"The real estate industry has seized on generative AI with a passion. Realtors have made extensive use of the tech, manipulating photos of properties beyond recognition by giving facades and interiors a heavy coat of AI-generated paint. Text descriptions of properties have turned into a heap of ChatGPT-generated buzzwords, devolving an already frustrating house hunt into a genuinely exasperating experience."
"The listing for a property in Fort Totten, a suburb in northern DC, has since been taken down from Apartments.com. Other instances of the same listing still exist on other sites, such as Redfin, but no longer include the mangled picture of what one Reddit user described as their "sleep paralysis demon." Helpfully, the Internet Archive backed up a snapshot of the listing before it was pulled."
"But now, a listing for a property in the Washington, DC area has taken the cake. Renters seeking a new home in the capital made a horrifying discovery while browsing listings: what can only be described as an Eldritch horror poking her disfigured head out - from somehow both inside and outside - of a bathroom mirror."
The real estate industry has widely adopted generative AI for listings. Realtors frequently manipulate photos, applying heavy AI-generated alterations to facades and interiors. Text descriptions of properties have become filled with ChatGPT-generated buzzwords, complicating house hunting. AI-produced images sometimes introduce bizarre artifacts: smoothed architectural features, misplaced trees, rearranged furniture, and mangled props. A Washington, DC-area listing displayed an AI-distorted bathroom image showing an Eldritch-like figure protruding inside and outside a mirror. Apartments.com removed that Fort Totten listing, while copies remained on other sites like Redfin without the mangled image. The Internet Archive preserved a snapshot, and online users expressed horror and fear.
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