slashdev

2 days ago
If there was a standardized identifier, there would be software dedicated to just removing it.

I don't see how it would defeat the cat and mouse game.

paulryanrogers

2 days ago
It doesn't have to be perfect to be helpful.

For example, it's trivial to post an advertisement without disclosure. Yet it's illegal, so large players mostly comply and harm is less likely on the whole.

slashdev

2 days ago
You'd need a similar law around posting AI photos/videos without disclosure. Which maybe is where we're heading.

It still won't prevent it, but it would prevent large players from doing it.

I don't think it will be easy to just remove it. It's built into the image and thus won't be the same every time.

Plus, any service good at reverse-image search (like Google) can basically apply that to determine whether they generated it.

There will always be a way to defeat anything, but I don't see why this won't work for like 90% of cases.

dragonwriter

2 days ago
> I don't think it will be easy to just remove it.

No, but model training technology is out in the open, so it will continue to be possible to train models and build model toolchains that just don't incorporate watermarking at all, which is what any motivated actor seeking to mislead will do; the only thing watermarking will do is train people to accept its absence as a sign of reliability, increasing the effectiveness of fakes by motivated bad actors.