▲ 423 ▼ Mamdani Targets AI 'Housefishing' With Mandatory Rental Listing Disclosures (townflex.com) submitted 1 week ago by stermy4u@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 16 points 1 week ago (1 child) AI housefishing? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 31 points 1 week ago (2 children) a rising fraudulent trend known in the real estate industry as “housefishing,” where landlords use technology to mask property defects. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago I see, so like catfishing but for homes. SMDH. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children) This is NOT a new thing at all. Even 10 years ago apartments had photo shopped clean walls and you go see it to find shitty dirty/damaged walls. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] notthebees@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) The stupid ai touch up tools do so much more now. My friends bought a house and all my friendgroup has been helping them fix it and paint it. I needed a reference photo when reinstalling vents so I decided to use the listing to figure out which vent went where. The fuckass realtor who listed the house removed every single vent with the stupid ai tool. Same with the kitchen, there was no sink in the photos. Like what are we doing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah it used to take work but now websites make it easy with a button permalink fedilink source parent [–] BeKindRewind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago True. The issue is how prevalent it is now. Any moron can do it now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Iirc, landlords never had any actual photoshopping skills and mostly just used old pictures or simply didn't take pictures of the stuff they didn't want to show. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 31 points 1 week ago (2 children) a rising fraudulent trend known in the real estate industry as “housefishing,” where landlords use technology to mask property defects. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago I see, so like catfishing but for homes. SMDH. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children) This is NOT a new thing at all. Even 10 years ago apartments had photo shopped clean walls and you go see it to find shitty dirty/damaged walls. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] notthebees@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) The stupid ai touch up tools do so much more now. My friends bought a house and all my friendgroup has been helping them fix it and paint it. I needed a reference photo when reinstalling vents so I decided to use the listing to figure out which vent went where. The fuckass realtor who listed the house removed every single vent with the stupid ai tool. Same with the kitchen, there was no sink in the photos. Like what are we doing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah it used to take work but now websites make it easy with a button permalink fedilink source parent [–] BeKindRewind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago True. The issue is how prevalent it is now. Any moron can do it now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Iirc, landlords never had any actual photoshopping skills and mostly just used old pictures or simply didn't take pictures of the stuff they didn't want to show. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago I see, so like catfishing but for homes. SMDH. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children) This is NOT a new thing at all. Even 10 years ago apartments had photo shopped clean walls and you go see it to find shitty dirty/damaged walls. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] notthebees@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) The stupid ai touch up tools do so much more now. My friends bought a house and all my friendgroup has been helping them fix it and paint it. I needed a reference photo when reinstalling vents so I decided to use the listing to figure out which vent went where. The fuckass realtor who listed the house removed every single vent with the stupid ai tool. Same with the kitchen, there was no sink in the photos. Like what are we doing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah it used to take work but now websites make it easy with a button permalink fedilink source parent [–] BeKindRewind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago True. The issue is how prevalent it is now. Any moron can do it now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Iirc, landlords never had any actual photoshopping skills and mostly just used old pictures or simply didn't take pictures of the stuff they didn't want to show. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) The stupid ai touch up tools do so much more now. My friends bought a house and all my friendgroup has been helping them fix it and paint it. I needed a reference photo when reinstalling vents so I decided to use the listing to figure out which vent went where. The fuckass realtor who listed the house removed every single vent with the stupid ai tool. Same with the kitchen, there was no sink in the photos. Like what are we doing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah it used to take work but now websites make it easy with a button permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Yeah it used to take work but now websites make it easy with a button permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeKindRewind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago True. The issue is how prevalent it is now. Any moron can do it now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Iirc, landlords never had any actual photoshopping skills and mostly just used old pictures or simply didn't take pictures of the stuff they didn't want to show. permalink fedilink source parent