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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Disc's without power
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 05:47:55 -0400
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On Sun, 11 May 2025 23:42:26 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 11 May 2025 23:26:26 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 12 May 2025 01:19:01 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>><frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I think Jeff's right. The notion of cars parked at the curb in Gary, IN 
>>>but surrounded by forests of green weeds is pretty weird. So are the 
>>>forests of weeds growing through pavement in other images.
>>
>>Yes.  What immediately caught my attention was how similar almost all
>>of the 50 houses were.  Similar sky, similar weeds, similar debris, no
>>broken or boarded windows, almost identical road types, and so on.  It
>>wasn't obvious just looking at one image, but after skimming all of
>>them, the commonality is disturbingly obvious.  Putting all the images
>>on one page makes it easier to compare:
>><https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmoneyinc.com%2F50-worst-places-to-live-in-the-u-s%&udm=2>
>>(click on "see more anyway" at bottom page).  Some of the buildings
>>look like they were made from the same cookie cutter template.
>>
>>>I do wonder how she got the fake images. I doubt a hack journalist 
>>>would do them herself. Are there people one can hire cheaply to do such 
>>>work?
>>
>>Yes.  She designed them using one of several AI engines.  For example:
>>
>>"Design your dream home with our AI House Generator! Create detailed
>>house designs, from layout to aesthetics."
>><https://openart.ai/generator/house>
>>
>>More:
>><https://www.google.com/search?q=how%20to%20design%20a%20house%20with%20AI&udm=7>
>>
>>I spent some time with several generative AI "drawing" tools trying to
>>design a realistic bicycle.  I got futuristic bicycles instead, but I
>>think I could have produced something useful eventually.  
>>
>>Go to Microsoft Edge browser and Copilot.  Ask the AI to:
>>"Draw a bicycle with the latest technology"
>>That produced this:
>><https://bing.com/th/id/BCO.8f0b7f05-233b-4d83-951b-d4aef1694ac7.png>
>>and this:
>>"add pedals, headlight, and downtube shifter"
>><https://bing.com/th/id/BCO.f5db522a-f193-4184-be10-b29fb87b45de.png>
>>The image is too dark, so I made it brighter:
>>"brighten picture"
>><https://bing.com/th/id/BCO.aaa0ff44-6c47-4e2c-89f0-5cce70f64c9d.png>
>>Oops, I should have said "brighten bicycle":
>>"undo" followed by "brighten bicycle"
>><https://bing.com/th/id/BCO.9b98ddfe-2a4d-4b90-ab26-28627ae37a09.png>
>>Also wrong, but I think you get the idea.
>
>Notice what the AI though "downtube shifters" look like.  Hardly
>realistic and on the wrong tube.  Similar problems with pedals and
>headlight.
>
>This is my first (and last) attempt to produce a run down
>neighborhood, like in the original article.  Amazingly similar,
>methinks:
>"draw a run down urban row of stores, with thick grass growing along
>the sidewalk, some graffiti on the walls, and a trash bin in front of
>one house"
><https://bing.com/th/id/BCO.efcaba9c-45d8-48b2-96fc-7b4f953ac4ed.png>
>Notice the similar sky compared to the original article.
>"brighten the buildings"
><https://bing.com/th/id/BCO.a3de4530-e4a6-40a0-8d13-8c22026c1f5b.png>
>
>Starting to look familiar?  I suspect such garbage will be quite
>common, especially because it doesn't require signed photo release
>forms.

Most of those pictures look terribly fake. 

--
C'est bon
Soloman