Willy Wonka event in Glasgow under fire for overpromising using AI art

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrlr3dw2x3o

Police were called to an event described as a "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow as angry families demanded refunds.
The event was advertised as a "journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises at every turn".
But one visitor told BBC Scotland News that it was little more than "an abandoned, empty warehouse".

People are comparing it to Fyre Festival and DashCon.

The Wonka actor has shared his experience: https://twitter.com/TheGMcConnachie/status/1762572534602416419
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d8b0abb5.jpg
My favorite part has to be this actor playing the most depressed Oompa Loompa in history:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1c93e6ff.jpg
God has heard my soul.
https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1762739767471714379

Roald Dahl's stories can get a bit intense at times, but you know what would make it better?
A man in black robes and iron mask.
God has heard my soul.
Okay but this is objectively hilarious. Possibly better value for money than the real thing. Those children (and parents) will remember going to the shit willy wonka warehouse for years to come.
Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along.
Raka_Putra posted...
My favorite part has to be this actor playing the most depressed Oompa Loompa in history:

What did they do, spend all the money to have Rachel Dratch reprise her Debbie Downer character?
This signature won't change until Chrono Trigger gets a re-release on a modern Nintendo console.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/90fa93cd.jpg

this is going to keep happening and getting worse until someone actually makes laws to control AI use
(|| ' ' ||) When have you ever seen three big, very smooth arcs
. /|_|\ of hair sticking out of a person's forehead? I haven't!
AI nailed the crazy eyes in the bottom-right girl, at least

Not sure how that was supposed to be advertising for a fun adventure for kids though!
It's Reyn Time.
Sheep007 posted...
Okay but this is objectively hilarious. Possibly better value for money than the real thing. Those children (and parents) will remember going to the shit willy wonka warehouse for years to come.
This is unironically true. Kids nowadays have grown up with memes about dashcon and such. They would love to be a part of something like this themselves.
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ZenOfThunder posted...
this is going to keep happening and getting worse until someone actually makes laws to control AI use
It's just crazy how all ads were truthful until 2022. It's gonna take a long time for the law to catch up with this new tech.
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ZenOfThunder posted...
this is going to keep happening and getting worse until someone actually makes laws to control AI use


There are already (probably not very good) laws for false advertising. The use of AI shouldn't make a difference here.
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
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yeah I'm failing to see how AI made this any worse - people still had to execute this plan, I'm a bit confused about how people think AI works
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To write it down for all the world to see
The amazing part to me is how the guy put out a statement afterward saying the reason it fell so flat is because they had ordered a piece of holographic paper that didn't arrive on time.
I'm a greener egg than the eggs from dr. seuss
At least using AI is more ethical than having your factory staffed by a bunch of indentured servants from the jungle
ZenOfThunder posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/90fa93cd.jpg

this is going to keep happening and getting worse until someone actually makes laws to control AI use
Wait, I saw this and immediately thought it was parody
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Emeraldegg posted...
The amazing part to me is how the guy put out a statement afterward saying the reason it fell so flat is because they had ordered a piece of holographic paper that didn't arrive on time.

Like this sort of thing? My wife saw images of this online and thought it looked cool. When we got there it's literally like a 20*20 room that is just white floors and white walls and you throw on some VR headpiece thing. I was like nope, not paying for that

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/72714ecc.jpg
I think why AI is a concern is you can generate an image that looks like a photo of the conceptual attraction easily. You could even add people to the photo to add to the illusion.

Like the Oz ad is a bunch of who cares those are just costumes with no context and something doable without AI entirely. What makes that one perhaps troubling in how it's misleading-- the image on the left is very much implying that it's a picture of where you're going.
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
This is hilarious. I saw some pics of this the other day, but had no clue about the AI angle. TMZ has a bunch of pics too: https://amp.tmz.com/2024/02/27/wonka-experience-pop-up-tour-glasgow-uk-parents-refund-outrage/

<img src="https://imagez.tmz.com/image/53/o/2024/02/27/53b1d9ed87d541b69f9c9a58f2392e3d_md.jpg">

Leave your samples on the table please!
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Yesmar
Ok, maybe the parents did deserve to get scammed if they still went after seeing this pic on the web site for the event:

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1762322500078449045/photo/1

"Cartchy tuns, exarserdray lollipops, a pasadise of sweet teats."
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Yesmar
The vast majority of customers prob didn't see a single image, they just heard it was a wonka thing and bought it to keep their kids busy for a day. If it was a decent event no one would've cared or heard about any of this.
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The low effort had to have been intentional cause the planners wanted to go viral... right?
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GTM posted...
The low effort had to have been intentional cause the planners wanted to go viral... right?
It's a grifter, plain and simple.
I'm a greener egg than the eggs from dr. seuss
Someone needs to bring these heifers to justice, Full Throttle.
Emerge Tremfyant
This reminds me of that one image of that ballpit in some random con
https://i.imgur.com/qBpLe47.png
http://i.imgur.com/25MHSn1.gif
Yesmar_ posted...
Ok, maybe the parents did deserve to get scammed if they still went after seeing this pic on the web site for the event:

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1762322500078449045/photo/1

"Cartchy tuns, exarserdray lollipops, a pasadise of sweet teats."
I saw it and I love it so much.

