Evans: Most visual misinformation relies on fake captions, not AI images
Benedict Evans · Google Gemini and AI bias · Mar 3, 2024 · at 20:44
Benedict Evans argues that public concern over AI-generated visual misinformation is misplaced when existing photos can simply be miscaptioned.
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“You don't need to make a fake image. The fake is in the fake is in the caption. There's not a shortage of, there's not a fake is in the. Yeah. What is it that I'm saying? What is it that I'm seeing here? So, you know, if you want to make a picture of an airstrike in Gaza and say, oh my God, look, the Israelis have done this terrible thing. Or, oh my God, look, Hamas have done this terrible thing. Hamas has basically had, but you want to, if you want to lie about what's happening there, you don't need a fake image. You can just take an existing image from Syria or any random place and relabel it.”
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