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[–] luciole 3 points 7 hours ago
[–] gentooer@programming.dev 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Is this upscaled with AI? It's full of very weird image artifacts.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

thanks!

here is a side-by-side comparison of the neural network upscaling slop (left) versus a conventional zoom in on the original (right):

and then of course there is the text:

AI-upscaled screenshot of the words "cannot BELIEVE" with many artifacts

😦

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 5 points 7 hours ago

Really going the extra mile looking for the original image, thanks!

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

Ye, with my Samsung.