On a bad side of AI, Calgary Farmer's market has caused quite a bit of controversy recently by running a new campaign with AI generated images and introducing it on Instagram. Their website and market has been redesigned with these images, which are pretty poor quality considering where AI image generation is these days (several of the animals have 3 fingers for example)
https://www.calgaryfarmersmarket.ca/
They released a statement on Instagram a few days ago defending its use as the outrage grew. Problem was, their statement was clearly AI generated. Chatgpt has a few tendencies and quirks where it loves to use certain words to the point of obsession. Words like Whimsical, testament, symphony, I hope this e-mail finds you well and their response has several of these words multiple times.
I think AI use is inevitable, but when bad AI is done, it sticks out like a sore thumb. The reality is, even as companies like OpenAI / Microsoft, Google, Meta take measures to align their models to society, embed hidden watermarks in AI generated images and videos, all of these can be circumvented, perhaps not today, but tomorrow these will. We saw the epic OpenAI mutiny over alignment a few months ago, with Sam Altman and Microsoft winning the tug of war.
The future is interesting.