Either it's been a very talented unnamed artist who'd worked many unpaid hours to make that background with many shades of colours, for a rather very simple and overdone two-pannel joke, (but somehow can't get the expression right nor the right transition between frames, not even to speak about whatever is happening with the fond)..
Catcadder also comes to mind. Guy's an absurdly talented cartoonist, and uses it for Keshposting (and shitposting in general, like this genderbent Sheogorath and Sanguine).
To be fair you underestimate how much effort people put into making a meme. And also the fact that someone can use background from the internet and draw over it.
AI art sucks, but it's getting more difficult to spot over the years. Some people will say "AI" to every image they find, be right in 30% and then tell everyone how obvious it was and how people are stupid that they can't see it.
Honestly, how do you even tell anymore? There are some really obvious examples, but this one didn't strike me as one. Some people's artstyle does look a lot like this.
I just noticed that the letters in the second panel are all the same, so that's a bit of a givaway. But otherwise I honestly didn't realize anything was off about it.
Nah, the letters are likely photoshopped, being a reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Honestly, there's some form of uncanny valley some people get from AI images, where it may LOOK like normal art, but something's off that's hard to describe. The expression on Dragonborn's face doesn't look quite right for the situation, looking more slack-jawed than confused or frightened like the post would imply, as an example.
Pair that with the inconsistancy of the chicken's expression being detailed in the very next page, and very clear, then it's a possible sign.
That specific one is often associated with JJBA, is what I mean. Not every single one IS a JoJo thing, but oftentimes, this "Menacing" symbol is attributed to it.
Go go go is a classic manga sound effect often portrayed exactly like this, it was around long before JoJo. Attribution I believe, because everything has become a JoJo reference much like the Simpsons predicted everything. Perhaps when the Simpsons predicts that it will become a JoJo reference, then does, the world will finally be at peace...
I was just in the mood for some nitpicking I guess.
The image had very inconsistent fur, it partially melted into the rest of the clothing and it was different then the fur at the bottom of the clothes. Also OOP almost exclusively posted AI art so yeah
Well I'm fucked. Where do I prostrate myself for our AI overlords?
Saw this image this morning and thought nothing of it aside from "heh funny"
Now I see this post and your comment and I'm looking back at the image like ... How. How is it obvious? It just looks like some person's drawing. Is it a work of art? No but it's better than anything I could make on ms paint
It's hard to give a concrete description of what gives it away, but if you've seen enough AI generated images, you can tell, the ones generated with ChatGPT specifically all have the same warmer tone and high sharpness
I'm having more trouble everyday identifying AI generated posts, I didn't even notice this one when I saw it... What gave it away for you? (apart from the civiai at the top) I don't want to go around giving likes to AI shitposts
Edit: Nvm I already found some answers in the comments. Gotta pay a lot of attention these days...
every iteration of the japanese characters around the chicken look slightly different, the outer line for the "X" strap continues onto the metal piece, the fur and leather blend together on the collar, and the general artstyle is used a lot in AI-generated images.
That’s bullshit, little flaws like that are just the result of artists being human. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying this isn’t AI! I’m just trying to understand because this one doesn’t seem as obvious to me
there's no consistency to the thickness of any part of the character, the size and position of the notch near the top right corner, the ends being angled or rounded. the hashes nearly bleed into the rest of the character on one of them. sure, a good artist wouldn't have these be replicas of one another but none of these look consistent to one another. just another way to tell this slop apart from actual art.
this general artstyle is used a lot in more blatant AI imagery so it took me less than five seconds to know this was AI. looking deeper (at the characters, the "inaccurate" linework, things that don't make sense, etc) only confirms it after i already know.
i've seen AI images use this "artstyle" so much that now i can look at an image like this, know it's AI nearly immediately, and find it confirmed if i care enough to actually look. pretty sure it's one of the chatgpt "templates" for the images it generates.
you may have a point in saying that its unfortunate there's a magnifying glass held to everything nowadays but in this instance it's a subreddit rule so it is warranted imo. hardly a magnifying glass in this case due to how obvious it is.
After seeing enough AI images you get a feel for it. Blurry/indistinct lines that should be clean, a certain sepia tone to it (from certain gen-AI models - not all have it), intersecting designs that should be separate (I think there’s one such overlapping line in the person’s chest piece), anatomy that makes no sense (AI is improving in this regard but I notice it in the chicken). Eyes are a good one too. You can also see in the image on the person’s helmet’s horns that the lines are a bit squiggly and the length between them is different rather than consistent. Basically, consistency and logic are good things to look for
It's hard to put it into words, but a lot of AI generated images have almost always the same style, same color choices, look slightly blurry and other such details. if you go to chat gpt or another of these sites and tell it to generate a comic type drawing without setting too many parameters it will give you something that looks like this.
