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I don't think it's AI, AI would've fucked up the characters and the numbers on the scarf and Jersey.
It's AI. The woman who originally posted it on Xitter even noted it in the alt text of the image.
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Way to scrounge up the original! Hats off to your tracking skills.
Edit: I was wrong, thanks to the commenter who checked the alt text on twitter where it discloses being ai :)
~~I agree. Literally the only detail I can find that feels smudged or vague at all is the far back right jersey numbers, and they're pretty small. All the details feel like they were drawn by an actual artist when you look at the hands and feet, or the dishes in the sink, etc.~~
~~I think folks just feel like this simple stylization feels AI, but I don't think it actually is...~~
Characters might have been added after the fact. Look at the pattern on the clothes bin, jersey in the back, the guy's pants who's sitting down. Those are the most obvious tells. There are more subtle things that artists wouldn't typically draw certain ways as well. It's definitely AI.
also just the artstyle, it's of course not something you should use to say "this IS ai" but at this point the vast majority of artists would avoid this style due to it being claimed by image generators