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[–] gentooer 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Original image:

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Ye, with my Samsung.