Just so I understand. Parent posts their child with a visible physical disability, something I think is not cool for any child but I’m sure must be nice for people who have or help assist with similar disabilities, and I’m sure can be uplifting for those who don’t. Fine, I don’t like it (the content angle, not the concept of visibility of people not like me), but fine.
What the hell is the kindest possible interpretation of the AI edit? What does anyone gain from that? Am I missing something fundamental or are we just witnessing a pathologically cynical attempt at engagement farming? I don’t even think the commenter knows if they’re being supportive or just rage baiting, I feel like after a certain point it’s just content is content is numbers is numbers. I really need to read Baudrillard.
I’m pretty confident it’s just “oh they’re not smiling, Grok, fix it”. People like that rarely think deeper than that, in my experience.
People like that rarely think deeper than that, in my experience.
That’s my experience as well. Usually followed by them getting very offended someone called out their gesture and explained all the side effects that they won’t have to deal with, especially in this day and age of people trying to minimize their online footprint.
That really really sucks. Never post your kids online. And if this person didn’t, it would suck even more if it was a family member or friend.
Not just your kids: Never post ANYONE online unless they’re able to understand what this means (aka everyone can take your picture and shove it into “ai”, possibly to turn it into porn) AND agree to being OK with the upload. Adults need to be protected from morons just as much as kids do there.
The biggest fight I’ve ever had with a friend in my life was when she posted photos of me without my permission and I asked her to take them down. It wasn’t anything lascivious, I was just having tea at her house and she posted a picture, but I was going for a minimal digital footprint. She took down the photo and then posted an insane rant about how she was CENSURED and she had to delete a post. It was so petty and I think she felt like she was edgy and people would side with her. She deleted the speech after a few days.
This was before the time of AI, but I wholeheartedly agree with you. No one is entitled to use your photos as content without their permission.
Posting your kids online is asshole behaviour. But if the likes are ao importent…
I don’t post my children either, but this little girl has an obvious and non hidden difference. It looks like she doesn’t have eyeballs.
So you’re a parent, first obligation to your child. But even inside that world there are some competing pulls:
- You want to build her a more accepting world. There is a perception that different physical appearances need to be covered up or hidden or not displayed. This can make people less accepting becuase they encounter it less often. If I’m her parent I want to normalize people showing off these differences so she is more accepted.
2.You don’t her to ever think you’re ashamed of her. Many parents post often and loudly. It’s a concern that she could get a negative perception of this privacy as she gets older.