<![CDATA[People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown.]]>People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. It's AI, but people share it in good faith, believing it’s an amazing photo by a human of a real bird in a real moment of time. Meanwhile, humans who have taken amazing photos of real birds captured in real moments of time, like a hummingbird in ballet with a butterfly, get questioned in good faith by people who are tired of being cheated by AI-deceit. The way AI has broken social trust is distressing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/38fafa05-c86a-492b-ac4f-cb93a11b2c18/people-keep-sharing-an-image-of-a-bird-with-a-drop-of-water-bursting-on-its-head-like-a-crown.RSS for NodeThu, 23 Apr 2026 17:07:19 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2026 05:56:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:52:29 GMT]]>@CiaraNi @Amorpheus Yes, we have to, but the AI-fueled deceit is forcing us into a skepticism overload that can very easily make us cynical & suspicious.

Just earlier today I had to verify this pic & honestly I'm still not entirely sure of it (see the thread) - but it's clearly the sort of thing where, before AI, I would not assume that anyone would go through the trouble of photoshopping it, so I would have just taken it at its pretty cool face value...

https://mastodon.social/@AwetTesfaiesus/116452226201997678

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116453877315858843https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116453877315858843Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:52:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:45:18 GMT]]>@awws

I can think of a few highly speculative motivations:

  • Some platforms enable users to monetise popular accounts
  • Some accounts gather lots of followers and then shift to posting other, more contentious material
  • Maybe this is a way of gathering information about large numbers of followers?
  • Maybe the person who prompted the AI thinks that these images are legitimate art and just wants to show them off without the stigma of slop
  • Maybe someone is angling for a job as a professional photographer but doesn't have a portfolio and wants to build one the easy way

As I say, this is all just speculation.

@CiaraNi @henryk

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116453849049422628https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116453849049422628Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:45:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:33:12 GMT]]>@RalphBassfeld

Use two spaces after a full stop, use Briticisms (such as "full stop" rather than "period"), and perhaps inject a gratuitous swear word. GenAI never does any of these things.

@CiaraNi

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116453801494447133https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116453801494447133Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:33:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:31:59 GMT]]>@CiaraNi it will only get worse, mayhem is around the corner

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/115588296584761431/statuses/116453796706518736https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/115588296584761431/statuses/116453796706518736Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:31:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:30:38 GMT]]>@CiaraNi Im still suspicious of alt text as a way to train ia into reading or cataloguing images, thats why i dont use it. I think resources are the best way 🤠

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116453791392984109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116453791392984109Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:30:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:29:00 GMT]]>@jwcph @CiaraNi Yup, works in both ways. Extrinsic evaluation misleads as it pleases. It is not the fake image that displeases, it is the knowledge of its implications.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/ap/users/115994572387312149/statuses/116453784996937903https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/ap/users/115994572387312149/statuses/116453784996937903Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:29:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:28:42 GMT]]>@cdamian Great example of the little ways in which AI interferes with little everyday joy. One person says 'hey, look at this!' wanting to share a moment of joy, and it immediately turns to dust because it wasn't real. We are left feeling tricked.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453783789651461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453783789651461Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:28:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:26:30 GMT]]>@Mary_Amado92 It's relentless and exhausting and draining. I'm sorry you have to deal with it every day at work like this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453775145957505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453775145957505Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:26:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:25:43 GMT]]>@jwcph @Amorpheus Yes - this is a great example of what made me start moaning about this in the first place. It is upsetting to see fake images getting attention while the humans who took real amazing photos of real amazing moments of life on earth get asked if they used AI.

"We should enjoy those things, not immediately assume they're part of somebody's malice" - in an ideal world, yes. But the relentless AI deceit has left us in a situation where it's fair to wonder.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453772079793719https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453772079793719Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:25:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:23:09 GMT]]>@CiaraNi my partner showing me something amazing or cute on Instagram/YouTube.
me: "That's AI"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rls.social/users/cdamian/statuses/116453761989344237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rls.social/users/cdamian/statuses/116453761989344237Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:23:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:22:05 GMT]]>@ahmetkkeles That seems likely. I did see some other images that seemed to not be her own work, several of which seemed to be AI, presented as real photos.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453757754440101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453757754440101Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:22:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:20:41 GMT]]>@N0tSure That too

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453752254410895https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453752254410895Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:20:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:19:59 GMT]]>@CiaraNi@mastodon.green

cc @qualia@floofy.tech you were right

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://booping.synth.download/notes/aleyex977j2x01gohttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://booping.synth.download/notes/aleyex977j2x01goThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:19:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:18:21 GMT]]>@shadowdancer Yes

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453743068445700https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453743068445700Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:18:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:17:22 GMT]]>@CiaraNi I work with AI everyday. I'm so sick of it. I am a UX Designer and I work for a multinational. Now, using AI every single day, I feel like I'm working at Google or Microsoft training their models and not for the company I'm at. It's ridiculous... The pressure, the bad results it gives us, the hallucinations... I need to be in alert mode to check for errors and mistakes. That's my job now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116384447282774595/statuses/116453739202428893https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116384447282774595/statuses/116453739202428893Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:17:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:17:03 GMT]]>@elaterite It may well be manipulated, rather than generated from scratch. Someone in the thread says it's faked out of two separate photos. Either way, it appears to be fake. No verified original real photo source seems to be available. And either way, I am depressed at what all this has has done to trust, as you say. Especially the way it creates mistrust towards human photographers who share some fab photo and get asked 'is that AI?'

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453738018790955https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453738018790955Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:17:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:13:58 GMT]]>@CiaraNi @Amorpheus indeed - the deliberate deceit is what cements the harmful effect; the most insane things are possible, if unlikely & it's taking away our capacity for wonder. Remember this pic? That's real, however fake it looks & it's flippin amazing - we should enjoy those things, not immediately assume they're part of somebody's malice.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116453725836804535https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116453725836804535Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:13:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:12:19 GMT]]>@fgraver @stveje I'd be so happy to be wrong. I'd love to think that lovely split-second moment of graceful life on earth was real.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453719360406261https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453719360406261Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:12:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:41 GMT]]>@oisin Shite is the right word for it. Absolutely agreed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453716914652891https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453716914652891Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:12 GMT]]>@kreatorfangirls @FrutigerAero00 Yes, the consensus does seem to be this. That the drop of water would only fall and disperse in that shape if it fell on flat surface of more water.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453715009184819https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453715009184819Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:09:55 GMT]]>@arratoon @RalphBassfeld 17 A4-pages worth of an email sent to customer service with irrelevant AI-generated questions about some basic service is most definitely not Proust

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453709913464993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453709913464993Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:09:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:08:19 GMT]]>@dsilverz Yikes, that would be a whole other layer of deception - falsifying EXIF data. I would normally trust that, but I suppose if the stakes are high enough, somebody is bound to try that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453703660136099https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453703660136099Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:08:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:06:48 GMT]]>@FrutigerAero00 @stekopf @VerenaRupp

'It would be a good practice to leave sources with links to verify it. It benefits everyone if we are now more careful linking and sourcing images and content'

Agreed

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453697657161358https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453697657161358Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:06:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:06:16 GMT]]>@weirdmustard @capnthommo

'Doesn't help that photo editors now use "AI" to enhance details either.'

Good point. That adds another layer of difficulty these days when knowing what to trust.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453695564378053https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/116453695564378053Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:06:16 GMT