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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've been bitching about people who "upscale" pictures just for shits and giggles for like a year now, and this is fucking why:

The file name for this image on Wikimedia Commons featured the words "AI upscaled." Pretti's scrubs featured illegible letters, indicating the use of AI. (Wikimedia Commons)

Humans will unintentionally train AI to do shit without realizing it. Tell it to upscale a picture 10 times, and pick the best. Chances are it didn't just juice the resolution, it did a bunch of imperceptible things to make the person more conventionally attractive.

Brainrot AI addicts are used to it, so they draw the line of realistic waaaaay off base like this image and regular people easily notice.

It's the same shit as body dysmorphia where a 5'10 80lb model think she looks fat, because all her time is spent with other models. Or a Marlago wife who doesn't realize all the plastic surgery to fit in at marlago makes her look like a ghoul anywhere else

The people upscaling these images are disconnected from reality and what looks "good".

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

This guy bitches

[-] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 27 points 2 months ago
[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The “AI upscaled” in the file name is probably a clue—a lot of people think upscalers just enlarge images, without realizing how much they can get distorted in the process. So somebody found a thumbnail and thought they were just recreating the original with an upscaler.

[-] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 40 points 2 months ago

Wow it really does adjust his face a lot.

Also, look at how much it apparently tried to adjust the flag for perspective, despite the fact that thats not a thing in this context. The stripe divisions hit his scrubs at different points than in the original.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

It would help to understand that AI is not a photoshop tool. It is a slot machine with really good odds.

[-] tangeli@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago

You mean, MegaSlop NOW is pushing slop on all its channels? How could this be?

MegaSlop: Making it all make slop.

[-] pwnicholson@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

If you're referring to Microsoft, they haven't had anything to do with MSNBC since 2005, or the website site since 2012.

[-] tangeli@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

Yet they keep 'MS' in the name to trade on the reputation.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yuck

Beyond the obvious problem with conflating good with pretty

I don't think pushing a person towards a more generic middle look makes them more attractive.

RIP dude.

[-] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Wait... The "doctored" pic is the one where he's more tan and has a less narrow head/jaw? I've been reading this story wrong all week. Why the hell would "they" publish a pic that made him look more conventionality attractive??

[-] freedom@lemy.lol 5 points 2 months ago

Because it’s not just Republicans that can push propaganda. There are pieces of shit on both sides. One just has the larger share.

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

*They're all pieces of shit on both sides.

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