“Sorry, there’s still an old profile photo in there” – this used to be a common argument when you met someone for the first time via video conference or in person and looked a little irritated.
Today it’s “yes, I edited that a bit with AI”. Running…
I now find this irritating, to say the least. To be more precise – outrageous!
When I look at the LinkedIn feed, for example, I get the impression more and more that the majority of images, videos and texts (anyway) no longer reflect people, but are simply designed for reach and algorithms.
Authenticity is the most important asset that should exist on platforms like LinkedIn. What use is a network with fakes? What good are business contacts who are not “real”? What good are people who are not authentic? What good is “experience and expertise” that is only generated?
Clearly, the train that we can reliably recognize or at least identify AI-generated content has long since left the station. So we have to turn the tables and label “real” content.
I therefore advocate a “Made-By-Human” seal!
The C2PA, for example, is a good start(https://c2pa.org, recognizable by the small cr symbol), but is still far too superficial.
Incidentally, I am firmly convinced (perhaps old-fashioned and endangered) that authenticity will prevail in the end. Fakes will become boring at some point.
…. I hope.
#informatikersindcool#realcontentisimportant#authenticitycounts
P.S.: I can also create AI-generated fakes myself, I don’t need a platform for that: “You’re a successful influencer on LinkedIn. Generate a picture with a pretty person who looks positive and successful and write a text every day on the topic of xxx that generates as much reach as possible. Use the posts from A, B and C as a template” – and you have your own social network!