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We're playing hide the salami and no one told us (europe.pub)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
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[–] 19 points 1 month ago (37 children)

AI slop? Really? Could just write that as a text post with a title.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (22 children)

    How can you tell?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    It's got the underline brush strokes of those generic AI flyers that ChatGPT craps out.

    The font texture is also inconsistent but to be devils advocate it could be a Photoshop filter. Tbh though the underline brush strokes give it away as AI.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The way "please" isn't correctly centered might be a giveaway. Or someone is just really bad at typography

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Are humans incapable of underlining words for emphasis? Where else would AI learn to do that?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Why would this particular person, who presumably opened Gimp or Procreate or Photoshop, choose to use differing texture masks on the words, and a different texture on the brush strokes, and then after all this was done, completely fail to take thirty seconds to center the text?

    Because there never was a person making these choices.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Why would this particular person, who presumably opened Gimp or Procreate or Photoshop, choose to use differing texture masks on the words, and a different texture on the brush strokes, and then after all this was done, completely fail to take thirty seconds to center the text?

    Having seen people use Photoshop, especially when new to it or presented with new features....

    They do that all the time.

    I'm not saying this isn't generated, it could be. I'm just saying I've seen people do exactly that sort of stuff while not having any idea that they can do multiline text, multiple colors in the same line, use a rule for alignment, change the text from left aligned to center (instead they hit the space bar until its "close enough"), etc

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    You generally learn how text alignment works before you learn how font masking works. This is true for multiple text handling programs, from Photoshop to word processors.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    You are welcome to believe that.

    My eyes have seen all manner of ridiculous use of Photoshop (among others).

    I have seen people write an entire damn document inside a single cell in Excel.

    I have seen people make charts in Excel, while watching them also use a calculator and enter the values manually.

    I have seen people use Word to create a photo album, just dragging them in full size, then try and "center" the text underneath by pressing space.

    I have seen people use google docs while boarding a plane, only to get mad that it doesn't work without internet once the flight took off (pre in-flight wifi era).

    I have seen people use drafts in Outlook to store their passwords.

    This has only gotten worse as people watch tutorials on advanced features while having no idea how the basic tools work.

    You can believe whatever you'd like, I'm just saying people do absolutely boneheaded and preposterous things all the time.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Decades ago, one of my first jobs was helping people learn to use a Macintosh computer, the first ones. I told a guy to use the mouse to click "New", and he put the mouse up against the screen. I'd never seen anyone do that before, but the thing is, that makes sense if you've never used a mouse.

    Just thought I'd share that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe" - Bladerunner gif

    For real though. Maybe they did center it but there was whitespace, if we're being generous.

    I'm not pro-'AI', far from it. But I hate seeing so much energy wasted fighting amongst ourselves over these instances where, not only could it go either way, it simply doesn't matter.

    There are much more egregious examples littered everywhere, even here, where the tech is actually used perniciously.

    Gotta pick one's battles, otherwise it just distracts from the substance and generates outrage where it's not warranted.

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  • [+] [S] -19 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    It's a distraction comment, pay no mind.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It actually isn’t. Resources were wasted conveying an important message which could be typed on a keyboard.

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  • [+] [S] -15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    This could easily be a template or photoshop. Move along.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    “Move along?” What are you, a cop?

    What, you got a problem with a photographer who’s calling you out for adding slop to Lemmy? You’re putting words in my mouth saying I “made a distraction comment?”

    Buddy, no, this ain’t it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    Slop content definitely kills movements because people engaging with it think they're doing a resistance and don't do anything further. No learning, no talking, just updoot the eye-grabbing yellow text and feel like a hero.

    Reddit is bursting to the seams with this garbage

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  • [–] -2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    Ah yes, the YouTube liberal has a lot to say about what kills progressive movements. As if he's ever read a book about the topic (or any topic that isnt Harry Potter).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    Yeah, I could learn a lot from you about it. You're the pro, or you would be if you weren't estranged from your guys. I really can't believe they're making you do this all alone.

    But it looks like I'm all caught up with your love letters for the day 🙂 gonna go post some more, hope to see you soon ❤️

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    The backlash creates extra work for OC posters as well, though... That itself creates a chilling effect. You either have to overthink your post to avoid getting accused or you decide it's easier to just not post at all.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It's edited from imgflig. I hope you guys can all rest easy now.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    This is a side effect that the billionaires who run the AI models are counting on: that people no longer pay attention to the message itself, but instead waste their time speculating about whether someone used a proper app or image generation.

    You’ll never be able to close Pandora’s box. So....

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I get that but the point stands its redundant,and the more people normalize this crap the worse it gets

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago

    What I'm getting at is this: People have been using it for a long time now, whether you like it or not. I don't like it, but it's still the reality. Pretending it isn't helps no one—in this case, it's even counterproductive for the reasons I mentioned.

    That's why I called it "Panora's box": This technology is out there—there's no changing that, even if we'd like to.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I still don’t think that advocating for using a slop machine is a good look. The keyboard and the title box is right there. Much less effort, much more immediacy of message, screen readers can pick it up, and folks don’t have to download an image to see the message.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    That's a commendable attitude, but it doesn't help in the face of reality.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I’m not using the goddamn AI slop ladle. It’s an active choice. No one is forced to ladle more AI slop onto the internet.

    You are not forced to ladle more AI slop on the internet. All you have to do is to choose not to do it, and instead just type your message on the keyboard.

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