@muzzle @thomasfuchs problem is, people know that jpeg artifacts are a defect of the image not of reality, but hallucinations have already been taken seriously in important contexts. An attorney was found out giving them to their attorney to present to a judge as precedents - can't recall if it was giuliani or another of the minions of Tangerine the Foul and Terrible who did that.

It's got its uses, but its misuses are many and dangerous. We haven't got an immune system for them yet.