We all figure this stuff out as we go, so I have a lot of compassion for them, but jeez. It’s not an ideological debate. You publicly spent a bunch of money on something that *everyone knows* funds campaigns to eradicate people like me and as a person like me who is your friend it feels WEIRD.

“I fucking hate you Fred and your stupid accounting firm why do you sponsor the local kids soccer team you HATE soccer” - Jason (different Jason)

Poor mr and Mrs brontësaurus :(

liberal zionism has now concluded that mass murdering fascists like Netanyahu are not only acceptable allies, but are more deserving of unswerving fealty than innocent Palestinian children.

Don't ever defend atrocities. Foot in the door theory is real. Eventually, you end up here.

If you think something is AI, don’t look closer at it. Step back and try and see where it came from. It’s those connections that make it real ❤️

Note: At no point did I dissect any details in the photo. To quote a very important scientist (Obi-Wan Kenobi), ‘your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them’. Truth is not found in the object itself but in how it connects to the world around it.

5. I allow for the possibility I could be wrong

Humans make weird decisions around advertising all the time. So, could just be a weird ad. But, the logic doesn’t stack here, really. I could be wrong but, for now, I think it’s AI. Important to allow for being wrong tho.

4. I consider why a company would need a photo like this vs existing photos

A review of the company’s Instagram shows kids that, on average, are older than this kid. It also shows kids (and adults) that, on the whole, have generally lighter skin than the kid in the photo.

3. I look for other uses of this photo

Photo shoots for kids cost money and require rights approval from parents. So, if you arranged a photo shoot, you’d want to use the photos in multiple ways. But, a reverse image search and a review of the company’s Instagram shows no sign of it anywhere else.

2. I consider how and why this photo might have been taken

This can’t be a candid rehearsal or performance photo. The photographer would have to be right in the kid’s face. So, it’d be a proper photo shoot. For what, though? A show? A specific class? Why just this one child, tho? With no context?

1. I ignore any details or artifacts of the image itself

Humans cannot reliably tell ai imagery from real imagery. It’s been shown again and again. Things that are real look fake, things that are fake look real. So, ignore the photo’s ‘realness’.

*shoeper Nintendo