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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by mgenehoffman@sh.itjust.works to c/pics@lemmy.world

I guess some people thought it was AI, but just a cool moment in my basement window well.

Edit: taken with my iPhone several years ago since that’s all I had with me when it happened so quickly.

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[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Looks like AI to me. Why are there pinecone reflections on what appears to be a concrete wall in the back?

I'd love to see another photo of this basement window well.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago

You answered your own question. It’s a window well. It’s glass.

[-] mgenehoffman@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

It’s several panes of glass. Glass is reflective.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

It's not, the needles or whatever are way to consistent, even in the darker areas. AI would have fucked all that up

Also, it's a basement well window, I have one of these as well. So OP would be standing on the side of the window in his house and the pinecone is on the other side in the fire escape well

Think of it like looking into a really big terrarium

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 1 month ago

that’s exactly why it’s not AI. AI wouldn’t replicate the glass half-reflection that well. and the background is clearly the outside forest, nobody’s having pinecones detritus and plants in their own basement except that greenthumbsman from _goosebumps _

[-] borf@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 month ago

Just for fun I tried reproducing this with chatgpt and it consistently messes up aligning the light beam with its illuminated patch no matter what I try. They always fail on the weirdest details

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Please provide proof of authenticity before I allow myself to enjoy this picture."

I don’t get the ideological hate for gen-AI - especially when it comes to visual art. All I care about is whether I enjoy looking at it or not. I couldn’t care less who or what made it.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

There are communities for AI generated images. The presumption for photography communities is that submissions are taken pictures.

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

According to OP this is not AI generated.

[-] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

When you don't understand how anything works, everything seems like ~~a conspiracy~~ AI

[-] sepi@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

You sound like AI to me

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