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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images (www.404media.co)
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[–] 31 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What on Earth was every the intended use of this feature? I just can't think of any way to use it other than vandalism and misinformation.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago

    It's intended use was misinformation but perhaps not in the way you imagine.

    Rather than producing credible images, these sorts of projects undermine actual credible images.

    For example, if you're team zion, then when shown images of how devastating Israel's attack on Gaza has been you can just disregard them as "probably fake".

    "Oh pish posh, a child can create these images on google maps".

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I'm guessing that either a few devs thought it could be a cool toy and never gave a second thought about the ramifications (I can remotely understand that) or a bunch of managers who just dont give a shit thought they could monetize it

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