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

[unlambda@hachyderm.io]

@davidaugust Uh, is that an AI image used to illustrate the quote?

edit: image has been fixed now, thanks!

[trevorparker@hachyderm.io]

@davidaugust @ai6yr Those are some bizarre “scissors.”

[nev@flipping.rocks]

@davidaugust Er, I hate to ask, but where is the illustration from?

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@unlambda @davidaugust I was going to say the same thing. What is up with those uh.... scissors?

[mzedp@plasmatrap.com]

@davidaugust@mastodon.online ...ok but why illustrate this with an AI slop image.

[unlambda@hachyderm.io]

@sundogplanets @davidaugust Yeah, it's clearly slop. Kind of a funny choice to illustrate a quote about "human dignity and the common good."

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@trevorparker @davidaugust Oooh, good call, AI slop. Unboosted.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@unlambda @sundogplanets @davidaugust Ouch

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @trevorparker

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

nope, processed stock photography, the scissors are occluded in the original, this is a filter on a stock photo. I found it as part of the Brown Black and White Modern Labor Day Instagram Post template on Canva. It is not AI:

[davidaugust@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @unlambda @sundogplanets

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

it is not slop! You make something of yourself when you assume.

I can see why you may have thought it was, but it is a stock photo put through a filter. I would not use AI for a post like this for reasons obvious.

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

Attached: 1 image @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @trevorparker@hachyderm.io Edit: turns out it was AI, I messed up. Fooled and foolish. Sorry about that. nope, processed stock photography, the scissors are occluded in the original, this is a filter on a stock photo. I found it as part of the Brown Black and White Modern Labor Day Instagram Post template on Canva. It is not AI:

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[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.