Envato Tuts+: Imagine scrolling through your social feed and stumbling upon an image that made you wonder, "Is this image AI-generated?" How do we recognize what is an AI-generated image and evaluate the source or authenticity of what we see? In this article, I've compiled a few tips and telltale signs to help you spot AI creations.
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I think articles and studies and or tips about this are incredibly important in the environment we currently live in. As we try to make laws and rules about whether we can or cannot use AI in certain situations, I think it is incredibly critical to be able to determine what even is or is not AI. Even if it is just training our eyes I think it is really important to begin teaching people and ourselves how to see the differences. I think once we start to recognize these differences it will be easier to gauge what we can or should use AI for and to figure out what the value of human-made products, designs, and writing are. I appreciated this article because I think it covered a pretty comprehensive amount of this information. It even provides some technology to be able to tell how these images were created as well as provides a thorough list of how to check these images with your own eyes.
As AI generated images become more and more prolific, this is an incredibly important and relevant article for day to day life. Many AI generated images are arguably so ‘good’ now that what used to be an easy way to distinguish them - color issues, hands that are wrong etc, are less distinguishable. While this is the first tip on the list, the article acknowledges that these differences can (sometimes) be subtle but it’s worth analyzing a picture if possible - inconsistencies that make photos seem uncanny valley can be pretty noticeable subconsciously, even if we’re not always 100% sure why. Other tools like AI image checkers, while not full proof are another useful thing to keep in the toolbelt as well as checking metadata (although that step specifically might be challenging to folks less well versed in finding out information about images). Overall, I appreciate the checklists and methods that the article provides to give the reader a good shot at identifying those hard to distinguish AI images.
With AI on the rise, this article definitely caught my attention. I know that AI in art has been a very controversial topic. Artists are already undervalued in our society and AI would definitely take away from the opportunity of very talented individuals. AI can definitely create really cool artwork, but I think that it could also have the potential to be dangerous. This would be a very easy way to spread misinformation and manipulate stories. Due to the damage it could cause, I think this article is actually important so consumers can identify what they are looking at and know if it is reliable information or if it is not. I was surprised by how from a distance, these pictures look very convincing, however, when you take time to really look at them, you can reveal inconsistencies or impossible compositions that can confirm that the image was generated by artificial intelligence.
I found this comprehensive guide on tips for identifying if an image is generated by AI or not very useful and important. As artificial intelligence tools for the average consumer become more prevalent, we must be able to distinguish real images from fiction. It is all too easy to spread misinformation, particularly through social media, and using artificial intelligence to generate completely false images that seem fully real could unfortunately be all too successful in giving people false ideas. This could be used to further political agendas, a person's reputation, and more. The tips that this article listed were very helpful and things I will definitely consider in the future. I find it terrifying how seemingly real many AI-generated images are, so people have the skills that this article lists as vital. I am also glad there are tools specifically for saying if an image is AI-generated or not, as this could help many people less able to recognize the signs.
I think AI is a VERY useful tool and can be so beneficial to so many fields in the future. But I absolutely HATE when it is used for design in the arts. And again, don't get me wrong. AI might do a wonderful job creating some cohesive design pieces, or at the very least create some very well done separate design elements that can be pieced together cohesively. But, the one thing AI can’t do, is instill human emotion into it’s creations. It cannot move a human emotionally as another can. When I saw Sender at SoD, the scenic design felt like it told a story all on its own. Something that caught my eye was the set dressing. When I searched up AI scenic design, it gave me examples of entire environments, which was very interesting to look at. I feel like you also knew was was for sure designed by AI and what wasn't.
I think that it was interesting to see this article systematically break down why AI images often feel off. To me, it is one of the reasons why I think that good, unique AI art is so far away from reality. The amount of processes and iterations an AI would need to go through in order to have the same thought process and double checks, such as the light in the castle and the olives, will take a long time to ever match human standards of creation. Furthermore, that’s not even getting into giving the AI both the understanding of the prompt that you may give it, if it is specific enough, or giving the AI the ability to create its own original concept based on the given prompt. This is also why I hate AI art right now- because AI art inherently steals from real artists in order to make poor imitations of their work.
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