art, and Our Souls. Now Its Coming for Our Birds.Photos of A.I.generated birds like the Santa cardinal are all over the internet and social media.
BY NICHOLAS LUND
DEC 28, 202312:00 PM
(Slate) Last week, a friend tagged me in a post about a weird bird. Im used to itas a known bird guy, friends are constantly making me aware when some new study comes out or a rare bird shows up. But this post was different.
From a Facebook page called Route 370Newfoundland News & Weather, the post had what appeared to be a photo of a red-and-white bird perched on a snowy branch. The text read: A rare Red and White cardinal in its festive colors makes an appearance in Canada. Its unusual look is caused by Gynandromorphy.
Ive seen northern cardinals with gynandromorphism (meaning that an individual exhibits characteristics of both sexes), and they dont have any of the same colors as the Facebook Santa cardinal bird. It also had a thin, yellow bill like a chicken instead of the thick, orange bill of our northern cardinala trait that gynandromorphism wouldnt alter. This wasnt a cardinal, clearly, but what was it?
Reverse image search was no help, but when I looked closer, the answer was obvious. The bird appeared to have three feet, and the end of its tail was somehow covered in snow. This wasnt a real photo at allit was a photorealistic fantasy created by A.I. Ugh. ..........(more)
https://slate.com/technology/2023/12/ai-generated-birds-santa-cardinal.html
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A.I. Came for Our Jobs, Our Art, and Our Souls. Now It's Coming for Our Birds. (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2023
OP
It is truly a shame that we cannot trust anything we see or read any longer.
Ferrets are Cool
Dec 2023
#4
CrispyQ
(37,926 posts)1. The baby peacock in full colors was the one I LOLd at most. -nt
mopinko
(71,522 posts)3. yeah, i saw that 1. have to admit, it was adorable.
mopinko
(71,522 posts)2. i've been ranting on my friends on fb about this crap.
folks do seem to b getting better at spotting bad ai. but i suspect that only leads to better ai. or at least better after processing to hide it.
ive seen a few imaginary birds. this 1 is the most plausible.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,696 posts)4. It is truly a shame that we cannot trust anything we see or read any longer.
eppur_se_muova
(37,225 posts)5. Next: Legal contracts generated and interpreted by AI programs.
If you think it's not happening already, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
Wingus Dingus
(8,292 posts)6. I saw that stupid photo--doesn't look like a cardinal. Looked fake.