Google Search: AI Images Are Maybe Reality

October 22, 2024

AI generated images, videos, and text are infiltrating the Internet like COVID-19. 0x00000 posted on X the following thread: “Google está muerto.” The thread is Google image search for “baby peacock.” In the past, the image search would yield results of tiny brown chicks from nature blogs, zoos, Wikipedia, a few illustrations, and some social media accounts. The results would be mostly accurate.

Those days are dead.

Why?

The Google search for “baby peacock” returned images of blue, white, and other avian-like things that don’t resemble real peacock chicks. The images, in fact, look like “the idea of a baby peacock.” What does that mean?

The images from the Google search results were all AI generated with only a few being true photos of baby peacocks. Insane Facebook AI slop responded:

“Boomers told us not to trust Wikipedia only to fall for this”

That comment refers to a repost of a so-called white baby peacock with a full tail of plumage. What? The “white baby peacock” resembles someone’s craft project or a Christmas ornament than a real chick. I doubt everyone will pay that close attention, especially because the white baby peacock is adorable.

What are we going to do? Who knows. One approach is to accept AI images as reality. Who will know?

Whitney Grace, October 22, 2024

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