<![CDATA[People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown.]]>People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. It's AI, but people share it in good faith, believing it’s an amazing photo by a human of a real bird in a real moment of time. Meanwhile, humans who have taken amazing photos of real birds captured in real moments of time, like a hummingbird in ballet with a butterfly, get questioned in good faith by people who are tired of being cheated by AI-deceit. The way AI has broken social trust is distressing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c01a97fa-8cf4-447b-b876-3e2510a4931f/people-keep-sharing-an-image-of-a-bird-with-a-drop-of-water-bursting-on-its-head-like-a-crown.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 17:40:38 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2026 05:56:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:49:26 GMT]]>@NicelyManifest Agreed. On all counts.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455516802983574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455516802983574Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:49:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:47:19 GMT]]>@mattdm It does seem deliberate, the choice to give it a pair of untraceable names as apparent sources. I was sure and am sure it is manipulated and fake. I just don't know how to 100% prove something is manipulated, which some people would like. A verifiable source of the original photo would prove it is real, but none has been forthcoming. You are right about the other major problem - making it easy to deny stuff you don't want to see. These are serious problems we have now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455508490355253https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455508490355253Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:47:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:39:32 GMT]]>@CiaraNi

The version I saw said it was from Facebook, with some specific names. Which I didn't bother to look up, but on doing it now, looks like bullshit. So, at some point along the way it picked up a caption intentionally designed to deceive.

And you're right β€” looks like AI, probably AI, but makes it really hard to believe anything. Worse, makes it easy to deny anything you don't want to see.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mattdm/statuses/116455477899184319https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mattdm/statuses/116455477899184319Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:39:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:34:26 GMT]]>@CiaraNi Humans get blind sighted when spoilt. Too much streaming choice or online goodies and we stop caring about who provides. That transfers to the rest of life to a degree.

When very wealthy, everyone seems to be serving you so you likewise give up thanking and just take take take. And you stop having a clue about those who struggle every day.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116455457847297887https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116455457847297887Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:34:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:29:20 GMT]]>@rq4c Let's hope we do decide to do something about it, something radical, something real.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455437774199732https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455437774199732Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:29:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:06:47 GMT]]>@CiaraNi

I didn't mean to imply that it's not serious, merely that it's not new: bigger, yes, but not an entirely new problem to get our heads around.

Humans face the same problems that keep getting more intense until we decide to do something about it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/rq4c/statuses/116455349147191866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/rq4c/statuses/116455349147191866Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:06:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:46:52 GMT]]>@CiaraNi @elaterite
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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/bosquebill/statuses/116455270796552738https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/bosquebill/statuses/116455270796552738Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:46:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:37:31 GMT]]>@xinit Oh that is even more infuriating - people making more stuff up to cover the stuff they already made up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455234022772473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455234022772473Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:37:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:36:25 GMT]]>@zulutoo Me too - I am so fed up with it too. And so sad to see good human photographs being hit in the backlash, being asked by good-faith people if their great images are AI.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455229734686531https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455229734686531Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:36:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:35:32 GMT]]>@robinsyl Same here. It saddens me that we are being manipulated into becoming sceptical, that we can't even just assume a basic level of trust when we see a nice moment of joy shared online.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455226269318456https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455226269318456Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:35:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:34:26 GMT]]>@NatureMC Thanks for great fact-checking - including for taking the time both to do it and share it.

@stekopf @FrutigerAero00 @VerenaRupp

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455221942192817https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455221942192817Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:34:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:32:42 GMT]]>@soundsafari A good and depressing comparison - yes, I can see that happening too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455215102914275https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455215102914275Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:32:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:32:24 GMT]]>@jackeric Yes, I said myself they are acting in good faith. Responsibility lies with the people who post unverified images or who post images that they know are manipulated or fake. Especially if they try to imply in the accompanying text that it's real.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455213894988920https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455213894988920Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:32:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:30:31 GMT]]>@stveje @yacc143 Agreed - alas. I think this sounds right.

'All the slop that's already been generated will continue floating around, getting into everything like digital micro plastic and forever chemicals."

True and depressing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455206487441587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455206487441587Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:29:39 GMT]]>@955_36 The situation is such a mess. I'm sorry the AI techstorm has effected your job and business like that.

@NatureMC @monkee

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455203090950044https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455203090950044Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:29:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:28:30 GMT]]>@starlily Yes, I know

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455198566597998https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455198566597998Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:28:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:28:23 GMT]]>@955_36 Thanks for this from-experience knowledge. It is a pity the quality of the manipulated image was high enough on a quick-scrolling timeline for many to fall for it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455198139541435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455198139541435Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:28:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:26:57 GMT]]>@DrJLecter Seconded, agreed, yes - this is how I feel too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455192526172152https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455192526172152Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:26:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:26:33 GMT]]>@Catwoman69y2k It truly is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455190898908719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455190898908719Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:26:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:26:22 GMT]]>@yacc143 @stveje I would love to think that were true, but I think the damage is deep and we've a way to go yet, alas.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455190170705153https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455190170705153Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:26:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:25:48 GMT]]>@NatureMC Ah, thank you! That seems very clear indeed. And I know the photographer Carl Bovis by name and quality of work - a trusted source. Exactly one of the kind of great photographers who probably gets asked if his images are AI, which is awful for him, and also awful for the people asking - they are only doing so because AI has damaged their usual trust.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455187941078387https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455187941078387Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:24:05 GMT]]>@rq4c

"AI / deep-fakes are just the next generation of disinformation" - I'm reluctant to say it's 'just' that, because this is happening on a whole other scale with ever more serious consequences. I am reluctant to see us normalise it as 'just the next step', like we're shrugging because 'whatcha gonna do, it's unstoppable'.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455181233130522https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455181233130522Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:24:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:22:07 GMT]]>@JosephMeyer Yes, the consquences are serious and immediate and are happening already. The sheer scale of it is astonishing and hard to fight against.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455173468581056https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455173468581056Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:22:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:20:47 GMT]]>@NatureMC Photos not their own and many seem AI-generated - I saw that too when I looked after seeing the water-crown bird image. I blocked too then.

@stekopf @FrutigerAero00 @VerenaRupp

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455168239963796https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116455168239963796Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:20:47 GMT