As Meta proudly unveils AI tools, Facebook users find feeds clogged with AI junk, even when Facebook is needed as a civic resource to coordinate disaster relief
by which they mean there are no instances of deep fakes of candidates themselves or voting-related activities. It has been a weird coverage cycle. Mark Little / @marklittlenews : A big concern at the outset of this “Year of Elections” was that AI-generated deep fakes would be decisive last-minute interventions. But AI-generated content seems to be most effective/apparent as a vector of emotion in a campaign, accelerating vibes over facts, pushing narratives that ‘feel’ true. Nilay Patel / @reckless1280 : Every platform company is about to be at war with itself as the algorithmic recommendation AI team tries to fight off the content made by the generative AI team Shayan Sardarizadeh / @shayan86bbc : Meta is equally the most amusing and frustrating social media giant. They constantly slap third party fact-checks on my posts, which are intended to fact-check viral misinformation on their platforms and have a giant red FALSE label slapped on them by me. I regularly get shadow-banned by Meta for doing the job for them they ought to be doing, because their automated tools are incapable of distinguishing between misinformation and fact-checking. Shayan Sardarizadeh / @shayan86bbc : These two posts perfectly sum up the issue of misinformation in the age of social media and hyper-partisan politics. There comes a point when knowingly posting false content doesn't even matter, so long as it confirms your worldview and elicits the approval of your side. Ryan Broderick / @ryanhatesthis : AI-generated slop is filling up the hashtags Facebook users are using to organize relief efforts for Hurricane Helene. Why is this happening? Because Meta do not give a shit anymore. — https://www.garbageday.email/ ... [image] Renee DiResta / @renee.diresta : One thing to note here is that the conversation about “will deepfakes swing the election?!” always focuses on the idea of voting-specific manipulation. In the spam and scam realm, and here in general political propaganda as well, people are engaging with these images because they believe they're real. They are forming opinions about the political scenarios purportedly shown. X: Glenn Beck / @glennbeck : I accidentally shared a fake AI image but the suffering in Appalachia is real. Vote accordingly. Amy Kremer / @amykremer : This picture has been seared into my mind. My heart hurts💔😭 [image] Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy : People acknowledging that this image is AI but still insisting that it's real on some deeper level... I am going to become the Joker. [image] Olga Robinson / @o_rob1nson : Several AI generated images of hurricane victims in the US have gone viral. Some have been shared with political messages criticising the government's response to Hurricane Helene, which has caused huge destruction in the country. With @SarahGlatte and @Shayan86 [video] Ameen / @ameen_hga : @AmyKremer So you double-down on the fake photo instead of admitting that the photo is a.i. generated?? Come'on! @milenaamit : @AmyKremer It's not real. Stop spreading AI generated images. There's enough REAL heartbreak out there. Stephen Kent / @stephenkentx : @AmyKremer searing, emblematic image of dogs' love for their people [image] @reportbywilson : .@ParkerMolloy: “This girl does not exist. The puppy does not exist. This is not reality. No, the image is not ‘emblematic’ of some deeper truth. That is nonsense.” https://www.readtpa.com/... Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy : @AmyKremer It's not a photo, you nitwit @dofharambee : @AmyKremer The most on point MAGA message I've ever seen. “I don't care if it's not true, I'm still gonna say it anyway”. [image] Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy : I don't like living in the post-reality @internethippo : [Image: {after falling for the got-your-nose trick} okay but it could have been true and thats whats terrifying about todays society] Nana Gongadze / @nanagongadze : Ryan, as usual, gets to the grim reality of the state of the platforms. I'll say again they also actively are making it harder to inform people by tanking the visibility of posts w/ links, cause they simply don't want you leaving the app. They want to be a TikTokesque black hole Ryan Broderick / @broderick : AI-generated slop is filling up the hashtags Facebook users are using to organize relief efforts for Hurricane Helene. Why is this happening? Because Meta do not give a shit anymore. https://www.garbageday.email/ ... [image] Olga Robinson / @o_rob1nson : Another day, another AI generated image of a hurricane Helene victim is doing the rounds. Tell tale signs include the unnatural sheen, a disappearing green boat and a man with a seemingly missing limb in the background. [image] Amy Kremer / @amykremer : Y'all, I don't know where this photo came from and honestly, it doesn't matter. It is seared into my mind forever. There are people going through much worse than what is shown in this pic. So I'm leaving it because it is emblematic of the trauma and pain people are living through right now. Facebook: The Paducah Insider : PADUCAH - A heartwarming photo of a dog carrying a child through floodwaters in North Carolina … The North Carolina Beat : A man on X, formerly known as Twitter, named #ChrisMartenson, claimed he received information …