Las Viral images of the arrest of Donald Trump that you have probably been seeing on social networks are definitely false or, what is the same, generated by artificial intelligence. But some of these photorealistic creations are actually quite convincing. Others, yes, seem more like frames from a mediocre video game, or from a lucid dream. A twitter thread Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcatwhich shows Trump surrounded by synthetic policemengiving on the run and choosing a suit in prison It was viewed more than 3 million times on Elon Musk’s platform.
How to know that an image is false?
What does Higgins think viewers can do to differentiate fake images, like the ones he posted on his account, from real photos of a possible arrest of the former president?
“Having created a bunch of images for the thread, it’s apparent that it’s generally focus on the first object describedin this case, Trump and the various members of his family, with everything around him more flawed,” Higgins explained by email. Look outside the focal point of the image, he proposes. Doesn’t it seem as if the rest of the image had been applied later?
Although newer versions of AI imaging tools like Midjourney (whose version 5 was used in the thread mentioned) and Stable Diffusion are making considerable progress, bugs in the smallest details are still a common sign of bugs. fake images. As the art of artificial intelligence grows in popularity, many artists point out that algorithms continue to struggle to replicate the human body in a coherent and natural way. And that’s pretty obvious sometimes even to the untrained eye.
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If you look closely at the images that came out about Trump, the face looks quite convincing in many of the posts, the same is true of the hands, but when examining the proportions of his body they can seem contorted o cast on a nearby police officer. However, as obvious as it is now, it is possible that with more training and improvement the algorithm can avoid those ‘weird’ parts of the body.
Do you need another clue? There is more. Look for the writings on the walls, they are strange. Look at clothing and other visible objects. Higgins specifically points out the messy and meaningless text as a way to differentiate fake images from real photos. For example, the police wear badges, caps, and other documents that appear to have letters, at least at first glance. But upon closer inspection, the words are meaningless, saying nothing concrete.
An additional way that you can sometimes tell that an image is AI generated is by looking for exaggerated facial expressions. “I’ve also noticed that if you ask her for expressions, Midjourney tends to overdo it, with very deep skin folds. pronounced for example when smiling,” Higgins clarifies. The expression of pain on Melania Trump’s face seems more like a recreation of the painting The Screamby Edvard Munch. It looks more like a frame taken from a new A24 horror movie than a snapshot from a human photographer.”
