AI-Generated 'Subliminal Messages' Are Going Viral. Here's What's Really Going On

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AI-Generated 'Subliminal Messages' Are Going Viral. Here's What's Really Going On
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Subliminal messaging has never convincingly been shown to work outside of specific laboratory conditions.

That said, this made me laugh:

On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason

I think it's called X because of Space X. Which follows simpleton Microsoft pattern of thinking basic numbers and letters are somehow "cool" - Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One. With the next one everyone's mind will explode.

It's called X because that was the name of his first company before PayPal bough it. He wants X to be an 'everything app' including banking. It will fail.

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This is the opposite of subliminal. It's almost super-liminal. This people must think that a punch in the face is subtle disagreement.

Ngl I can't read it until I squint

Depends on what device I'm looking at it on. The thumbnail preview makes the words super obvious, but the full size version on a computer screen is almost unreadable, even if I squint.

Other way around, people think subtle disagreement is a punch in the face

No, i think it ws right the first time. They think something that is super-liminal is subliminal. That's the big obvious thing, vs. the small subtle thing. So, in conparison, they would think a punch in the face is a subtle disagreement. So big obvious thing vs. small subtle thing.

On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason—

Best part of the article right there.

"On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason—algorithmically-boosted blue-check users..."

Words so mesmerising I turned off my adblock

I read the ‘Gay Sex’ as ‘Day Sex’ 🤔

Funnily enough gay sex was fine in ancient Rome (as long as you were the dominant one) but having sex in the light (whether natural or candle light) was seen as a massive taboo.

(Amongst the upper and middle classes anyway, I doubt the majority of people cared)

Day sex fan VS Night sex enjoyer

What's going on is them ruining cats for me. Every time I see one of these pictures I want to puke at how unrealistic the animals look. I found myself to truly despise AI generated content with burning passion.

I kind of like the little biped guy second from left though, cute little bundle of fur on sticks

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Every week, the social media hype-train seems to find new ways to sensationalize generative AI tools. Most recently, a new technique that allows users to produce optical illusions went viral, with some describing the results as AI-generated images with “subliminal” messages.

These writers got the same energy as an envious teenage girl

What does that even mean? It's literally a first paragraph summary of the body of the article? In what way does it sound "envious" and from the mind of a teenage girl?

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