Of course the LLM could still randomly decide to lie about the result of the tool call, that's why I ran this and similar queries multiple times in different chat contexts.

To answer why I'm using an LLM to do this at all: There simply seems to be no other way to reliably use the SynthID checker (sometimes the Google reverse image search executes it and notifies you of a positive but sometimes it also doesn't) , this is the only supported way by Google (even tho I still consider it bad design).

All it's going to do is what it always does: give you an "answer" that sounds plausible.

you say "I really don't know if this pic is real or not" - then why are you posting it? If it's not real, then it is fake and disinformation. Do you want to contribute to spreading fake images online?

You also say in some other post "I just want to share beautiful pics of nature and architecture" - but if this is AI-generated, then it is not a picture of nature. It is a fake image and, just like photoshopped ads it gives a fake impression of what nature is.

Even giving you the benefit of the doubt for posting in good faith originally, now that so many people explained why it was actually AI-generated, why are you not deleting the post?

... and filter! Filter! Filter!

Yeah, I mean, that's exactly where I am

I love photos -- no, strike that: images -- and simply love something new and entertaining

And, as I just posted to another thread, a whole hell of a lot of #AI experts simply seem to have never heard of Adobe Photoshop

I'm so old I can remember when the goto put-down gotcha! tag was "'shopped!!!"

Now people with no clue see anything unusual and it's all with the "AI!! AI!! AI!!'

I have zero experience with photography and video, not analog, not digital. I just want to share beautiful pics of nature and architecture, or whatever. Thank you for your words.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Bye

Go save the world with someone else's pixels

cc @Adrenochrome

I do not want to share slop and fake images. I want to boost photographers. Fine if you don't care about that - some of us do. I don't like being lied to and I don't like how AI slop has infected everything we see (either the reality or the suspicion of it).

You not feeling serious about this one thing does not mean you have a point by shitting on everyone who does. Just makes you a different kind of annoying.

Perhaps a little personal backgrounder is in order

I have +25 years as a professional digital still and video photographer

I've used Adobe Creative Cloud's Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premier Pro, and Adobe Audition to post-process tens of thousands of Canon CR2 RAW photos, and unedited video

I have some sense of what is real photography, what is AI butchered photography, and what has been created by AI alone

And again, I say, who the fuck *really* cares about something like this?

It's clearly for fun

Maybe everyone let a little whimsy into your lives and stop feeling like you have tell other people where they're wrong

Save your Smartest Little Boy schtick for something important, mkay?

cc @Adrenochrome

I'm never going to use AI in my content.

We are now living in a world with filters, Photoshop, and AI.
I really don't know if this oic is real or not; some checkers say no, some yes. Some could be, but it has no misinformation, just beauty, and it's nice to see.

Instagram Account is for Lee Schofield and not Lee Schofer.

About page on the website linked to from the Instagram page is also Lee Schofield

Maybe the same person but doesn't match Lee Schofer as mentioned in the original post.

There are pictures of robins on the Insta page but not this one specifically, unless I missed it.

I'd love it to be real as it does look fantastic. But personally, I'm not convinced.

"And that "Lee Schofer" photographer is nowhere to be found on the web… "

You just have to look for it.

https://www.instagram.com/leeschophotography/

Yep it's 'just' a pic of a bird with some made up splash bullshit. But the fact this is the kind of rubbish we see daily now is a real problem and something people are right to be angry about. #genAI #AIslop #photoshop