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Ironically the writing looks kinda AI generated lol
Or just photoshopped. Certainly doesn’t look handwritten …
Thumb shadow and apostrophe style switch, plus perfectly filled whiteboard markers lead me to think this is a Qwen image edit.
They trained their model on text added to images, so it often pops above background stuff.
Plus this is an uncommonly shaped whiteboard marker to get this rounded style, and there are no lift marks.
Or he’s old enough to be able to been schooled in handwriting?
It’s the lighting of the board more than the handwriting that looks fake, although that is very clean handwriting if real.
I think it might be real. I agree that the lighting makes it look fake, I thought so too. But after looking at the lettering there are slight imperfections in some letters that would make sense if written by a marker. But I’m not the best judge of these things, my initial thought was fake/ai as well.
I like self checkouts, I like not having to talk to people. Just easier on my very autistic brain.
Still should be plenty of regular checkout lanes too.
I like the idea of self checkout. The practical reality is often quite bad … I’d rather deal with a cashier (cashiers in my country rarely do small talk, it’s a very rote interaction) than having to wait for an employee to deal with the self checkout’s weird issues.
This is why self scan is my favourite. Just scan stuff on your phone as you walk around, pack your bags ahead of time and the only time the staff need to get involved is age checking alcohol or painkillers, if there is some problem you had scanning something or if you get a random rescan request (which is admittedly horrible as it makes you feel like a criminal when they find the one item that didnt scan right). So much easier and faster than any of the other methods.
I’d rather not use phone apps …
Some stores have a very good self-checkout infrastructure.
For some reason, it’s never grocery stores. And grocery stores are basically 3/4 of the stores I need to visit. But it’s possible for them not to suck.
I hate self checkout, I like being able to space out and find it stressful doing the whole song and dance.
How is this a shitpost?
It’s an AI generated anti AI image. It’s set in Sydney Harbour and it’s so Shit I can smell it here in Gosford
How can you tell?
I’m embarrassed to say that for me it took until the H in Human. It’s clearly an “It”. Which, considering how incredibly meticulous the rest of the sign was (itself quite suspicious in retrospect) is very jarring and out-of-place. The fact that the H is transformed not just into mess, but into a perfect rendition of two other valid characters is a very AI type of mistake to make.
There’s also, in retrospect, the question of where the photo was taken from. The photo shows an angle of the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge that I don’t think is possible, especially when you add in that brick footpath and metal railing. It resembles, perhaps, parts of the railing from Circular Quay, which is west of the Opera House, and thus cannot show both Opera House and Bridge in the same photo. The angle appears to be from near Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, but here’s what the view looks like there:
There’s also something just a bit “off” about the whole text. It looks digitally super-imposed. I’d be prepared to believe it was Photoshopped in over a blank board (or a board with a different message) even if it isn’t AI, long before I’d believe it’s 100% genuine.
His fingers for example. His thumb nails are widely different, one left finger looks weirdly fat. The fence behind him is different to the right and to the left of him, the bridge seems to consist of weird poles. Also check the shadow of the left fence on the ground, it doesn’t match the fence structure.
There are many subtle hints, just look a while into the details and it will feel kind of odd.
What’s wrong with his ears?
It’s set in Sydney Harbour and it’s so Shit I can smell it here in Gosford
No offence, but in the grand scheme of things, that’s…not very far.
Still, I can smell it here in Brisbane. Which is still not that far on a global scale, but it’s a fair bit further. (Brisbane the city, that is, not the Brisbane Water that Gosford sits on.)
hUmAn CoNnEcTiOn
I want people available for assistance, sure, because automation needs a backup. But needing staff for a human connection is offloading their need to socialize onto staff.
None of these things are AI this is just computer programming
They are going to be AI now, because fuck the planet!
That.
Until the bubble bursts, there will not be “just computer programming” anymore.
People should have to work shitty service sector jobs so that I have someone to talk to. Because obviously I will never encounter other humans if they aren’t being forced to trade half their waking hours for money. What am I supposed to do, talk to people who aren’t being forced to put up with me if they don’t want to lose their income?
The “AI” being pushed on us now is trash, but if we do eventually get to the point of being able to automate away the vast majority of jobs, we ought to use that to free people from the need to work. Give us UBI, make robots do the shit that you wouldn’t do for free, and let us all have free time to do the things we actually want to do.
U all remember when you queued to buy a train ticket from a fellow behind a counter, and someone came and woke you up in the middle of the ride so they could clip it?
So high quality human interaction, I miss it so much /s
In a neoliberal society, having some human cashiers for the lonely people to have a natter to about their aches and grandkids while they ring up their groceries is as much human contact as one can ask for. This isn’t Communist 1970s Sweden, where the government employed social workers whose job was to check in on lonely old people.
There is very little benefit from having a cashier scan your groceries. They rarely if ever interact with you. And self checkout also has staff assisting. They seem more relaxed.
Relaxed? They pace back and forth like they’re awaiting a jury verdict.
Maybe you are on Le Wrong side of the planet.
The cashiers were stressed because the corporations treat them like shit. I suspect in the run-up to introducing self-checkout, they made it even worse, to justify charging us to work for them.
That said, I admit that while I hated the idea at first, because people would lose their jobs, I like self-checkout better.
HOWEVER, ideally, we’d have human cashiers, well-treated and well-paid, and enough of them to ensure a short wait. But, that’s not as profitable, so we get what we have now. Because, billionaires are ruining everything, and at an accelerated rate.
Why is it ideal for people to spend their productive time sitting at a cash register? That does not provide value.
None of these were particularly deep human interactions to begin with.
So selfish, what about shareholder profit? We can really increase our margins by getting rid of Dougie and the crew. Get your “connection” on your own time, gramps
Maybe get your human connection from somewhere where they aren’t forced to interact with you?
Like, even for old people there are places to socially interact. Even if it is just a retirement home.
ITT: Lots of people who doesn’t know which community they are commenting in.
The shadows and clouds reveal the realness of this picture.
One would think I’d love the idea, being Scandinavian and everything. Human interaction with people outside my absolute inner circle is a pain.
Turns out that interacting with AI is even worse so I’ve bought an eBike to avoid public transit, stopped eating at QR code places and such. I don’t work for free, for the companies benefits, by doing selfscan shopping. Unless it’s somewhat reasonable, every interaction with public services is a “go-slow” operation.
They told me I could become anything I wanted, so I became sand. Not very smart throwing me into the machine.
Become sand my friends and maybe one day we’ll meet at the beach.
I do want that, I want a human connection, not slaves to serve me, leave that to the robots and let’s just chill and enjoy the ride altogether.
I don’t want order food! Ituman connection
Driverless metro is the best thing since sliced bread. And there are drivers in a control center at all times, they just control more than one train.
