# Facebook AI Slop **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [September 8, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945 "2024-09-08T06:30:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/21 "2024-09-09T02:15:57Z")
Weirdly, I had one of those today as well but it was a poorly (like c.2022 quality) rendered Mother Theresa on a crocheted riding mower. Don’t ask me. I didn’t click or expand it to read the 10 facts about BMW and actually just blocked the group. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/22 "2024-09-09T02:33:01Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > My recent favorite is a pic of a kid who made a dog out of sand at the beach. The dog has fingernails Ha! I recently saw this weird-ass fingernail sand dog too! ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/23 "2024-09-10T15:07:49Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I actually joined a Facebook group that shares these bizarre photos. I love em! It really is like a weird social experiment, and they’re just so stupid I can’t look away. What’s the group? I wouldn’t mind seeing some of the other crazy stuff out there. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/24 "2024-09-10T15:53:27Z")
It’s called “Boomers getting fooled by AI, again.” (It’s not just laughing at boomers though, mostly strange ai art that gets passed around social media. And often fools people, not just boomers.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/25 "2024-09-10T16:13:09Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > What’s the group? I wouldn’t mind seeing some of the other crazy stuff out there. There are many FB groups for AI. Some include Cursed AI Wholesome AI Blursted AI Creepy AI Dark Visions AI Once you join one you will start seeing recommendations for others. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/26 "2024-09-12T20:40:36Z")
There’s a certain irony to the smug commentary about how ‘boomers are falling for it’. Most of the fawning comments on this AI slop are bots. If you think boomers are falling for it, _you_ are also falling for it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/27 "2024-09-14T03:10:33Z")
Here’s an AI image shared by one of my FB friends today where the comments appear to be coming from real people. > **[Things I've never seen before | How many grandmothers and grandfather did not...](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1477819982777466/permalink/1718995198659942/?mibextid=lOuIew&rdid=axEikeVTV9rfDF3B&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fp%2FVsjbb9DNdhF3Z44T%2F%3Fmibextid%3DlOuIew)** > > How many grandmothers and grandfather did not live to be 88 years old, congratulations to all the triplets in the world🥺🥹🎂🥰 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/28 "2024-09-14T17:52:17Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > There’s a certain irony to the smug commentary about how ‘boomers are falling for it’. Most of the fawning comments on this AI slop are bots. If you think boomers are falling for it, _you_ are also falling for it. Yeah, I figured the “Wow” and “Beautiful” responses to AI crap were from bots. I was getting a shit ton of AI bullshit gardening and Jesus “why doesn’t this garbage trend?” postings on FB. I virtually eliminated them by following a bunch of groups relevant to me which post decent stuff, so my feed is cleaned up. If you leave a vacuum, FB will fill it with 💩. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/29 "2024-09-14T17:56:38Z")
In case anyone isn’t aware, you can look at just the feed of posts from your friends. That way you don’t see all the suggested content. I’m not sure how to do it from mobile, but on the left column on a PC, there should be a link for Feeds. Under that you can look at the feed for Friends, as well as a few other categories. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/30 "2024-09-14T18:51:07Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Here’s an AI image shared by one of my FB friends today I like the skillfully placed hearts over all their hands 😃 I don’t really fault people for non-critically responding though. It’s a generic picture of some old people and not claiming anything outlandish like making a 20’ Jesus statue out of clam shells or a tree of rainbow bananas. There’s no real reason to give it more than half a glance. It’s the AI equivalent of saying “My aunt got sick last night” and responding to the obligatory statement of sympathy with “I don’t even have an aunt! I tricked you so hard, don’t you feel stupid?” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/31 "2024-09-14T19:01:30Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I like the skillfully placed hearts over all their hands 😃 Yeah, I noticed that. But even half a glance should tell you that the bottom image isn’t a photograph. Even if you have to look close to find actual distortions (AI is getting much better) it has a waxy, plasticy look. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/32 "2024-09-14T19:47:31Z")
