If you've been close to the internet in the past few years, you probably have stumbled over “AI Slop.”
in Last week's tonight In the above clip, John Oliver unleashes problems with this new type of spam, from fake images that dominate Pinterest to AI disinformation about wars and natural disasters that cause problems for their first responders.
“AI slops are somewhat profitable for their creators, very advantageous for the platforms that use it to drive engagement, and they corrode with concern and general concepts of objective reality,” says Oliver. “And I'm not saying that some of these things aren't fun to watch — what I'm saying is that it's potentially very dangerous. And even when it's not the technology that allows it to train in real artist work, you tend to get odd and funny AI slops excited when you know someone's efforts were stolen to create it.”
Oliver's reaction? “Create real art by tearing AI slops.” In this case, that means hiring chainsaw sculptor Michael Jones. Michael Jones uses real work to generate AI images of the virus and pays to create a wood sculptor based on what Oliver considers to be “the best and inexplicable slop ever produced.”
The end result is truly a masterpiece.
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Artificial Intelligence John Oliver
