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elf posted: Fake People

This is terrifying software AI that creates images of people that I would assume are genuine humans when shown at typical social media sizes. elf describes telltales—hair that looks like paint, ears that don’t match at all—which help identify these images as computer-generated.

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And every semester, my hands still shake when I tell students that I am epileptic in that first introductory session of every course. I strive for a matter-of-fact tone, and tell the classes that while this is not something I would usually share, there may be some times in the semester that my illness becomes uncontrollable and I might need to cancel a class. I then reassure them that this is factored into their syllabus and semester planning and that they will not lose out in terms of learning. Interestingly enough, my disclosure has consistently impelled students to share their own chronic illnesses or disabilities with me in private and I am very grateful for this, since it means I can make accommodations for them and design the class around their needs as well. But I have also come to realise that my initial fears about this act of public disclosure were not unwarranted.

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Comments

[sovay]

This is terrifying software AI that creates images of people that I would assume are genuine humans when shown at typical social media sizes.

Wow, that's distressing.

I mean, I appreciate the link and the information, but I also clicked and got a photo built out of like a five-year-old with a receding hairline; it was not good.

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[jesse_the_k]

I hope someone is studying human face recognition in parallel with this design project, since (I've learned) that being able to read faces is a skill unevenly distributed among us.