Comment by blackbear_
7 days ago
The ease of cheating/creating fakes surely influences how much cheating/fakes are in circulation, and while we can tolerate a little, excessive amounts will be disruptive. So many technologies moved from obscure curiosities to mass adoption just because somebody made them easier/cheaper to use.
If at some point the cheats/fakes will be cheaper and easier than the real thing, you can bet that will be a fundamental shift in how we approach the world.
> If at some point the cheats/fakes will be cheaper and easier than the real thing
Is there any evidence this is going to ever happen? The evidence I see points in opposite direction - everyone has so many sensors and data being recorded about the real world that it is actually harder to fake things.
For example, there used to be a widespread belief in aliens and animal cryptids in the 70s. Today, less so, because people capture everyday reality on much bigger scale than they used to.
>there used to be a widespread belief in aliens and animal cryptids in the 70s. Today, less so
I looked it up and belief in aliens has actually been slowly creeping up since the 70's where it hovered around 29%. The belief spiked in the late 90's and is now around 40%. My guess is the internet played a role.
It's not only the excess, it's the ease of access. Kids can produce lewd pics of class mates, and make their lives hell. This technology is fundamentally evil.
I know it's not the same - but I remember the "bubbling" phase a few years back. It was a bit messy and fortunately faded away pretty quick
This argument is repeated relatively often but I can't take it seriously. Just how???
With as easy and widespread it is I wonder how long before the general assumption will be that nude pics and videos are fakes and will loose its power. It will be just another ai porn on the mountain of other shitty ai porn.
While I agree that the default assumption might be that any given nude is actually a fake, I’m curious if it’ll lose any power over someone. If someone generates an incredible AI image of a lightning strike, I don’t care that it’s fake. It’s beautiful and I want to stare at it. I’m going to share it with my friends.
I fear the same would be true for high-quality (real or otherwise) nude images and I’d wager this would still draw unwanted attention towards the subject. Hopefully there wouldn’t be negative consequences from employers and schools since the assumption is the image was fake.