AI-Generated 'Subliminal Messages' Are Going Viral. Here's What's Really Going On (www.vice.com)
from misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 10:41
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Squeak@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 11:03 next collapse

I read the ‘Gay Sex’ as ‘Day Sex’ 🤔

Neldum@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 11:04 next collapse

Ew, gross. Weirdo.

Chariotwheel@kbin.social on 27 Sep 2023 12:09 collapse

If God wanted us to have sex at day, why did he create the night!

fortycoats@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 11:15 next collapse

Fighter of the Night Sex

solidsnake2085@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 12:14 next collapse

Champion of the Cum!

Bartlebee@artemis.camp on 27 Sep 2023 12:23 collapse

Ohhhh ahhh ahhhhhhh

Patimation_studios@sh.itjust.works on 27 Sep 2023 11:25 next collapse

Day sex fan VS Night sex enjoyer

ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social on 27 Sep 2023 11:37 next collapse

Skyyy roc-kets in flight!

KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 12:05 collapse

Afternoon delight!

p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Sep 2023 03:41 collapse

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HipPriest@kbin.social on 27 Sep 2023 11:36 next collapse

Funnily enough gay sex was fine in ancient Rome (as long as you were the dominant one) but having sex in the light (whether natural or candle light) was seen as a massive taboo.

(Amongst the upper and middle classes anyway, I doubt the majority of people cared)

SSUPII@sopuli.xyz on 27 Sep 2023 12:35 next collapse

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erwan@lemmy.ml on 27 Sep 2023 18:42 next collapse

OAV SEX for me

cyberpunk007@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 20:59 collapse

I read it as OAY SEX. I kept asking myself… the hell is an oay?

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 11:19 next collapse

Subliminal messaging has never convincingly been shown to work outside of specific laboratory conditions.

That said, this made me laugh:

On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason

BustinJiber@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 14:53 next collapse

I think it’s called X because of Space X. Which follows simpleton Microsoft pattern of thinking basic numbers and letters are somehow “cool” - Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One. With the next one everyone’s mind will explode.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 14:56 next collapse

It’s called X because that was the name of his first company before PayPal bough it. He wants X to be an ‘everything app’ including banking. It will fail.

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network on 27 Sep 2023 15:32 collapse

I think microsoft named it the Xbox because of DirectX en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

Touching_Grass@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 16:31 next collapse

icrosoft?

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network on 27 Sep 2023 17:53 collapse

Microsoft*

[deleted] on 27 Sep 2023 18:57 collapse

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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network on 27 Sep 2023 19:18 next collapse

Oh yeah that I have no idea. Just the x part of Xbox did have a somewhat reasonable origin beyond “x is cool bro”

[deleted] on 27 Sep 2023 22:44 collapse

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diviledabit@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 21:21 collapse

yvan eht nioj!!!

GobiasIndustries@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 23:30 collapse

Superliminal advertising is way more effective.

wombatula@lemm.ee on 28 Sep 2023 04:53 collapse

“Hey you! Join the Navy!!”

SpaceXplorer_8042@lemmy.zip on 27 Sep 2023 11:19 next collapse

“On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason—algorithmically-boosted blue-check users…”

Words so mesmerising I turned off my adblock

dustyData@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 11:27 next collapse

This is the opposite of subliminal. It’s almost super-liminal. This people must think that a punch in the face is subtle disagreement.

FlaminGoku@reddthat.com on 27 Sep 2023 11:37 next collapse

Yvan eht nioj!

Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social on 27 Sep 2023 11:48 next collapse

Yvan eht nioj

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works on 27 Sep 2023 12:10 next collapse

Drink more Ovaltine

NENathaniel@lemmy.ca on 27 Sep 2023 13:13 next collapse

Ngl I can’t read it until I squint

LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch on 27 Sep 2023 15:47 collapse

Depends on what device I’m looking at it on. The thumbnail preview makes the words super obvious, but the full size version on a computer screen is almost unreadable, even if I squint.

Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 20:31 collapse

Other way around, people think subtle disagreement is a punch in the face

Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 05:37 collapse

No, i think it ws right the first time. They think something that is super-liminal is subliminal. That’s the big obvious thing, vs. the small subtle thing. So, in conparison, they would think a punch in the face is a subtle disagreement. So big obvious thing vs. small subtle thing.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com on 27 Sep 2023 11:59 next collapse

ControlNet uses the AI image-generating tool Stable Diffusion, and one of its initial uses was generating fancy QR codes using the code as an input image. That idea was then taken further, with some users developing a workflow that lets them specify any image or text as a black-and-white mask that implants itself into the generated image—kind of like an automated, generative version of the masking tool in Photoshop.

“What happened there was that this user discovered that if they used the QR Code ControlNet but instead of feeding it a QR code, they fed it some other black-and-white patterns, they could create nice optical illusions,” said Passos. “You can now send a conditioning image and the model blends in a pattern that satisfies that while still making a coherent image at the same time.”

Which is…just ControlNet?

Borimino@feddit.dk on 27 Sep 2023 12:52 collapse

Yes, the article explains what Control Net is for those of us who haven’t heard of it before. And the article says that Control Net was (apparently) initially meant to be used for qr codes.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com on 27 Sep 2023 13:38 collapse

Sorry to be indirect - ControlNet is a Stable Diffusion tool that generally allows for generating images with input control frames. The QR code use-case was a single potential use that went viral.

I was just eye-rolling a bit over the expert in the article also not understanding what ControlNet is, since it’s propagating an incorrect history.

dxc@sh.itjust.works on 27 Sep 2023 12:59 next collapse

Here’s what’s really going on

Yeah nothing out of the ordinary

Thanks I guess

DagonPie@kbin.social on 27 Sep 2023 13:51 next collapse

It's vice, what do you expect.

stebo02@sopuli.xyz on 27 Sep 2023 16:33 collapse

it’s clearly a clickbait title

drekly@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 14:09 next collapse

It’s fun, I’ve been making my own!

BustinJiber@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 14:58 next collapse

What’s going on is them ruining cats for me. Every time I see one of these pictures I want to puke at how unrealistic the animals look. I found myself to truly despise AI generated content with burning passion.

DLSchichtl@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 15:51 next collapse

Y’know, I’ve seen some shitty pictures of animals. Hell, I’ve drawn shitty pictures of animals. But I have never vomited as a result of viewing such a picture. Friend, you might want to see a doctor.

[deleted] on 27 Sep 2023 18:53 collapse

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DLSchichtl@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 18:56 next collapse

Lol

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 27 Sep 2023 19:10 next collapse

Jesse what the fuck are you talking about

thoughtorgan@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 04:39 next collapse

Stop schizo posting

Gabu@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 10:21 collapse

You have some serious mental issues, I’d recommend looking for a psychiatrist. If you don’t, I’ll generate an AI image of your face – this is a real threat!

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works on 27 Sep 2023 16:09 next collapse

I kind of like the little biped guy second from left though, cute little bundle of fur on sticks

[deleted] on 28 Sep 2023 10:13 collapse

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Touching_Grass@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 16:28 next collapse

Every week, the social media hype-train seems to find new ways to sensationalize generative AI tools. Most recently, a new technique that allows users to produce optical illusions went viral, with some describing the results as AI-generated images with “subliminal” messages.

These writers got the same energy as an envious teenage girl

PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works on 27 Sep 2023 17:21 next collapse

They even found words to bitch about twitter being renamed.

dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Sep 2023 18:36 collapse

What does that even mean? It’s literally a first paragraph summary of the body of the article? In what way does it sound “envious” and from the mind of a teenage girl?

[deleted] on 27 Sep 2023 19:20 collapse

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dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Sep 2023 18:35 next collapse

Didn’t Vice go out of business like months ago?

[deleted] on 27 Sep 2023 22:37 collapse

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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 19:58 collapse

On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason—

Best part of the article right there.