Author: J. Rosenbaum
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Further AI fact Checking
I regularly work with Reuters Fact Check (including Reuters Arabic) to assess images and videos that circulate online. Most of these cases involve synthetic media that has been framed as real news. Below is a selection of recent work from June onward. Convoy image heading to Rafah Crossing https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/arabic/ICIT4BGBBBPKDMMUVCUOPZLFIU-2025-06-21/I reviewed an image said to show… Read more
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The Importance of Fact-Checking AI Images
Dr J Rosenbaum emphasizes the importance of digital literacy to identify AI deception, particularly in politics where generative AI is used for propaganda and misinformation. They advocate for combating deepfakes in political contexts and express a willingness to assist in fact-checking efforts related to AI-generated content. Read more
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Slopocene Icons
AI slop is proliferating on social media at an alarming rate. Images are generated and disseminated with political agendas, particularly in right-wing spheres. These AI-generated images often depict soldiers, sad children, or interior designs. Of particular note are the catfishing-style “I need a husband” posts featuring women with impossible proportions, ostensibly seeking partners. These chimeric… Read more
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Fractured Reflections
A new experimental work exploring how generative AI systems caption and create new content based on limited data. In this caseI I automatically pixelate the images the AI receives. It then falls to Clip interrogator to assign a caption to the pixelated image. Then Generative AI to generate a new image using the source as… Read more
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Memento Mori
In ‘Memento Mori,’ I explore the consequences of our increasing reliance on AI and technology. I particularly explore this impact in the context of environmental degradation. By capturing human presence and obscuring them through repetitive tracing, I highlight the ephemerality of human presence in the face of environmental harm. This artwork serves as a reminder… Read more
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Self_Portrait
Self_Portrait is an exploration of gender and AI. Through interconnected AI systems, we delve into the gendered connotations of certain words, particularly those related to personality traits. AI system interconnectivity Our project employs a trained classifier that assigns these words to users, followed by Stable Diffusion and controlnets to generate an AI impression of what… Read more
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Gender Tapestry
in Gender Tapestry, J. Rosenbaum investigates the fascinating connections between facial recognition, gender classification, and color perception. Similar to how different computer monitors present colors in varying ways, J posits that individuals perceive and experience gender uniquely. They explore the idea that our life experiences, cultural influences, and personal perspectives shape our understanding of gender. Read more
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Frankenstein’s Telephone
Frankenstein’s Telephone’ is a conceptual artwork created using artificial intelligence to examine how computer vision expresses gender classifications. Each of the images in the sequence are snapshots of that document how various neural networks have generated an image based on a prompt phrase Read more
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Set in Stone
Set in Stone is an ongoing artistic project resulting from my inquiries into training bias out of image generation algorithms. I used a discrete 3D rendered dataset, firstly of masculine marble faces, then adding in feminine marble faces, and finally faces that break out of the binary mold by exploring color and diverse hairstyles. The… Read more
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Uncanny Valley
Picture a face manipulated in Snapchat, adorned with a computer-generated, melty mask—set against an artful background. My fascination with Snapchat led me to scrape images from Instagram, curious about what a neural network could create. The Generative Adversarial Network, instead of blending Augmented Reality components into nightmarish forms, astoundingly detected commonalities and erased these components… Read more