Edward T Hall III
Joseph CoxNew: this is crazy. The top Google image search result for "tank man" right now is an AI-generated "selfie" of the man. Shows that as AI content becomes more and more widespread, the platforms we use to surface content don’t have a good way to identify it https://www.404media.co/first-google-search-result-for-tiananmen-square-tank-man-is-ai-generated-selfie/
Google fixed this after we contacted for comment. We are focused on generating impact. Become a paid subscriber at https://www.404media.co so we can keep doing this.
Beko Pharm (deprecated)@josephcox huh, you got an answer to that? This happend to a DIY build of mine. An article on the Arduino blog was rephrased and AI generated images added. Now the first image results for the project show unrelated AI results.
Used thr feedback button for search but didn't even get an auto reply so far.
This is a total niche thing though so total results are limited. Was surprised that it was picked up by a content mill at all.
Jovica Popovic@josephcox
The first search engine that gets the -noAI switch will become my default.
The first search engine that gets the -noAI switch will become my default.
αxel simon ↙︎↙︎↙︎@jpop32 @josephcox i think that's called DuckDuckGo? Maybe Qwant does it too (though i seem to recall it pulls results from Bing too, so no guarantees there)
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Matt Zagaja@josephcox Kagi does a better job here. I think the issue is less “Google can't tell AI" but rather Google is just exceedingly poor at returning the relevant result(s) we are looking for.
Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦@josephcox They seem to have fixed it. Screenshot is from Firefox Private Browsing so it won't have any history attached to it. (Dark mode b/c my OS is dark mode, I guess.)
Bruce Mirken@josephcox That image didn't show up for me just now. Results all look reasonable. Maybe someone at Google fixed it?
Rev. Bussy Body of The Church of America MLM and Shooting Club@josephcox kenya send a few ICBMs into google's AI server farms
🦋 Ben West 🐒🌻@josephcox this is so troubling. Thanks for sharing. Y'all are absolutely crushing it at 404. Could not be more happy to be a supporter.
ps - please add alt text to images. I hate to be one of those annoying Fediverse purists or whatever. Just really great that there is a culture of prioritizing accessibility here. I honestly feel guilty sharing posts with the big red symbol highlighting the lack of a caption on posts.
@BenWest I hear you, I just added alt text to the image now (I think). I'm still getting used to the Mastodon UI tbh, but happy to add. Thank you!
@josephcox hey thanks so much!
Yeah there is a bit of a learning curve on here for sure. Appreciate you responding.
Your work is vitally important, best of luck with @404mediaco. Think I might switch to an annual membership and I will keep spreading the word.
Thanks for doing what you are doing and doing it so well.
techghoulperceived danger: ai will eradicate humans
actual danger: ai will render all digital spaces unfixably shitty