Y’all, someone sent this to me without context, and … I have *so* many questions.

[darkphoenix@universeodon.com]

@MissConstrue check out Bailey the Bison.

[pri@cyberplace.social]

@CStamp @MissConstrue im indian and i dont know if the cows in india look like this one

[mees@sunny.garden]

@MissConstrue let.her.in!

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@MissConstrue I’m sorry, but I would let him in.

[moss@beige.party]

@MissConstrue maybe it’s a dispensary and someone told the baby cow they have grass

[vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de]

@MissConstrue most bizzarely this looks like a suburban street, possibly in the UK - I'd be inclined to let the cow in at least temporarily, as I'd be worried about it wandering into live traffic (then call the Fire Brigade who will be better equipped to find a more suitable location for it)

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@Beachbum I dunno...we haven't seen the big cow eyes...they can be pretty adorable.

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@MissConstrue
There was a duck neme this is ai

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@Moss Literally lol

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@vfrmedia My first thought was Scotland, based on the color of the light, but everything looks new...the sidewalk and the parking lines and everything look fresh.

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@kevinrns No... I'ma be so mad if I got fooled by ai. I'll go run it through some detectors.

[glaswolf@mastodon.scot]

@kevinrns @MissConstrue Clear selfie reflection but no cow reflection, and the tape on the sign sort of goes in front of and behind the cardboard. Also no glass reflection/glare in front of the cardboard. Pretty sure it's fake.

[digitalfootprints@mastodon.social]

@MissConstrue

“Do Not Let The Duck In”

Don’t know if this is real either, but at least you can see the reflection of a duck in the glass door.

Sorry.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGLOwVBbgAAYsNN.jpg?name=orig

[nuclearoatmeal@beige.party]

@MissConstrue

[dequei@masto.es]

@MissConstrue @kevinrns It's 100% AI. You can see it easy without any detector.

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@GlasWolf @kevinrns IsAi says real:

https://isgen.ai/ai-image-detector

[thorium@social.linux.pizza]

@MissConstrue Keeps running into their cooler and grabbing a gallon or six of milk and guzzling them down. Seems fair...

[glaswolf@mastodon.scot]

@MissConstrue @kevinrns I'm 0% convinced.

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@Dequei @kevinrns Yeah, I'm getting mixed results on detectors. Most are coming back with 85% or better as human made, and 1 says 100% AI.

I fucking hate that in this timeline it's become almost impossible to tell what's real.

[vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de]

@MissConstrue

Same picture also turns up online with a duck (interestingly the reflection of the duck is correct, it is missing with the cow)

does make me wonder if its a test of image manipulation software (maybe AI, but could simply be conventional Photoshop type work)

using a funny animal picture and sharing it widely could be a good way to test how well your image manipulation techniques work for other purposes..