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The boomer in this story fully believes that an AI-generated photo that makes her look 30 years younger accurately represents her appearance. Either that, or she's lying through her teeth to get away with lying to her constituents.
A UK woman was elected to the council and used an AI-generated photo of herself in her campaign for the paper. When she was called out for misrepresenting her looks, she claimed that she looks different now because she's on medication, and the photo used in the paper "really is [her]."
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She might look young for her age, but the fact that she believes that means she looks 21 instead of 41 is incredibly suspicious. Her constituents might regret voting for someone so delusional about basic realities that they feel the need to tell untruths about their looks to win a seat at the table.
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The scary thing is that a growing percentage of the population either can't tell the difference between an AI-generated de-aged photo of themselves and a real photo of themselves, or think others can't tell the difference. Either way, we're moving into an online culture where truth matters less and less with each passing moment. The same adults who told us, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet," are telling us to believe the lies they are telling on the internet, and acting like we're the crazy ones for questioning them.
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Sowing doubt in our reality is always what AI was destined to do. There's no world where you can create convincing images out of thin air without them being used to harbor resentment. The question is: are we going to allow people to lie with AI without any consequences? With the way things are going, it seems like society is willing to tolerate the unseemly parts of AI because its potential contribution to long-term economic growth still feels within reach. Maybe AI will create a permanent underclass after it takes 90% of society's jobs. Or maybe all it will be good for is generating pictures to make you look more attractive. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but who knows! Maybe an economy run entirely on videos of Tung Tung Sahur will emerge in due time.
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