Ra Kai@JenniferJorgenson I hate the fact that everytime I see a bit more interesting photo of nature posted on Mastodon my first thought is "that's AI generated".
This is how I spent the 30 min of my breakfast:
First I tried to find the original pic, or some mention of the photographer. All I could find are FB and IG posts, the oldest post being from 2019. So ok, this is probably the real pic.
The ChatGPT however claims that bumble bee wings move together during the flight. It directly contradicts the photograph.
Some slow-moving videos on the internet search show that indeed the wings move together, forewings and hindwings having a coupling mechanism "hamuli". So then the photo is a fake?
Aha, when asked directly about it, ChatGPT explained that wing coupling is not rigid and can be broken in some flight moments. When asked about the picture itself ChatGPT explains that it might be a rendering. Or extremely rare case of macro photography. It could not find the photographer.
P. S. All ChatGPT interactions were made by my friend.
P. P. S. This whole detective investigation deepened my friends fascination with ChatGPT even more. Uh.
ekari@Rakai @JenniferJorgenson I feel your pain. I have come across beautiful pictures that I wanted to be real, but in the same time feared they were just someones prompt. And after 30 mins of research I was none the wiser.
AI has forever broken text and images for me.
Printed books and old enough Internet via archive.org is where I can survive with my regular "don't believe everything you read".