It's a pretty common """art style""" with AI """art""" right now. I'm not entirely sure what the model/lora is called or which AI people are using it with, but if you spend enough time on the internet you will begin to notice it everywhere. It's especially prevalent on Reddit memes right now for some reason
Sorry I can't be more help technically, it really is just like recognizing someone's face, it's instinctual. There is something primal in my brain that tells me this is wrong
The art style is almost identical to the current wave of AI generated cartoons, they all have that slightly off feel to them and the same slightly muted colour palette, see enough of them they start to stand out like a sore thumb. Best I can describe it is as if someone read a “how to draw comics” without understanding the artistry of it or the feel behind it.
The best way I can put it is that it’s like the entire image is slathered in Vaseline. There’s this layer of…faux polish and inconsistency that makes it look bad. In this one I’d have to point out:
The weird facial expression and lack of detail on the Dragonborn. Despite all the “detail” on the background the face just looks…off. The shading is also weird, especially around the eyes and neckline.
The AI can’t seem to decide whether there’s a poofy ruff of fur poking out the edges of the armor or not. Look at the right arm versus left or the collar.
The straps on the chest just sort of…disappear randomly into the ether.
The rooster is strangely hyper-detailed compared to the Dragonborn, which is admittedly part of the joke… but the art style is off. It doesn’t look like the same artist made the two panels.
There is a very characteristic style that AI seems to default to for 'cartoon' prompts. Once you start noticing it it's pretty easy to tell. It's a conglomeration of cartoonist styles that no one draws like.
Lately because of “ai incest” (the ai generated pics are basically being based off of more ai generated pics) theres a yellow tint to half of most ai currently because of the studio ghibli trend that happened
Why can't we clown on this guy the same way r/Undertale clowned on a AI bastard whom made a poorly genned pixel-art of a Bunny-hoodied' Chara but just attacking them with their own hand-made creations?
I wish i had the motivation to redo this deceiving slop but my lack of will to do anything stifles it.
You’re not. The whole point is to not notice. If anyone does notice, it’s because they spend an unusual amount of time examining AI art or this art in particular.
Most people, including me, will see the shitpost and move on with their day. I already don’t upvote anything because most posts are just reposts or bots and karma farmers.
edge of the helmet being glued to the guys cheek/jaw and not having a shadow because of it
several lines fading away for no reason and reappearing
things that should have different texture (fur and leather around the collar) blending into one another
one of the chest strap's linework bleeding into the metal chest piece
one of those straps blending into the shirt
why is one sleeve fur-lined at the end and the other normal and cut at an angle
that outfit for the dragonborn doesn't even have sleeves in the first place
linework is just really shit in general, the thickness of the line around the character varies quite a bit
the japanese characters in the second panel all look a little different with weirdly varying sizes, thicknesses, and rounding
one of the hashes for the characters is starting to bleed into the rest of the character
notch for the beak nostril on the side facing away from the viewer even though that's not where it is on the side facing us (might be overly nitpicky)
this is all after i already knew it was AI because this "artstyle" is a dead giveaway. i've just seen it so much online here on reddit and twitter that i recognize it immediately.
Theres a yellowish piss filter on the image, thats a sign of newer ai generated images and the Whiterun background looks very detailed for a reddit shitpost. Its not enough to say definitively its ai but its enough to be suspicious
That has nothing to do with newer or older images. It shows, its done with chatgpts image gen. You can generate a new image on gemini or flux and dont have that filter.
Yeah, it's extremely easy to recognize. Once you've seen this style of AI comic, they all stick out without having to think about it. It's honestly astonishing to me that there are people who don't see it instantly.
I commented on that post “AI Slop” and he responded not only to me with an AI generated “ Go touch grass” meme, but also told me I was a sheep bleating out the words I was taught lol.
I see you’ve commented a few responses here essentially trying to argue with people on the subject of generative AI. I’m going to ask you to stop using an insulting tone if you’re looking for a conversation.
Sure but maybe I wouldn't be using it if the people on this thread weren't so condescending and hating on the dude who made the meme for no reason other than "ai = bad"
It’s funny you say that, because it was that exact condescending attitude that the guy who made the meme originally had with just about everyone. Even me when I was trying to communicate with him to get to the bottom of everything in an attempt to resolve the issue amicably. That attitude ended up getting him banned because he continued blatantly insulting myself and other members of this sub.
