This video by "Regular Eyepatch Wolf" is a bit of a reality check on the spread of AI content for those of us who have been aware this is happening and maybe just ignoring it.
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This video by "Regular Eyepatch Wolf" is a bit of a reality check on the spread of AI content for those of us who have been aware this is happening and maybe just ignoring it.
Mr. REW is almost touching in his innocence, but I think this is where a lot of people are right now "you mean all of this is just ... slop?"
There is also the added bonus of digital yellow-face and black-face... and "don't trust doctors" too.
It's kind of depressing.
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@futurebird I thought it funny that he gets to the "put baking soda on your dog" thing and finds it odd that the dog is chill while baking soda is applied.
He doesn't remark about the next clip says to mix baking soda and vinegar with water. I recommend doing that and then screwing on the cap to your spray bottle really tight. He doesn't mention how wacky that is, but he included that clip, so I bet that's why he included it.
I agree, though, this level of surprise this far into the slopocalypse, especially for someone presumably on YouTube a lot is amusingly naive.
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@futurebird I thought it funny that he gets to the "put baking soda on your dog" thing and finds it odd that the dog is chill while baking soda is applied.
He doesn't remark about the next clip says to mix baking soda and vinegar with water. I recommend doing that and then screwing on the cap to your spray bottle really tight. He doesn't mention how wacky that is, but he included that clip, so I bet that's why he included it.
I agree, though, this level of surprise this far into the slopocalypse, especially for someone presumably on YouTube a lot is amusingly naive.
He seems like a nice person. Thinking about how platforms work isn't what most people are doing. Most people just want to maybe share some content and see some things that are interesting or amusing.
And they are aware that fake stuff is out there, but not how bad it is.
And frankly ... since I haven't been watching I didn't know how bad it was either. This is just one scam of thousands.
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He seems like a nice person. Thinking about how platforms work isn't what most people are doing. Most people just want to maybe share some content and see some things that are interesting or amusing.
And they are aware that fake stuff is out there, but not how bad it is.
And frankly ... since I haven't been watching I didn't know how bad it was either. This is just one scam of thousands.
I hate the tactic of telling people what they want to hear "you don't need a doctor just rub honey on it!"
Wouldn't that be amazing were it true?
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This video by "Regular Eyepatch Wolf" is a bit of a reality check on the spread of AI content for those of us who have been aware this is happening and maybe just ignoring it.
Mr. REW is almost touching in his innocence, but I think this is where a lot of people are right now "you mean all of this is just ... slop?"
There is also the added bonus of digital yellow-face and black-face... and "don't trust doctors" too.
It's kind of depressing.
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@futurebird a friend of mine shared a video of a husky throwing a tantrum at a store when he was told no to getting a toy.
He completely missed the AI cadence of the voice, the toy slipping weirdly on the “belt” and bumping into something that is later depicted much further back, and how the dog’s face clipped into the side of the checkout stand’s shelf a little weirdly.
The video had a “deep fried” sorta filter over it, and AI voice has some give aways so my flags were up right away.
I went and looked up the name for the account and found a facebook page just packed with similar videos with the similar bit being “Husky throwing tantrum” and frankly some of the videos were just unnerving.
I do a lot to keep slop out of my feeds and I didn’t realize how surface level real they started getting.
I really think we are gonna have to break the backs of the Platforms with strict legislation and a requirement by law that generated content is labeled as such and restricting monetization options for AI generated content. Or something.
I don’t know what to do about it at this point because it is all foisted on us against market demand due to the ability to mass produce slop for cheap to make edge earnings on platforms and platforms happy to embrace the viewership (“Oh! This person watched the video 10 times! It must be because they like it, not because they are evaluating whether it is authentic or generated content at all!”). Maybe when the real cost is being applied and it isn’t being subsidized by VCs, the situation will resolve itself a bit.
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@futurebird a friend of mine shared a video of a husky throwing a tantrum at a store when he was told no to getting a toy.
He completely missed the AI cadence of the voice, the toy slipping weirdly on the “belt” and bumping into something that is later depicted much further back, and how the dog’s face clipped into the side of the checkout stand’s shelf a little weirdly.
The video had a “deep fried” sorta filter over it, and AI voice has some give aways so my flags were up right away.
I went and looked up the name for the account and found a facebook page just packed with similar videos with the similar bit being “Husky throwing tantrum” and frankly some of the videos were just unnerving.
I do a lot to keep slop out of my feeds and I didn’t realize how surface level real they started getting.
I really think we are gonna have to break the backs of the Platforms with strict legislation and a requirement by law that generated content is labeled as such and restricting monetization options for AI generated content. Or something.
I don’t know what to do about it at this point because it is all foisted on us against market demand due to the ability to mass produce slop for cheap to make edge earnings on platforms and platforms happy to embrace the viewership (“Oh! This person watched the video 10 times! It must be because they like it, not because they are evaluating whether it is authentic or generated content at all!”). Maybe when the real cost is being applied and it isn’t being subsidized by VCs, the situation will resolve itself a bit.
@futurebird sorry I kinda rambled.
I am just very exhausted over slop and this era and I will never forgive the industry for making me have to look at animal videos with suspicion.
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@futurebird sorry I kinda rambled.
I am just very exhausted over slop and this era and I will never forgive the industry for making me have to look at animal videos with suspicion.
It sucks that something safe and fun has been destroyed. I think we get a lot less of it around the fedi (A LOT less) but even here if I don't know the cat or dog in the video and their owner and it's just "too cute" and "too perfect" I just move on and get no joy from it because it probably didn't really happen.
