what in the ai hell

elodieunderglass:

uupiic:

todaysbird:

what in the ai hell

People in notes mentioned a video, and here it is:

Aww they used to just be photoshopped and now they’re AI!

Seed scams use fake photos to sell seeds. This scale has existed for YEARS, with some of the oldest Jasc Paint Shop Pro manips on the internet being the bright blue watermelons, strawberries and roses generated for this scam.

Because you have to wait for weeks until even normal seeds “work”, and months before they “flower,” there are no negative consequences to the sellers; you’ll time out of your consumer rights, lose interest or lose steam, or simply forget about it long before you ever complain. They, for their part, can simply change the name of their online storefront. The cost is low enough that people won’t retaliate (about $20) and gardening is such a black box of skill anyway that normal people may even blame themselvesfor not getting the desired result. after all, even experienced gardeners - and legitimate seed sellers - don’t bother much with refunds for seed failures. At most you write a review saying it was a disappointing variety, and the seller sells a different variety next year. So even people who know what they’re doing wouldn’t bother with consequences, which is why the scam is evergreen.

AI does drastically increase the ability to generate appealing images for free, but the scam is the same. 

You do receive seeds in this scam, but apparently they are just generic flower  seeds. A Redditor who ordered them drunkenly apparently had them ID’ed as pansy or petunia seeds.