Before starting this week’s post I’d just like to say it feels dangerous dictating a piece with stream of consciousness writing. It’s saving my wrist, yes, but I 100% cannot guarantee this post won’t go straight off the rails.

You’ve been warned.

The phrase take another look screams sales to me —  car shopping, major appliances, that sort of thing – they’re always asking you to just take one more look,  see if we can get you sold on this thing that I may or may not need or, alternatively, need desperately, but I’m trying not to spend huge amounts of money on.

It’s also all over persuasive writing. Take another look at this opinion, let’s really dig down on what it means to believe XYZ.

But the one that’s really pissing me off? The one that nearly drives me to distraction right now is the AI image analysis. When something gets splashed everywhere and someone says hey, take another look, this is AI, it’s fake. Let’s break down how it is and how we know. But as quick as we learn how to spot it that’s how quick AI improves its skills.

Let’s talk about Nekima Levy Armstrong, the Minneapolis civil rights activist and lawyer who’s been arrested for their role in a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul. I’ll link an article below (because sources) so you can get the details but my focus this week is the image released manipulated to show a distraught and inconsolable Armstrong being arrested. The original image shows a woman standing strong, determined, certain she’s on the right side of history.

Image manipulation to drive the administration’s narrative about that particular activity protected by the first amendment.

I think we all need to be taking a closer look — at images dropped like fact, at stories about current events with an eye toward who is served by the angles, at what’s happening all around us.

Don’t look away.

Article here

Linda hosts Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week’s prompt is “take another look.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!