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Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Valnao@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8r23yv71o

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  • entwine@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “If people saw it and they immediately knew it was fake, then they would just scroll. The selling point of generative AI models is that they look real,” RadialB tells me over the phone. He refuses to share his real name but reveals he is in his 20s and from the north-west of England. He has never been to Croydon.

    Social media was a mistake. The “creator economy” was a mistake. Everything was a mistake. We really fucked up.

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    • Trilogy3452@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If everything was a mistake then so is this statement, checkmate

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      • A7thStone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

        -Douglas Adams

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  • Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Terfing ideas with fabricated misinformation. What worries me is I know it works on the media illiterate.

    There’s is currently an attempt to destabilize the EU to segregate and popularize hate and allow fascist talking points “for your safety”

    Protect your neighbors.

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    • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This would be disinformation.

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      • SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Is there an intuitive way to tell the difference?

        I tried to think of other places where dis- vs mis- is used, but we only ever seem to use one:

        • miscommunicate vs discommunicate
        • misinterested vs disinterested
        • misunderstood vs disunderstood
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  • ofk12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Of course they have. Pearl clutching Americans believe them because they have no frame of reference. The believe everywhere is as bad as the shithole they live in.

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I agree, but to be fair, this is not a new problem, nor is it one limited to the US.

      I’m from Austria, and during the London riots (IIRC, that was in 2010 or 2011) I lived in the UK.

      My parents frequently sent me news articles and snippets from TV news about things happening in the UK, and it was constant horror stories, almost apocalyptic. They claimed that all of UK was in riot and specifically also mentioned the area where I lived in.

      In fact, all that I noticed of the riots was one peaceful demonstration on one afternoon and that was it.

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    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Article about the UK, comments immediately start talking about the United States.

      Stop it.

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  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Midterm elections coming up in 9 months, that’s why. Gotta scare the feeble-minded geriatrics and low-information mouthbreathers.

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