Well, given how much stuff is post-processed and Instagram/Snapchat filtered these days, a lot of legit photos look like trash. I’ve also been staring at AI images for the past several years for it so I’m sure my eyes for it (on a 1440p screen) are different than some 75 year old on their phone or iPad who only tangentially knows that AI imagery is a thing. Ultimately though, I think it’s just a low stakes thing. It doesn’t stretch credulity, provoke some emotional-political response, or whatever – just “Oh, nice pic.” I could AI gen a picture of a toad on a rock and post it to Facebook saying “I found a toad” and probably get friends saying “Nice” and “Neat toad”. Not because my friends are idiots, but because none of them have reason to critically examine it and they are primarily being polite and social. If they uncritically accepted a “photo” of a toad posed like Jesus on the cross and all said “Amen, this shows God is great!” then I’d be a lot more worried for them. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/33 "2024-09-14T21:20:38Z")
Speaking of amphibians: [![](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2015/03/frogmouth.jpg) ](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2015/03/frogmouth.jpg) [100% real but also 100% staged.](https://petapixel.com/2015/03/05/a-frog-riding-a-beetle-is-this-a-real-wildlife-photo-or-a-bunch-of-bs/) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/34 "2024-09-15T22:13:32Z")
Kermit Rides a Unicorn ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/35 "2024-09-15T23:26:25Z")
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/QN1z8kkG/0691d60f-5e9a-4159-b188-c03c0105aa8a.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/QN1z8kkG/0691d60f-5e9a-4159-b188-c03c0105aa8a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/36 "2024-09-16T16:55:10Z")
The latest big thing for Facebook bots appears to be fake movie posters. I’m guessing the _Back to the Future IV_ deepfake trailer prompted these; they’re the first such “posters” I’ve seen, anyway. > **[Tom Holland Confirms Back To The Future Remake Talks Have Happened](https://screenrant.com/back-future-movie-remake-reboot-tom-holland-talks/)** > > Spider-Man star talks Back to the Future reboot. Examples: [![](https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/458560826_523457113553869_3821767868812213881_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=Fp3Jas6YUukQ7kNvgE8VbU8&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&_nc_gid=ApT9-ipTLv1YJA2FCPDPBIk&oh=00_AYCYKG-q7oSd-Vu2pFiCkFB9uiI1MQvCKoqRI86SArImrg&oe=66EE3044) ](https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/458560826_523457113553869_3821767868812213881_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=Fp3Jas6YUukQ7kNvgE8VbU8&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&_nc_gid=ApT9-ipTLv1YJA2FCPDPBIk&oh=00_AYCYKG-q7oSd-Vu2pFiCkFB9uiI1MQvCKoqRI86SArImrg&oe=66EE3044) [![](https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/458656561_394039113738930_5145074994693606762_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=sfLvoR313ysQ7kNvgE_Y8-h&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&_nc_gid=ASFqfB5Tl4KItsYLbMovM__&oh=00_AYBad_YZlhNJ53bbRg6KDr3SA2ahP3jxqs-QXnGlASX1GA&oe=66EE3F08) ](https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/458656561_394039113738930_5145074994693606762_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=sfLvoR313ysQ7kNvgE_Y8-h&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&_nc_gid=ASFqfB5Tl4KItsYLbMovM__&oh=00_AYBad_YZlhNJ53bbRg6KDr3SA2ahP3jxqs-QXnGlASX1GA&oe=66EE3F08) I can’t share them because I’ve already blocked the culprits which posted them but I’ve had fake posters for _Independence Day 3_ in my feed today. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/37 "2024-09-16T19:21:44Z")
Good to know that in “Back to Future Thugaur 4”, time travel melts your fingers off. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/38 "2024-09-16T19:27:48Z")
I"m more concerned about the typography, to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/39 "2024-09-22T18:03:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@Jophiel](#): > > > > I like the skillfully placed hearts over all their hands 😃 ⁢ > > Yeah, I noticed that. > > But even half a glance should tell you that the bottom image isn’t a photograph. Even if you have to look close to find actual distortions (AI is getting much better) it has a waxy, plasticy look. ⁢ At the size it is on my 1400x900 screen and the distance I sit from my monitor, I didn’t really see that level of detail. But it still looks uncanny. The faces are all exactly facing the camera in a way that never happens in real photos. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945/40 "2024-09-22T21:59:36Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Over the past few months, I’ve been seeing an awful lot of this crap on my Facebook feed. Some days it seems like literally every other post will be some weird AI-generated image, with text reading “Why don’t pictures like this ever trend”, and #ScarlettJohansson and #BeautifulCabinCrew hashtags. Hmmmm… click-seeking mega-corporations gonna seek clicks. Isn’t that all there is to this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ai-slop/1006945.md?page=3)