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It sucks that something safe and fun has been destroyed. I think we get a lot less of it around the fedi (A LOT less) but even here if I don't know the cat or dog in the video and their owner and it's just "too cute" and "too perfect" I just move on and get no joy from it because it probably didn't really happen.
It also really annoys me when the AI pet videos show a dog or cat making a face that I know means the animal is constipated or about to throw up... but it kind of looks like a "smile" if you don't know pets very well and it's played that way.
"aw he's so happy"
As silly as pet videos are the real ones could at least show you things about who the animals really are. The fake ones just use signals that make sense to people and get more views. They entrench ignorance.
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When a problem is this widespread it ought to reflect poorly on the *platforms* that allow deceptive content to run unchecked. But most platforms seem to be embracing this kind of content. It gets views.
I would like to think that most people would feel angry to be tricked.
I was tricked by an AI "funny cat video" a few days ago that was going around on the *fedi* I almost shared it since it was cute, but then I realized it wasn't real.
What about the times when we don't notice?
@futurebird the issue of fake content has become the top reason why I’ve all but stopped sharing things I come across on the internet. Have thought of sharing more about the sort of work I do instead. Some other folks on here do that, and I like it. At least I’d know that what I’m sharing is real and not made up, although it would prolly interest four or five people tops lol
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It sucks that something safe and fun has been destroyed. I think we get a lot less of it around the fedi (A LOT less) but even here if I don't know the cat or dog in the video and their owner and it's just "too cute" and "too perfect" I just move on and get no joy from it because it probably didn't really happen.
@futurebird unironically one of the better parts of Fedi is that most of us on here are happy to be filters against AI content.
In light of that, have some suspicion free pics of my Bean, as a treat 🥰
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It also really annoys me when the AI pet videos show a dog or cat making a face that I know means the animal is constipated or about to throw up... but it kind of looks like a "smile" if you don't know pets very well and it's played that way.
"aw he's so happy"
As silly as pet videos are the real ones could at least show you things about who the animals really are. The fake ones just use signals that make sense to people and get more views. They entrench ignorance.
@futurebird The lack of cat/dog body language fluency, or at minimum understanding, is SUCH a sore point for me with a lot of it, you are so right.
We need mandatory lessons in school on animal body language.
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I hate the tactic of telling people what they want to hear "you don't need a doctor just rub honey on it!"
Wouldn't that be amazing were it true?
@futurebird @paco If honey were an actual remedy, it would cost $1200+ a jar and insurance wouldn't pay for it.
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@futurebird @paco If honey were an actual remedy, it would cost $1200+ a jar and insurance wouldn't pay for it.
Honey is an amazing food and tastes wonderful ... especially if you know a beekeeper and can get some comb. It feels great to eat and needs no processing so you can feel like a bear in the woods just munching on nature.
Isn't that enough?
Why isn't that enough? Why do we need to make stuff up?
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Honey is an amazing food and tastes wonderful ... especially if you know a beekeeper and can get some comb. It feels great to eat and needs no processing so you can feel like a bear in the woods just munching on nature.
Isn't that enough?
Why isn't that enough? Why do we need to make stuff up?
I eat a ton of honey. Probably too much. I don't need THAT much sugar. But it makes me feel like a bee so it is worth it.
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OK let me be honest. It makes me feel like an ant who is stealing from some bees.
Yeah. That is the truth.
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@futurebird @paco If honey were an actual remedy, it would cost $1200+ a jar and insurance wouldn't pay for it.
@cjewel Do you know what they call alternative medicine that has been scientifically proven to be effective in real medical studies?
"Medicine." They call it medicine.
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@futurebird @cjewel @paco 10g on my plain oatmeal every morning, sourced as locally as shops here will allow it on the off-chance the whole "this will help with your seasonal allergies" thing is true. It's an absolute delight!
But to the discussion as a whole, my MIL absolutely cannot recognize AI content, images or videos. This was true of the 6 finger era as it is now, when things are way more uncanny valley. My daughter has to continually point out the slop she shares in the family group chat.
I don't blame her, especially for feel-good stuff. It looks real and we *want* to believe it.
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I hate the tactic of telling people what they want to hear "you don't need a doctor just rub honey on it!"
Wouldn't that be amazing were it true?
@futurebird @paco Great! Now my eczema is itchy AND sticky. What a waste of delicious nutrition.
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I hate the tactic of telling people what they want to hear "you don't need a doctor just rub honey on it!"
Wouldn't that be amazing were it true?
@futurebird @paco Honey is great for its antibiotic qualities in an emergency, when (for example) you are miles from any medical attention. By all means, slap some honey on the bandage when you hand-suture that otherwise limb-threatening rip from tripping on a barbwire fence you didn't expect to encounter on your wilderness camping trip.
But get yourself to a real medic as immediately as you can, turn around that hour, do not imagine there is anything vacation-adjacent in your schedule after.
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@futurebird the issue of fake content has become the top reason why I’ve all but stopped sharing things I come across on the internet. Have thought of sharing more about the sort of work I do instead. Some other folks on here do that, and I like it. At least I’d know that what I’m sharing is real and not made up, although it would prolly interest four or five people tops lol
I really do not need a fake Jamaican man telling me to put coconut oil on my hangnail or whatever. It just makes me sad that I almost never get to hear real Jamaican accents as much as I did when I used to visit my auntie. The man is a fake ghost and everything is wrong. It's like a nightmare.
