Author of fake image of Pope making viral calls for regulation of artificial intelligence

Person in charge of an image that circulated the world last week Pope Francis wears a luxury jacket afraid of creation itself. pablo xavierforming a false image of the pope from a platform Artificial Intelligence (AI)He believes that laws on the subject should be discussed and created in order to avoid problems in the future.

in an interview with BuzzFeedXavier said he initially thought it would be fun to create pictures of Pope Francis on a custom jacket. However, the image went viral and even made headlines in newspapers for its visual appearance, raising questions about the use of artificial intelligence.

The boy lives in Chicago, USA, works in the construction industry and created the photos with his latest version. mid trip. He then posted the entire series on Reddit and Facebook until one of his creations went a lot more viral than Xavier realized.

You’ve probably seen on the news that the AI ​​generations of Pope Francis wore a white casual jacket. I’d love to see your generations get inspired by it.

Here’s a prompt from original creator Guerrero Art (Pablo Xavier):

Catholic Pope Francis wears Balenciaga puffy jacket at rap workout… pic.twitter.com/5WA2UTYG7b

— Kris Kashtanova (@icreatelife) March 28, 2023

AI regulation

When asked if many believe the image is real, the person in charge of the command says it is. “absolutely scary” and crazy”. Xavier too advocates legislation to avoid exposing people to embarrassing situations or creating false content that looks real.

“It hadn’t even occurred to me before. If they don’t enact laws to regulate this, it’s definitely going to become something serious. (…) As long as it’s used for ordinary images, if you want to reproduce it. A Vincent Van Gogh, I feel that such things are fine. For well-known people.” “This could be the limit. This could be the limit,” he justified.

It is worth noting that artificial intelligence technologies have already caused controversy in recent years. Thanks to the use of solutions like deepfake, even fake videos of well-known people circulate on the Internet and cause problems. For example, last year, a fabricated video showed the Ukrainian president surrendering during the war against Russia.