Gregory's ServerFacebook is being overrun with stolen, AI-generated images that people think are real. Engagement bait pages use a "seed" image, clone it, then post it dozens of times across pages. People on FB think it's real.
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One FB group has been dedicated to identifying how these spread throughout the platform. One member there, Catherine Hill, has been systematically tracking these in Google Sheets spreadsheets. One image, "Victoria's Art," has been copied at least 90 times  @jasonkoebler It's not like generated images didn't exist on Fedi. We're just not big/interesting enough yet to get flooded with that crap.    @jasonkoebler “I want to see irrelevant pictures from strangers instead of only the photos from my friends who I follow intentionally” said no Facebook user ever. People are still using Facebook? @jasonkoebler Facebook doesn't reward thoughtful responses on the part of its users so this could quickly lead to some troubling issues  @jasonkoebler Great reporting, thanks for this! It feels like the depressing but logical end state to social media. The proliferation of "meme accounts" that just repost uncredited stolen content from others started long ago.  @jasonkoebler An "owl" with six feed or a "cardinal" with three?? What is wrong with people? |
These dog images are stolen from a single artist named Michael Jones, who painstakingly carves sculptures using a chainsaw and documents the process. This has 1 million likes, 39k comments, being used to sell dog toys. Michael's original is second image here: