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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why would they not? There’s no way for such a system to know it’s AI generated unless there’s some metadata that makes it obvious. And even if it was, who’s to say the user wouldn’t want to see them in the results?

This is a nothing issue. It’s not like this is being generated in response to a search, it’s something that already existed being returned as a result because there is assembly something that links it to the search.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

To put it bluntly: this is kind of like complaining a pencil drawing on a napkin showed up in the results.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There’s no way for such a system to know it’s AI generated unless there’s some metadata that makes it obvious.

I agree with your comment but just want to point out that AI-generated images actually often do contain metadata, usually describing the model and prompt used.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

By the time a user has shared them, 99% of the time all superfluous metadata has been stripped, for better or worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's fine for looking up cat pictures or porn, but many people are searching for information contained in images, and that is a problem. What if you were looking for a graph, a map, a blueprint, etc.? How do you discern the real from the fake? What if you click through and the image seems to come from a legit source that is also generated?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

You’re missing the point: How would a search engine discern the real from the fake?