Meta says it's testing an “Imagine Yourself” feature announced in September that automatically generates AI images of a user and puts them into that user's feed
But to be fair, this guy did upload his image into their AI filtering doodad. So, y'know, those of us who eschew AI will not get randomly fucked with. [embedded post] Sam Biddle / @sambiddle.com : Never in my career have I seen such a giant gulf between What Companies Think Is the Most Important Thing in the World and What Normal People Have Absolutely Any Interest in Whatsoever [embedded post] @ceej.online : USERS: I hate using instagram now, the algorithm sucks, all I see is brands and clickbait. I wish they'd just show me what my friends are up to — META: We trapped a little version of you inside your phone so we can torture him forever :) [embedded post] Brian Gray / @urbanbohemian.com : Even in “Minority Report” they just personalized the ads, they didn't try to use our likeness in them. Sheesh. [embedded post] Uncle Eagle / @grneagle : I figured it out... its because in the future it will be ad based... itll be a picture of me sitting in a McDonalds, or on a new couch, or wearing new clothes, or a new umbrella... I got it, at least I understand now, theyre just getting us used to them stealing our image first before the ads start. Mastodon: Meredith Whittaker / @Mer__edith@mastodon.world : This is desperate product manager trying to ship something to meet a company OKR they don't understand and don't believe in coded — https://www.404media.co/... X: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : New: Instagram has begun testing a feature in which Meta's AI will automatically generate images of users in various situations and put them into that user's feed. We confirmed with Meta it's real. https://www.404media.co/... Forums: Hacker News : Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves r/ABoringDystopia : Used Meta AI to edit a selfie, now instagram is using my face on ads targeted at me. r/technology : Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves. Meta AI put a Redditor into “an endless maze of mirrors” as part of a new AI feature it is testing. BeauHD / Slashdot : Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves