Social media : people stunned by image of Pope Francis in a stylish white coat generated by AI

An AI-gen­er­at­ed image of Pope Fran­cis dart­ing in a large white coat has gone viral on social media, shock­ing and con­fus­ing viewers.

Cre­at­ed by an AI (arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence) image gen­er­a­tor, this image shows the head of the Catholic Church wear­ing a long, impec­ca­ble coat over a tra­di­tion­al white robe, with a cross hang­ing from a chain around his chest. .

As more real­is­tic images of AI-pow­ered celebri­ties flood the inter­net, many social media users, includ­ing Chris­sy Teigen, have expressed con­fu­sion over whether this fash­ion pho­to is real or fake.

In recent days, fake images of for­mer US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin, actor Will Smith, and oth­ers have been cre­at­ed and post­ed on social media.

In response to the image of the Pope, Teigen tweet­ed, “I thought the Pope’s jack­et was real and thought noth­ing of it.” It’s impos­si­ble to sur­vive in the future of technology.”

“It’s time to ban AI,” declared one Twit­ter user. I believed the pho­to of the Pope in a puffer jack­et. I feel like a What­sApp aun­tie now.”

Oth­ers expressed con­cern about the real­ism of the images and how AI might affect peo­ple’s perceptions.

“The fact that peo­ple find the pic­ture of the Pope in a long jack­et evoca­tive is a good indi­ca­tor that AI will find it very easy to destroy human­i­ty,” one per­son wrote. .

Lucy Cald­well, a U.S. tech exec­u­tive and polit­i­cal advis­er, said, “I want to tell the PSA that the image cir­cu­lat­ing today of the Pope in a white jack­et that has touched the hearts of many is not real. Please tell me,” he added. ”

“And in con­clu­sion, now that AI is here, we need to act quick­ly to dis­cern what is real and what is not.”

An AI-gen­er­at­ed image recent­ly cir­cu­lat­ed on social media show­ing Trump in prison wear­ing an orange jump­suit as the for­mer pres­i­dent is under crim­i­nal investigation.

This was after Trump pre­dict­ed he would be arrest­ed. The fake image has raised con­cerns among law­mak­ers and experts that it could spread harm­ful misinformation.