Who do you think took this photograph—AI or Not?
©︎ Miles
This image, reminiscent of a group of young people enjoying a lively party and seemingly captured with an instant camera, raises the question: how many could discern that it was generated by AI?
The photograph above was created by programmer Miles Zimmerman using the AI tool 'Midjourney.' With AI technology evolving at a rapid pace, it now produces images so realistic they are virtually indistinguishable from reality.
A Web Service to Determine Whether an Image Is AI-Generated
‘AI or Not’ is a web service designed to determine whether an image was generated by artificial intelligence or captured by a human photographer. Utilizing proprietary, state-of-the-art algorithms, it is engineered to deliver highly accurate results.
Simply drag and drop JPEG or PNG files, upload them from a folder, or paste a URL, and the analysis is completed within seconds. For images generated by leading AI models such as Stable Diffusion, MidJourney, DALL-E, and GANs, the service boasts an impressive 95% accuracy rate.
Hands-On: Intriguing Results from Actual Use
The editorial team promptly tested ‘AI or Not’ by uploading a photograph they had taken. The result: 'Human'—correct.
If the result is correct, you can press 'CORRECT'; if not, you can provide feedback by pressing the red thumbs-down button, contributing to the machine learning process.
The platform places a strong emphasis on data privacy and security, stating that uploaded images and input URLs are not stored on the server beyond the period necessary for analysis.
Finally, we dropped the AI-generated party scene image introduced at the beginning into the service...
The result: 'Human'—in other words, incorrect. At this stage, depending on the quality of the generated image, errors can still occur. However, it is expected that accuracy will improve as machine learning advances.
We are entering an era where AI can deceive and confound even other AI.







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