https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@davidaugust @ai6yr @unlambda That is probably the thing I hate the most about the prevalence of slop AI images. They make me doubt EVERYTHING.

Thank you for this!

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@sundogplanets @davidaugust @unlambda I suspect the "filter" you used is actually AI, as well. Which is typical nowadays. It's been asked to redraw the original image in a different style, and it's not "filtering", it's AI slopping it.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@liquor_american @davidaugust @trevorparker Filter is definitely AI redraw, it's slopping the original image, sadly. And end user would not know this without careful inspection. Just out of curiosity, which filter is it?

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@liquor_american @sundogplanets @davidaugust @unlambda Yeah, looking at the original vs. the "filtered", it's sloppified. Unfortunate, and I know David did not do it deliberately... So easy for this to happen nowadays.

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@liquor_american @ai6yr @trevorparker

Edit: turns out it was AI, I messed up. Fooled and foolish. Sorry about that.

I am sure. The lighting on the stock image lends to the geometry of the scissors becoming less distinct without much manipulation.

The filter is a simple "etching" filter. The source image set ups the reality of the spacial reality of the scissors becoming vague and unclear/artificial seeming.

[musevg@23.social]

@trevorparker
Specialized, but they're a thing. They work like spring-loaded so they return to "open" on their own after you squeezed them.

IIRC I've seen this type (just bigger) being used for shearing sheep.
E.g. here: https://www.scharfewolle.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/anleitung-schafschur-handschere.pdf

@davidaugust @ai6yr

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @liquor_american @trevorparker

Edit: turns out it was AI, I messed up. Fooled and foolish. Sorry about that.

nope, again. It is a simple filter, no AI:

David August ❌👑 (@davidaugust@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image @liquor_american@universeodon.com @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @trevorparker@hachyderm.io Edit: turns out it was AI, I messed up. Fooled and foolish. Sorry about that. I am sure. The lighting on the stock image lends to the geometry of the scissors becoming less distinct without much manipulation. The filter is a simple "etching" filter. The source image set ups the reality of the spacial reality of the scissors becoming vague and unclear/artificial seeming.

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[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@davidaugust @liquor_american @trevorparker

Yeah, that whole product is AI.

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @liquor_american @sundogplanets @unlambda

Edit: turns out it was AI, I messed up. Fooled and foolish. Sorry about that.

it is not sloppified. I did not do so. Period.

It is an anomaly of the universe that human vision and cameras can easily encounter reality that does not seem real.

It is almost a visual version of a Tiffany-like problem: real does not always seem real ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_problem ).

David August ❌👑 (@davidaugust@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image @liquor_american@universeodon.com @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @trevorparker@hachyderm.io Edit: turns out it was AI, I messed up. Fooled and foolish. Sorry about that. I am sure. The lighting on the stock image lends to the geometry of the scissors becoming less distinct without much manipulation. The filter is a simple "etching" filter. The source image set ups the reality of the spacial reality of the scissors becoming vague and unclear/artificial seeming.

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[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@liquor_american @davidaugust @trevorparker Yeah, this is AI restyling for sure... it's not traditional filtering , it's generative AI. You can take any photo from the web and "Copy art style" and it will regenerate your photo in that art style... i.e. Manga, etc.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@davidaugust @liquor_american @sundogplanets @unlambda I appreciate you and respect you, but I have to very much disagree... that tool is a Generative AI tool. The entire tool is AI, and all their graphics tools are generative AI, as well. It's very hard for many users to see that's what's happening under the cover

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @liquor_american @trevorparker what tghe actual F. DID I GET FAKED THE F OUT?!?!?

Why the F isn't it a filter like photoshop and other apps have had for decades. WHAT THE F!!!!!!!!

Did I really fuck up and stumble into using AI. GOD FU- *metaphorically throws laptop because I can;t afford to do that*

I better not run into anyone who works for Canva in the next hour..............

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@davidaugust @liquor_american @trevorparker

Yeah, the whole company is a generative AI company. Sorry. That's their selling point and base technology.

Canva

(www.canva.com)

[unlambda@hachyderm.io]

@davidaugust @liquor_american @ai6yr @trevorparker How do you think style matching filters work?

They are generative AI.

Canva

(www.canva.com)

"Style Match uses AI to change how your photo looks. When you apply styles to photos of people, facial features or skin tones may look different. Try a different style or report the content if results are unexpected."

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@ai6yr @sundogplanets @davidaugust @unlambda yeah, Canva is AI based

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @liquor_american @trevorparker

it didn't used to be....they had been a fairly traditional graphics package and I, obviously, engagingly and embarrassingly, didn't realize how deeply in their interface the AI had gone. My foolishness.

This is gonna hang on me for a while. God F-ing damn it.

So humiliating. Now to purge the drivel I foolishly spewed.

[nev@flipping.rocks]

@ai6yr @sundogplanets @davidaugust @unlambda yeahhh, that's an AI filter.

here's my version lmao (https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html#_chains_of_new_forms_of_slavery)

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@davidaugust
David, I believe you would never mean to do it but this is AI art.

[unlambda@hachyderm.io]

@ai6yr @sundogplanets @davidaugust It's even documented as such: https://www.canva.com/help/style-match/#why-does-my-photo-look-different-after-applying-a-style-

[coldfish@sfba.social]

@davidaugust @ai6yr @liquor_american @trevorparker
It's not just Canva. I do work for a bunch of different companies and there's a ton of AI shit built into their systems now. I just ripped one out that used a google document AI tool to get the text out of a PDF. I replaced it with a simple script. I admit, I then left the AI summary crap there, but at least 99% of the AI work was removed.

It's everywhere. Hard Coded in.

I try to keep it extremely limited, warning them that this shit is going to be 100x more expensive the moment a "winner" is picked from all these AI companies, but they love getting results ASAP..... even if they're wrong.