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Comment by Cyan488

6 hours ago

We've definitely passed the point where discerning between real and AI images is impossible, even for a very detail-oriented eye.

It's not really a new problem though, as image forgery was a thing ages ago; if there weren't laws or measures taken against photoshopped images or instagram filters or faceapp things then, why would there be laws or measures taken against AI generated images now?

Granted, a nontrivial difference is that the barrier to entry is lower; photo editing is something that requires active effort and learning.

  • Absolutism isn’t very useful. Scale and magnitude always need to be considered. “I can buy plates with uranium in them, why can’t I enrich it at scale for my own personal use???” “Humans have been hunting for thousands of years. Why can’t i deploy automated sentry machine guns at my property line??”