After images of the devastation left by Hurricane Helene started to spread online, so too did an image of a crying child holding a puppy on a boat. Some of the posts on X (formerly Twitter) showing the image received millions of views.

It prompted emotional responses from many users - including many Republicans eager to criticize the Biden administration’s disaster response. But others quickly pointed out telltale signs that the image was likely made with generative artificial intelligence tools, such as malformed limbs and blurriness common to some AI image generators.

  • @Dabundis
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    31 month ago

    I think corvids are poised to become a fine replacement

    • @Sanctus
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      11 month ago

      That’d be sicc, or octopi. Now if only we could somehow inscribe a message that will last millions of years to warn them not to start a stock market.