Wrong people, wrong century.
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Why the fuck is everyone calling this image AI slop?? It's been around for ages and does not have any signs of AI making it.
Because it was already bad hahahaha. People is now calling AI slop anything that is not good but don't entirely know why.
I get it in a way but they do literally 0 work to check. Like the main argument they made for this image is the hands. They look fine.
The hands do not look fine in the OP. Albert's left hand has three fingers in it. I understand now that it's the compression but don't pretend like it's completely inane to suspect shenanigans.
You'd think people who use AI to generate images would know by now to at least check the fingers.
Edit: alright, this time it was the pixels. I apologise.
Fingers are fine and the image is over 15 years old
I stand corrected, it's a severe lack in pixels.
I thought this was a weird photoshopped image, with all the shape morphing.
War Crime Time!
Slop
Image is over 15 years old.
I stand corrected.
Although, if I may point out, you just posted an unattributed screenshot with some text. From where? You don't say. A link is always better. Cite your sources.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nikola-tesla-and-albert-einstein
Yeah sure. But even this has 2 sources you can check (in case you don't believe it) and there is literally no reason to falsify info on what you have without any check at all claimed to be AI generated imagery.
I believe in such a trivial case the source citation really is not necessary. It's a god damn meme image.
We better start choosing our fights or calling slop will become the new "it's photoshop, I see it in the pixels" from 15 years ago.
Since this thing is here to stay I'm starting to judge this stuff as it were made by someone with technical talent, they're still very bad but for a whole lot of new reasons.
Nope, phosphorous was the very first atomic element discovered, by boiling and refining human urine into a powder.
Not everything is AI slop, try doing some research on the origins of the periodic table of elements.
I think they're talking about the image
Yes. I really didn't think I needed to point that out.