Virtual influencers are posting crying selfies and opinions now… 😨

Virtual influencers are becoming more like us. Should we be worried?

Virtual influencers are posting crying selfies and opinions now… 😨 Virtual influencers are becoming more like us. Should we be worried? Virtual influencers like imma, Kuki Ai and Lil Miquela command hundreds of thousands, or millions, of followers on Instagram – and they are becoming almost indistinguishable from real-life people. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3224730/virtual-influencers-are-posting-crying-selfies-and-opinions-and-taking-pictures-celebs-and-friends

David

I guess have been using "fake" people selling us stuff way before Photoshop was introduced. Using #Artificial Intelligence shouldn't be a surprise.  

https://generativeai.pub/first-ai-generated-model-appears-in-a-japanese-tv-ad-e61d46f7e18e
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Marketing & Growth

I guess have been using "fake" people selling us stuff way before Photoshop was introduced. Using #Artificial Intelligence shouldn't be a surprise.    https://generativeai.pub/first-ai-generated-model-appears-in-a-japanese-tv-ad-e61d46f7e18e #Marketing & Growth

We’ll be seeing more and more AI generated media on our TV screens soon.

First AI-Generated Model Appears In A Japanese TV Ad

Jerome Cody

Even real Celebrities are increasingly using generative AI tools to exert control over the use of their image and likeness in ads and marketing campaigns. It’s possible we will never know what any celebrity’s face actually looks like ever again.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-deepfakes-celebrity-marketing-brands-81381aa6

Using AI-generated duplicates, brands also benefit, using stars in ways they never could before.

Celebrities Use AI to Take Control of Their Own Images

Cyril

The rise of faceless AI brands is mind-blowing. There's now 100% AI accounts posting fully AI generated tweets with AI YouTube channels They have videos made by AI about AI with real AI voices and almost credible as human content and it’s getting major views. https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1696179394685944250?s=20&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Todd Smith

Fake users cause real problems 

The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell dug into the social media presence of a stridently liberal Twitter personality named Erica Marsh who, from most reportable angles, appears to be fake. Marsh, who has gained more than 130,000 followers since suddenly appearing on Twitter last September, is undetectable online other than on Twitter and a matching TikTok account. Her profile pictures appear to be manipulated. She regularly spews inane talking points that double as rage-baiting red meat for conservatives. (Perhaps the most vile: “No Black person will be able to succeed in a merit-based system which is exactly why affirmative-action based programs were needed.”) The false flags are everywhere–and even moderation-averse Twitter couldn’t ignore them. It suspended the Marsh account last week, shortly after the Post inquired about it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/04/twitter-erica-marsh-suspended/?utm_source=sg&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-10812

Fake users cause real problems   The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell dug into the social media presence of a stridently liberal Twitter personality named Erica Marsh who, from most reportable angles, appears to be fake. Marsh, who has gained more than 130,000 followers since suddenly appearing on Twitter last September, is undetectable online other than on Twitter and a matching TikTok account. Her profile pictures appear to be manipulated. She regularly spews inane talking points that double as rage-baiting red meat for conservatives. (Perhaps the most vile: “No Black person will be able to succeed in a merit-based system which is exactly why affirmative-action based programs were needed.”) The false flags are everywhere–and even moderation-averse Twitter couldn’t ignore them. It suspended the Marsh account last week, shortly after the Post inquired about it.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/04/twitter-erica-marsh-suspended/?utm_source=sg&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-10812

This video, produced by John Scott-Railton, a researcher at Citizen Lab, shows that photos shared by the Erica Marsh account show remarkable similarities. (Video: Video courtesy John Scott-Railton)

L

A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along

Sam Mendoza

Hard to imagine human vs machine in sports with psycical contacts. We will be crushed.

Machine vs machine in sporting events is inevitable in my opinion. Makes for great entertainment if robots start competing against robots in sporting events, especially combat sports. But the real question would we ever see humans vs robots in physically sporting events?

They say live professional sports are defensible due to their point being peak human performance, but this type of shit gives me serious doubt if it continues

Nate

Community Building & Stuff 🚀👷🏼‍♂️
Current life motto: “The more you f**k around, the more you're gonna find out.”

David

A group of likeminded people in Artificial Intelligence are talking about this.