foolm0r0n posted...
The vast majority of customers prob didn't see a single image, they just heard it was a wonka thing and bought it to keep their kids busy for a day. If it was a decent event no one would've cared or heard about any of this.
Well if they bought it from the website (and I don't see another way of booking it unless you happen to be around the warehouse I guess), they would have seen the pics
https://willyschocolateexperience.com/

The ticketing page is down but the main website is still available.
God has heard my soul.
The script for the actors was also AI-generated, unsurprisingly.

https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762849884485353695/photo/2

But hey at least the kids actually got one jelly bean each and a quarter cup of lemonade!

https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762850543074976101

It's not good to have too much sugar after all.
God has heard my soul.
The AI advertisements really aren't the focal point of this story. Misleading ads go back to the beginning of time. Anyone can make a misleading ad, anyone can promise an event that doesn't deliver, anyone can have an angry mob coming after them. The method by which they created their pictures is irrelevant here, this exact same story could have happened by Photoshopping fake event pics 25 years ago.
HDT
Sure I guess, but it did happen.
God has heard my soul.
Why is the Oompa Loompa meth lab on fire
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRlKR5nU8AA_v_C?format=jpg&name=large
Dedf1sh posted...
this exact same story could have happened by Photoshopping fake event pics 25 years ago.

Not necessarily

I do agree the AI is clickbait and it's just a standard false advertising

But the emerging ease of convincing false advertising is concerning. I do not think Photoshop could be used to generate pics like this without more effort and skill than it would take for the scam to be profitable
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
Scams did exist so that's a wrong thing to think
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foolm0r0n posted...
Scams did exist so that's a wrong thing to think

Scams existed but the barrier to entry was higher and it was harder to be convincing and profitable
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
There's definitely studies looking at that rn
_foolmo_
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the clip of The Unknown is so fuckin hilarious

"What's that? It's the Unknown!"

Children: "Nooooo..."
"undertale hangs out with mido" - ZFS
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This is extremely funny because they actually did put a bit of effort into putting up props and stuff to line up with what the AI images showed. It wasn't just a complete scam of AI images and then people show up and see just some pinned up pictures on the walls. It did have those, but a bunch of those props like the rainbow arch would have taken actual effort to put together or acquire

It wasn't zero effort, it was just low effort.

That's even better. Somebody actually at least SOMEWHAT laboured to realize the vision of the AI images and thought "this should be good enough."
The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG
This is incredible lmao
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Update to depressed Oompa Loompa actor, she tried
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
https://twitter.com/Haztecamarera/status/1763176110278201387
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That you're a cheater. This is a 12-sided die. Chan
Grand_Kirby posted...
https://twitter.com/Haztecamarera/status/1763176110278201387
Lmao this is the dumbest drama and I love it
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I can't stop laughing at 1 jelly bean per kid.
Change is weird.
Justice for the 50 year old methhead
GTM - Boko United
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Oompa Loompa girl speaks up:
https://twitter.com/EmmaTolkin/status/1763335348711801193
God has heard my soul.
I can't stop laughing at The Unknown clip
mnk posted...
I can't stop laughing at 1 jelly bean per kid.


Hey now, a fourth of a cup of lemonade is there too.
:>
Truly smilin'
Raka_Putra posted...
Oompa Loompa girl speaks up:
https://twitter.com/EmmaTolkin/status/1763335348711801193
Aw, she seems lovely.
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https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3802303/the-unknown-a-horror-movie-based-on-the-viral-wonka-experience-has-been-announced/
It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest
redrocket posted...
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3802303/the-unknown-a-horror-movie-based-on-the-viral-wonka-experience-has-been-announced/

If he's not an evil chocolate maker living in the walls, I'm not interested
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redrocket posted...
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3802303/the-unknown-a-horror-movie-based-on-the-viral-wonka-experience-has-been-announced/

Noooooooooooooooo
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https://i.imgur.com/OpudFxm.jpg
I love of some of y'all think scams are a new thing, created specifically by AI art. Come on.
https://i.gyazo.com/6fde58a9d13e1f9272a6d6eab35bcff7.png
Accel_R8 posted...
I love of some of y'all think scams are a new thing, created specifically by AI art. Come on.
What relevance does this have here?

Hell i dont even see much of this in the topic.

Like, are you debating that AI art is now being used to scam people?

This isn't even new you are the second at least in here to bad faith pretend you are outraged at people noting AI is used for bad.

Besides that you didn't even bother reading as the more hilarious portion was the AI written dialogue.

So yeah take your weird superiority complex and shove it.
Jesus, you might be a little too emotional about this, dude.
https://i.gyazo.com/6fde58a9d13e1f9272a6d6eab35bcff7.png
To clarify, "this is going to keep happening and getting worse until laws get passed" and "It's just crazy how all ads were truthful until 2022." is more what I'm shaking my head about. Like, WHAT????

Yeah, absolutely, people have used AI-generated art to throw together some low effort advertisements. Here's the thing though, misleading advertisements are old AF, before generating became super easy and cheap, it was stock images, photoshop, etc.

Anyway, I didn't mean to touch a nerve, there? I get it, it's a hot button topic, but chill.
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Accel_R8 posted...
To clarify, "this is going to keep happening and getting worse until laws get passed" and "It's just crazy how all ads were truthful until 2022." is more what I'm shaking my head about. Like, WHAT????
I dont think its as bad a take as some say tbh. When scams are harder to do people do those scams less, making laws less necessary.

When those scams are easy the laws needed to combat them probably need more teeth.
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