Am I the only one who got fooled by that AI-generated obituary post last week?

I was scrolling through a local Facebook group for my town, Oak Creek, and someone shared this super detailed obituary for a woman who supposedly taught at the elementary school for 30 years. It had dates, quotes from family, even a mention of her favorite type of jam. I commented a nice thing, then three other people pointed out the picture was generated by AI - the hands had six fingers. Now anytime I see a tribute post like that, I look for hand pics first. It's wild how fast these things spread. Has anyone else noticed fake sad stories popping up in local groups?

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kai_burns739d ago

Right, because nothing says "genuine community loss" like a woman whose jam recipe came with six-fingered preserving instructions. My grandma always said the devil's in the details, but I guess now it's in the phalanges count. It's a shame because those fake posts just make it harder for the real grieving families to get any kind of recognition or support online. I'm half expecting to see a tribute for 'beloved pet goldfish who taught me the lesson of bubbles' with a picture that has gills on its head. At this point I'm just checking every local group post for the hand check before I even read the story.

noahgreen5d ago

Yeah I read somewhere that these scams are getting so sophisticated they're using AI to generate the hand pics now, wild right?

torres.blair9d ago

And honestly, the weird part to me is that these scammers are actually making the internet dumber by training us to ignore anything with a minor flaw. My neighbor's real obituary for her dad got flagged as spam because the photo was a little blurry.