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[–] gid@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some cameras/camera apps do a bunch of post-processing to try and sharpen the image or account for motion. It could also be some other kind of post-processing and/or compression artefacts.

I've seen that kind of mangling happen before in digital photos and it doesn't have to be due to gen AI.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It seems odd that it would happen to such a degree while the "Cheez-It" part is perfect. The last letter clearly not looking anything like "l" and the "baked snack crackers" part underneath being completely wrong are highly suspect. There are other strange things, like the box flap in the second image looking pristine despite being bitten by the dog in the first image and the dishwasher clearly not being open in the first image as well. Those would both be explained by the photos being staged out of order, but since this appears to be a recent image from a quick image search I'm guessing it at least involves AI, though I'd be interested to be proven wrong.

[–] gid@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you're overthinking it a bit. The pictures don't have to be in the same order as the story. I'm reasonably confident the original poster has taken some creative liberties with the story.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Probably. But that text is really, really weird in a way that simple blurring doesn't explain.