The war in Gaza is highlighting the latest advances in artificial intelligence as a way to spread fake images and disinformation. The fake videos and photos are intended to stoke horror and outrage, and mislead people about atrocities or responsibility for casualties.

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead::Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants.

  • kurwa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4914·
    1 year ago

    It’s not like babies aren’t being killed throughout all of this, Israel has literally leveled neighborhoods where people lived, and where children and babies lived too.

    This feels like some sort of ploy to say that innocent people aren’t being killed, using AI as some sort of excuse. I don’t doubt people are faking stuff, but I do wonder who is creating them, because anyone from any side could be creating intentionally misleading AI generated images.

    • TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      213·
      1 year ago

      My thoughts exactly. Seems like one of those tried-and-true misinformation campaigns to give us doibt about anything haza related and thus create more apathy and disinterest

      • BlueBockser@programming.devEnglish
        78·
        1 year ago

        Absolutely true, everything is a conspiracy theory and the most convoluted version of events you can come up with to make it fit your preconceived notions is always correct.