Can you spot the clues?? What do you really see here?
Art is a learning process. Learning to draw means really looking at what you are seeing. Finding the visual signals that will translate and make the picture seem like a "real" tree, horse, car etc. Being able to draw well is about seeing as much as drafting skills.
This image is just one example of a recent trend. Facebook has many pages with generic names that cater to shared interests. They easily attract a following. Their posts used to be a re-shares of photos and news stories. Now, these pages are producing AI generated images that proliferate via their followers feeds. Sometimes these AI generated images are photo montages that have the tag line "perfect shot" or something similar. There is never a photographer credit or source listed. Sometimes these AI generated images carry a "credit" that is the name/logo of the Facebook page. (see lower left in detail below)
Why are credits important? Credits help fans trace images back to the source. Credits help artists expand their fan base. Artists post their art to expand their audience. Too often, their images get shared with the credits lopped off. Even watermarks get diluted. Always look for credits. Use them to search online to verify the source. Credits can help establish that artWORK is genuine. Here's an image that was posted on a shared interests Facebook page:
Credits matter. Look for them. Really look at what you see online.
When it comes to AI generated images -- where is the transparency?
AI generated images are NOT art. They are not created by artists. They are only possible due to datasets built on stolen images, taken without consent, credit or compensation. When fans share these AI generated images... because it is a "fun" picture of animals or whatever the common interest its... they actually amplify the harm done to artists.
We are all at risk when plagiarism like this is normalized.
Some clues that confirm AI generated images -- lack of anatomical proportion within the figure.. or between figures.. or between the subject and the landscape. Missing anatomy (sometimes limbs vanish into the background or the costume/furnishings). A generic, doll-like quality to faces. Or "cherub" looking infants/children. An overall soft-focus look to the image that blurs details (often covering areas that the algorithm can't quite reconcile).
Update 2.25.24 -- The Facebook page "AI Spotting" shares excellent tutorials on deciphering AI Images. Here are a few samples from that page.
Update 3.1.24 This is 40 minute video "AI vs Artists" is from the You Tube channel "Yes, I am a Designer." It's an outstanding tutorial on the mechanics and ethics of AI images. It’s not just the artists who are at risk from the normalization and proliferation of generated images. These only exist due to artWORK taken without consent, credit or compensation. Here are some of the artists and colleagues interviewed in this video --
Ben
Y Zhao - Jon Lam - Patrick Brown -Steven Zapata - Samdoesarts - Bobby Chiu -
Grzegorz Domaradzki - Levente Szabo - Scott Eaton - JazzaDraws - Kirsten
Zirngibl
This 8.23.23 Facebook post by Pennsylvania based artist Andy Gertler (Owner at All Natural Arts https://allnaturalarts.com/ and Pumpkin SculptUSA. Sculptor at Sand Sculpt USA) gives insights we all need to heed, along with this photo case study:
"So, there's an issue unfolding in the world that many
people don't quite grasp and that's the impact of Ai.
A friend innocently sent me the photo above, which I
could immediately tell was generated by Ai. However, not everyone can
distinguish this, and therein lies the danger. (For clarity, I've marked
"AI" on the photo.)
People are seeing these miraculous sculptures or
drawings and not give it a second thought as to if it's real or not. What's
going to happen is everyone will be conditioned by seeing unrealistic work
(because you can't carve a watermelon to look like that, it's just not
possible) and when someone actually sees one of the best watermelon carvings by
the best human watermelon carver on the planet, they won't be impressed because
they've been fooled and conditioned by Ai. This diminishes real (flesh and blood)
artists.
I urge you all to be more critical when observing art.
Many artists can quickly determine whether a piece is Ai-generated or created
by a human. Currently, there's a specific look to these drawings, paintings,
sculptures and they almost have an uncanny valley effect. As AI technology advances, it's likely to
become even more deceptive.
So, please, for the sake of human artists, look with a discerning eye and don't share Ai."
Here is a link to a Feb 5, 2024 essay by David Farrier on the dangers of accepting so much artificiality as reality. https://www.webworm.co/p/losingreality
Do we really want to risk just accepting what we see. Examples like this next one may seem funny now.... but can be a cautionary tale for where normalizing what the AI suggests can take us...
Another warning is in this excerpt from a March 2023 NY Times Op-Ed https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chatgpt-ai.html
Look at these next two images ... what do you see? Which one is real? How could you verify?
(update 2.23.24) AI generated video images are even more dangerous.. This 2.21.24 PBS Newshour segment explains why:
(update 2.25.24) Wall Street Journal clip on how to spot AI-generated videos
More on deciphering AI in these posts on the blog:
https://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2023/08/deciphering-ai-images-clues-to-look-for.html
https://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2023/08/beware-ai-image-generated-non.html
https://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2024/02/basics-on-copyright-trademark-ai.html
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