> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.europeans.today/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # This is not a photo, but AI can pretend it is - URL: https://www.europeans.today/2023/03/21/this-is-not-a-photo-but-ai-can-pretend-it-is/ - Published: 2023-03-21T03:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2023-03-22T03:06:10.000Z - Description: AI is now able to generate photo-realistic images of human hands. It can now take images like photos and make them realistically detailed. With this new technique, the possibilities of what AI can do are endless. - Author: Rashmee Roshan Lall - Tags: COMMENT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Tech, MidJourney AI, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Fake Photos ### AI is now able to generate photo-realistic images of human hands. It can now take images like photos and make them realistically detailed. With this new technique, the possibilities of what AI can do are endless. Hard to believe but all those clever artificial intelligence (AI) image generators were once stumped by human five-fingered hands. No longer. [Midjourney AI](https://www.techeblog.com/midjourney-ai-apple-store-architectural-styles/?ref=europeans.today) v5 has cracked that challenge, apparently, ushering in a new world, a universe littered with fake photos. *Semafor* reported the news recently, alongside a photo of Joe Biden and Donald Trump laughing on the golf course together. It’s a golden day. What could possibly be wrong? ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2023/03/www-00335e.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2023/03/www-00335b.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2023/03/www-00335c.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2023/03/www-00335d.jpg) ###### These are not photographs; they were generated by Midjourney v5\. | [CREDIT: LINKEDIN/SCOT PANSING](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scotpansing%5Fai-artificialintelligence-generativeai-activity-7042587354313760768-chak/?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fios) All of it. It’s a fake photo and *Semafor* helpfully helps us navigate to the [*LinkedIn* account of Scot Pansing](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scotpansing%5Fai-artificialintelligence-generativeai-activity-7042587354313760768-chak/?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fios), a creative technologist, who specialises in “AI Prompt Generation” and formerly worked at *Google*, *YouTube*, *Disney* and *Capitol Records*. Mr Pansing explains the implications of what we’re seeing when we look at that image of Mr Biden and Mr Trump: 🗨️ *“These are not photographs; they were generated by Midjourney v5\. The rate of improvement in these tools is astonishing, and as a society we need to be prepared for AI’s accelerating affect on:* *— Election propaganda* *— Fraud/scams* *— Fake news* *— Content farms* *— Medical/safety misinformation* *These images were made with simple prompts such as ‘joe biden and donald trump laughing and playing golf together, mid day, natural direct sunlight, photography, eye level shot’.[#ai](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=ai&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#artificialintelligence](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=artificialintelligence&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#generativeai](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=generativeai&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#midjourney](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=midjourney&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#safety](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=safety&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#policy](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=policy&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#deepfake](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=deepfake&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#technology](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=technology&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#misinformation](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=misinformation&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today) [#propaganda](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=propaganda&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7042587354313760768&ref=europeans.today)”* The mind boggles, now that AI has managed to overcome the problem with human hands. (In case you’re wondering what that’s about, here’s [ChatGPT’s explanation to John Walker](https://kotaku.com/chatgpt-chatsonic-ai-dall-e-render-human-fingers-why-1850107682?ref=europeans.today): *“Rendering realistic human fingers is challenging for AI because they are highly articulated and have complex shapes and textures… capturing the subtleties of how light interacts with skin, nails, and wrinkles requires advanced modeling and rendering techniques.”*) But AI is past that now, so be prepared. ![PMP Magazine](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/09/end-flat-1.png "PMP Magazine") ### ### **— AUTHOR —** | ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/size/w150/2018/08/rashmee-roshan-lall.jpg) | ▫ **[Rashmee Roshan Lall](https://www.europeans.today/author/rashmee-roshan-lall/)*, Journalist by trade & inclination. World affairs columnist.* | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2022/08/feeback1-small-flatten-1.png)](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Leave some feedback") | [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2022/08/share-1-small-flatten.png)](#share "Share this article") | [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2022/08/comment4-small-flatten-2.png)](#comments "Leave a comment") | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- --- ##### Sources ▪ **Text:* This piece was originally published in [Medium](https://rashmee.medium.com/this-is-not-a-photo-but-ai-can-pretend-it-is-as-its-now-learnt-to-draw-human-hands-1cef6b4078d?ref=europeans.today) and re-published in PMP Magazine on 21 March 2023, with the author’s consent. | The author writes in a personal capacity.* *▪ *Cover:* AI generated picture. (Licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=europeans.today).)* ![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png "Cover photograph license")