You’re Breaking My Heart

You’re Breaking My Heart

A crying girl holds her puppy while surrounded by floodwaters. I’ll admit it, this one moves me. I want to run up to her and comfort her. She must be cold and shivering. Where are her parents? Is she orphaned? Anything to give this poor girl some hope.

But the photo is a fake.

The tragedy in this photo was manufactured by AI and is being used to sow outrage. “IF ONLY WE DIDN’T SPEND MONEY ON ILLEGAL ALIENS!” it tells us, this horrible event could have been prevented. Poor, soaking, little white girls across the U.S.A. could avoid the effects of global warming, bad policy, denial and pollution. You would never have to see another girl suffer like this again.

Except it is not real.

AI Emotional Manipulations

An essential citizen survival skill these days is being able to spot an AI fake. The Tell has introduced several clues to watch for - like perfectly smooth skin, extra fingers, missing limbs and oddly deep wrinkles. There’s also clues in a photograph’s background,…