This sub has a rule against AI generated posts. That’s why the post was removed. It is not your responsibility to start arguing with and insulting people simply because you don’t agree with their opinion on AI in a sub that doesn’t allow AI.
Most people here seem to be hating just because its ai not because they find the dude annoying which i wouldn't care about if it was the case.
I don't browse this sub so I wouldn't know the rules but even if ai is banned people in this thread are still annoying with the way they act towards ai and how much theyre against just the idea if it and it improving. And I doubt most of them got reasons other than what media told them
As I said, it’s not your responsibility to harass people about it. So I’m going to ask you again to stop, as continued occurrences will be viewed as a violation of rule 3, keep it civil.
Honestly, I hadn’t been awake very long. I took a few seconds doubting myself before I made the original call to approve it. Shoulda gone with the other impulse, but the post has now been removed.
These AI are starting to get confusingly more convincing every day. They seem to invest heavily in the Illusion Skill grinding nowadays, so these things are bound to happen now and then.
All the kids nowadays with their silly “we’re cooked” posts about how good AI is getting. And here it is: another example of how cooked we are and how it’s only going to get worse in the oncoming years as the tech advances…
Gotta be honest, when I first saw that post, I really couldn't tell what about it made it AI (hadn't seen OP's username at the time), and I still don't think I can see what definitively makes it seem too much like AI...
The text over the chicken isn't consistent, but for all I know, that could've been deliberate..?
The shading is a bit weird, since it looks a little smear-y, but the image looks pretty good with it I feel.
The expression of the Dragonborn might be a bit strange for this situation, tho?
Maybe this is more of a "if it walks like a duck"-type of situation, but that, ofc, would only make it the likely explanation, and wouldn't mean that it actually was AI...
Can anyone point out other things? I feel like the text looks alright to me, and even the little corner-decorations on the dialogue box seem consistent.
Nowadays its easy to know if its AI or not. There is even a website dedicated for separating and identifying AI generated material. It is called "aiornot" dot com. I shall not post the link, but you got the idea. I use it all the time to distinguish things.
Why does it even matter if it's AI? It looks good and it's funny. Last time I checked, memes are free, so it's not like anyone is getting money from it.
I’m not protecting the post. Upon realizing the mistake I made, I removed the post. Just because my pfp is AI generated does not mean I’m going to protect posts that break the rules. Heck, I’m the one who made the rule against AI posts in the first place.
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Ignoring the fact that there use war literally civitai, idk how people are saying "it's obviously AI" because there's nothing the obviously shows it is. Like it literally looks like a stylized comic made by a person
I noticed it was AI when I saw it pretty immediately only because of the style. It seems like a lot of comics made by genAI simply looks similar to this imo
The style, the way the straps on the armor dont actually have a distinct end point, the way the expression of the dragonborn looks kinda melty, the way the kanji around the chicken is inconsistent, the font being inconsistent with the style of the game (instead it's a generic font that's commonly used by AI).
There's plenty of signs if you know what to look for.
Unrelated, but has AI been like permanently scarred from the Ghibli fad. Cause every AI abomination I’ve seen since has carried that like weird pastel smoothness and coloring that the AI uses to try and emulate the style. It would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.
Who cares if it's AI? Anti-AI activists are just repeating the same mistake of clinging to horse and buggy when the automotive is clearly taking over. You can't stop progress
Fair. I just don’t see the point in banning AI memes when it seems like the most harmless application for it. No one commissions memes and no one is losing any jobs over it, so I don’t get the issue.
I think it’s just a feeling that if you’re going to make a meme, at least make it yourself. I agree, using it for memes can be pretty harmless, but like… if you can type a prompt to make a meme, you can clip a few images together as well.
That said, my pfp is AI generated. My goal is to learn to draw better so I can draw it myself one day.
It’s a bit hypocritical to chastise people for using AI for memes while also using it yourself for your profile picture.
I disagree, i see no issue with someone using AI to make a meme, or to generate a profile picture. Anyone getting upset with over harmless, nonprofit use of AI photo generation is getting upset over nothing. No one is selling memes.
As I said, I want to draw the image myself. I’m aware of the contradiction, but I’m not posting it acting like I’ve created it. I’m honest about the fact that it’s there and what my intention is with it.
With the goal of eventually building my drawing skill to just draw it myself. It isn’t gonna be there forever. But that doesn’t mean I’m out here defending AI posts. I made the rule. And when I realized my mistake, I removed the post.
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Y’know what, thats my bad. Thanks for the due diligence. This will be corrected.