People Are Creating Records of Fake Historical Events Using AI

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People Are Creating Records of Fake Historical Events Using AI

Never heard of the Great Cascadia 9.1 Earthquake of 2001, or the USSR's Blue Plague Incident? That's because they never happened.
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The Midjourney subreddit is being flooded with images that depict images of historical events like “The infamous Blue Plague Incident" that occurred in the 1970s in the Soviet Union, the “July 2012 solar superstorm and blackout” in the U.S., and “The 2001 Great Cascadia 9.1 Earthquake & Tsunami” that devastated the West Coast of North America.
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Each post showcases a slideshow of images that share various perspectives of the event, as well as important events following the catastrophe, including press conferences and cleanups. The catch is: These are all AI-generated images and none of these events have ever occurred.

I am sure Boris will be all over this like he is all over Carrie.
 
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ChatGPT is just as bad.

Because the models are trained to replicate the appearance of news or images if asked they will create a realistic news article or image as requested including fake references and quotes.

The world is going to have to adjust to the new reality, fake news can now take a quantum leap forward and it's going to be increasingly important to check references.
 
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robinbanks said:
Every news article should come with a guy with a cigar and tricorder, fact checking
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That's possibly the best bit. Just ask GPT for a fact check article proving the article right. Then tweak the details to make them match.
 
I don't see the downsides of AI can be avoided. It's only been in the movies so far, but crashing companies, or governments, is doable. We're all focused on evidence. Evidence is images, text, moving images, people speaking. Those are all alterable, so reality is alterable.
It'll be interesting to see how long before some large AI crime happens. But will we know what happens?
 
robinbanks said:
Do we even know what happens now?!
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I think anyone who claims to know "what happens now" is one of those arrogant nonsense mongers who claim they instinctively know the answer to life, love & everything.

This is DiyNot. Welcome to the madhouse.
 
robinbanks said:
Do we even know what happens now?!
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Mostly, or eventually, don't you think? There's always an aggressive Press.
At the moment it would be quite hard to grow yourself a freelance reporter sending in credible reports to build a name for himself over a period, say with real pictures from behind the altar of the upcoming coronation you got from the camera you say you hid ( you didn't, it was AI) followed by a load of news about say a Tesla new model cars catching fire and roasting their occupants. But it will soon be quite a bit easier.

So the share price dips, for a while.
Potential fo profit - and a load of news outlets trashed but you con't care about them.
That's a lame example but - SWIM?
 
My bet: The fringes will spin off into mad conspiracy loops even faster and the more trusted news sources will become more relied upon as they will promise to fact check things more thoroughly.
 
Dork Lard said:
I think anyone who claims to know "what happens now" is one of those arrogant nonsense mongers who claim they instinctively know the answer to life, love & everything.

This is DiyNot. Welcome to the madhouse.
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I think many of us form a "seems like" opinion without putting very much faith in it, and wait to see what events appear, to change it, if any.
 
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IT Minion said:
My bet: The fringes will spin off into mad conspiracy loops even faster and the more trusted news sources will become more relied upon as they will promise to fact check things more thoroughly.
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To begin with, sure, but I expect it to get overwhelmed. It takes time to check everything. I'll just sell my Tesla shares until the truth comes out..., just in case.
 
IT Minion said:
My bet: The fringes will spin off into mad conspiracy loops even faster and the more trusted news sources will become more relied upon as they will promise to fact check things more thoroughly.
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'Facts' can be manipulated in their own context to distort meaning: how can you trust 'verified' news outlets?
This is why conspiracies are gathering momentum; especially among the 'woke' generation. They just don't trust 'em.
The BeeB burbled on about the American journalist as it announced America was taking counter measures against Russia, expecting the audience to believe them. How do i know.? Just because they say it is so?
It isn't as though America hasn't been caught out in truth distortion to suit their own agenda, now is it?
Maybe he was spying and Russia are right.
 
If there's apparently enough evidence, the BBC, say, has to publish. Black hats will know what to do to create the impression they want. It depends how clever they can be, and that's what's moving.
 
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