Haven't read the whole article, watched the video. It's interesting as it echoes something I recognised earlier, in 2019 (below) prior to the Stable Diffusion launch, which engaged me for a few months, then LLM's became the more interesting diversion.
"This morning my phone, which I'd switched back to a live Tumblr feed for the desktop image, was showing a naked girl in what appeared to be a rainforest swamp. The incongruity of it struck me immediately as it looked like the girl was expertly coiffured and made up, but who would go to all the trouble of doing a naked photoshoot in a swamp, given the logistics.
It was at that point that I began to wonder if the image was real or CG, the girl was passably human, albeit with slightly larger breasts, and she was very trim and toned. The shot did look "real" in that it didn't look oddly posed, and the model did appear to be part of the background.
I guess this is going to be a feature of "reality" going forward. the questioning of what we see with our eyes, (when not in VR/AR) is actually what it appears to be. At what point do we stop second guessing it I wonder?"
11/06/2019 17:31
Though I do think you are right about suspension of disbelief, knowing it's fake. This is how I approach AI. I find it strange that so many people when you tell them about this, freak out about "it's not real!" Of course it's not real. I think Neurotypical people are in a far worse place epistemologically speaking.
Yes, an example of how this has changed my behavior. I used to often enjoy people posting old historical photos in my feeds. Now, many of those are fake. I have no interest with engaging in fake history for things and places that never existed.
The problem is that now I find myself disengaging with the real stuff as well. Why? Because I cannot always tell at a glance anymore if it is real or not. I don't want to have to spend a few minutes analyzing a post to know if it is real. So now I just tend to skip them.
And similarly to the video, I find I'm somewhat burnt-out from over-the-top AI imagery. Before AI, I loved scifi and surreal artwork. Now I'm somewhat sick of it. Sadly, AI can mass produce all the things we love until we despise them.
I have similar issues with philosophy, in that many of the things on YouTube that are from Alan Watts, or other people, are actually AI voiced. you have to flip a drop down to see the "generated" label though.
Haven't read the whole article, watched the video. It's interesting as it echoes something I recognised earlier, in 2019 (below) prior to the Stable Diffusion launch, which engaged me for a few months, then LLM's became the more interesting diversion.
"This morning my phone, which I'd switched back to a live Tumblr feed for the desktop image, was showing a naked girl in what appeared to be a rainforest swamp. The incongruity of it struck me immediately as it looked like the girl was expertly coiffured and made up, but who would go to all the trouble of doing a naked photoshoot in a swamp, given the logistics.
It was at that point that I began to wonder if the image was real or CG, the girl was passably human, albeit with slightly larger breasts, and she was very trim and toned. The shot did look "real" in that it didn't look oddly posed, and the model did appear to be part of the background.
I guess this is going to be a feature of "reality" going forward. the questioning of what we see with our eyes, (when not in VR/AR) is actually what it appears to be. At what point do we stop second guessing it I wonder?"
11/06/2019 17:31
Though I do think you are right about suspension of disbelief, knowing it's fake. This is how I approach AI. I find it strange that so many people when you tell them about this, freak out about "it's not real!" Of course it's not real. I think Neurotypical people are in a far worse place epistemologically speaking.
Yes, an example of how this has changed my behavior. I used to often enjoy people posting old historical photos in my feeds. Now, many of those are fake. I have no interest with engaging in fake history for things and places that never existed.
The problem is that now I find myself disengaging with the real stuff as well. Why? Because I cannot always tell at a glance anymore if it is real or not. I don't want to have to spend a few minutes analyzing a post to know if it is real. So now I just tend to skip them.
And similarly to the video, I find I'm somewhat burnt-out from over-the-top AI imagery. Before AI, I loved scifi and surreal artwork. Now I'm somewhat sick of it. Sadly, AI can mass produce all the things we love until we despise them.
I have similar issues with philosophy, in that many of the things on YouTube that are from Alan Watts, or other people, are actually AI voiced. you have to flip a drop down to see the "generated" label though.