Facebook is full of stolen photos created using artificial intelligence. Its users believe it is real

Facebook is still a massive social network, with many active users, although it's not what it used to be. Instagram has broken up its territory and those who continue to enter Facebook with the same frequency are becoming less and less and belong to a very specific demographic.

They are witnesses and participants of what is happening on this social network: images generated by artificial intelligence, often directly stolen, They are presented as authentic by classic accounts that post viral content only for your shot Engagement.

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If you're one of those who still logs into Facebook, even from time to time, you've probably seen an image like this: A man stands in a sawmill next to a wooden statue of a German shepherd. Although sometimes it's a bulldog, or sometimes the person pretending to be a woman. Sometimes the fool has a very realistic style, other times it is more polygonal.

In fact they are Differences in the original content of Michael Jones, a British sculptor who often shares his wood carving works. That man He posted a series of photos and videos For a few months he went through the process of sculpting a German Shepherd figure. As well as dogs of other breeds.

From there, they were born Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of variations of this type of page use AI to make content go viral Inspiring or tear jerking. The sculpture is placed next to someone unrelated to Jones, standing with him, and one is ready to receive. Likes And praise. Sometimes the size also receives adjustments.

“Your work is incredible”, “Beautiful”, “Very well done!”, “Great work” and other similar phrases are the most common in this type of photo. There is one that accumulates more than a million “likes”. It was uploaded by a page called “Dogs 4 Life”, and her level of deception is such that she fills the comment box with her own comments, linking to websites with commercial interests, to extract traffic and camouflage the real comments.

In some cases, it's more obvious than others that it's an AI-generated image, not a real photo. As is the case in this photo, both because of the man's face and because of how detailed the dog is supposed to be as a wood carving. Even Corradini couldn't achieve those textures.

The comments usually look like this, quite positive and praiseworthy:

404 average He interviewed Michael Jones in this regard, and he is naturally upset by this phenomenon, as he believes that they “miss out on legitimate credit exposure for their work” and that this sets unrealistic expectations for this type of art: the more people are able to do it, the less you can do it. Its value.

There are more examples, such as a photo on a page called “Happy Day” claiming to have made a carved wood sculpture “with her own hands.” The further you look at the pedestal, the more you start to see the seams.

And once you start looking, you discover it's an epidemic. It seems that half the planet carves wood by hand at an epic level. Counterfeiters have gone far beyond the German Shepherd.

There is another obsession of children or teenagers who draw their own self-portraits. There are many standout models, but none are as popular as the one shown by a blonde teen holding her own painting with grass and trees in the background.

Apparently this is the original image:

Another example that has transcended the little blonde girl archetype but is still just a crude recreation that presents itself as authentic… successfully, according to his comments.

There's a New Zealand woman named Catherine Hall who took it to the next level. It detects these types of images: it tracks them and records them in a spreadsheet. He has many of them, they are public and in dozens of classes he writes down the details about them for you to keep track of. Of images of the teenager that have been reused ad nauseam with fairly minor edits. Not with A Summoned Which transfers an idea from the text to the image, or even modifications of the image.

404 average It brings together other examples of how AI image creation and editing, which is increasingly achieving more realistic results, is increasingly being used by Facebook Pages seeking interactions that they can then monetize.

Use inspiring or beautiful images of the harvest Likes Its commercial exploitation is therefore relatively harmless, beyond the inconvenience it would cause to the actual artists who created what appears in the original image.

The problem could be bigger if it starts spreading on Facebook, or another platform. False and realistic images, to attempt to discredit public figures, delegitimize politicians, or use celebrities as hooks To sell fraudulent services.

The latter is already happening, Also in Spain. If what we can see through viral images is so successful, why shouldn't malicious and malicious use of this type of image be successful?

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Featured Image | Facebook, Michael Jones.