New: The AI image generator Midjourney can create convincing fakes of Trump and the Pope. Just don’t ask it for Xi Jinping.
A small company with one leader, few rules and a tool so powerful even its users get creeped out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/midjourney-ai-image-generation-rules/
@drewharwell OK, but maybe not enough has been said about AI’s amazing power to predict the future.
@drewharwell Xi is protected but Putin is not. A sign of relative power and market size. They may need to watch for signs of heavy metal poisoning.
@drewharwell Close examination reveals the fakery and that's the problem. We don't, nor should we have to, do close examination. We have evolved to decode our environment quickly using minimal expensive energy (calorie) resources. Fatigue, stress and more results when mistrust requires constant scrutiny. Expert insight on this would be one potential follow-up. Thank you.
@drewharwell “'We just want to minimize drama,' the company’s founder and CEO, David Holz, said last year in a post on the chat service Discord. 'Political satire in china is pretty not-okay,' he added, and 'the ability for people in China to use this tech is more important than your ability to generate satire.'”
Okay then! Extremely troubling for a lot of reasons but useful to see this stated so bluntly.
@sarahemclaugh @drewharwell Wow. I mean, that's brazen on many levels. 
@zalasur @drewharwell the most infuriating part is the total disregard for the idea that maybe, just maybe, people in China would like to use it to generate satire.
@sarahemclaugh @drewharwell That's just it. It's not to appease the Chinese users. It's to appease Chinese leaders.
@drewharwell tech geniuses with giant blind spots is a common theme. They are all for "equality" and "diversity" but........ Not everywhere and not for everyone.
@drewharwell ? is it THAT much diff than photoshop?