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Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Why does it feel like an AI generated image? Am I the only one getting this vibe?

fushuan ,

It probably is why bother with the dress up when you can generate the photo after some trial an error.

Plopp ,

Because it is either an AI image or it has been processed to look like one.

IzzyScissor , (edited )

Hyper-detailed foreground with a blurry background and a subject matter that falls into the uncanny valley? Yeah, that all checks out.

E2A: Zoom in on smaller sections and it becomes more obvious. Objects that should be in the same depth of field have different levels of blur, patterns don’t follow rules, it looks like the jacket has buttons, but half of a zipper on one side? There’s a lot of little things.

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

You are good at pointing out what feels wrong in the image. It could be a case of very heavy editing or AI-powered filters without necessarily being completely ai generated but I still stand by my initial impression that it gives and AI vibe and you are right about why

Annoyed_Crabby ,

It doesn’t need to be AI generated. He is that ugly and weird.

DmMacniel ,
@DmMacniel@feddit.org avatar

The scarf looks rather strange. Some partitions are square patterned while the rest follow some arbitrary dotting.

orgrinrt ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6cd53b0b-a91e-4481-a155-f4d9a14307b9.jpeg

Yup, that seam/twist there on the foreground is almost a definitive giveaway

Edit: I mean I guess that especially a rich person could, for some reason, wear a weird ass scarf designed by someone who thinks in a very out-of-the-box way… but which is more likely?

bassomitron ,

I mean I guess that especially a rich person could, for some reason, wear a weird ass scarf designed by someone who thinks in a very out-of-the-box way… but which is more likely?

This is douchebag Musk we’re talking about. Either one is equally possible, lol.

DogPeePoo ,

You know it’s AI because the hat isn’t on backwards this time

bassomitron ,

Musk really did post this.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/156473d7-83ae-4f14-963e-ee4430dc42fc.jpeg

Whether he used an AI generator or not, it’s possible. But honestly, I could easily see him paying for a photoshoot for this since he announced moving SpaceX to Texas.

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Fair, I wasn’t wondering if he did or didn’t post (I guess it could have been a fake tweet too, one can never be too sure). Just pointing at the aesthetics in the image, there’s something uncanny about it

bassomitron ,

Yeah, in hindsight that’s completely fair

dejected_warp_core ,

Not to come off as a musk fan-boy (I am most certainly not), but that’s a damn good photograph. Absolutely a professional photoshoot with hilariously high-end wardrobe.

Transporter_Room_3 ,
@Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

Dude spent a shitload of money on a photographer so he could feel like a cowboy for a few minutes.

Edit: I’m still not sure it’s actually a real photo though, it doesn’t sit right with me.

dejected_warp_core ,

You may be right. A few other comment here have remarked at his neckerchief being not quite right. That also doesn’t exclude the possibility for a digital touch-up, or a photoshoot as a dedicated training model for AI.

Transporter_Room_3 ,
@Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

Ooh, I hadn’t thought of the possibility of Ai enhanced regular photo.

Of course, the Muskrat and Faceburg have both always given me “uncanny valley” vibes just because that’s how they look normally

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

I wanted to say that outfit slaps also, glad i found a homie to agree.

Somehow it makes his face even more slappable though. Mannnn can you imagine how good it would feel to hit a stinger on that gob?

lennivelkant ,

If it’s real, I’m confident he had some competent assistant hire a competent crew for that photo-op. I’m guessing a competent PR consultant suggested a good photo-op in the first place, hit the right buttons to appeal to his wannabe cool image.

If it’s fake, some competent developer created a good tool, fed with competently selected data to create a rather convincing image.

What I’m trying to say is that there most certainly were several competent people involved in the making of this picture.

Just not the subject.

Skullgrid ,
@Skullgrid@lemmy.world avatar

The cut off conspiracy theory image 🤣

anachronist ,

I love the idea that not only is he all-hat-no-cattle, he also faked the hat.

casmael ,

That’s because it’s an ai image by the looks of it

Ragdoll_X , (edited )
@Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world avatar

One of the community notes on the post said it was posted the day before by another account, and an AI image detector flagged it as AI with 90% confidence.

Musk using an AI image to fantasize about being some badass cowboy is both pathetic and absolutely expected lol

aido ,
@aido@lemmy.world avatar

If he’d gone and bought a cowboy hat in the last few weeks, they would’ve at least attempted to sell him a summer hat (straw) instead of a winter hat (felt). Not definitive but strange.

flamingo_pinyata ,

What was the Texan saying?
All hat no cattle?

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

It’s actually “look at that douche bag in the cowboy get up” I’m from Texas and we don’t wear the cowboy hats for the most part. They’re for tourists.

dudinax ,

Never been to Dallas?

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

Yeah, all the d-bags wear cowboy hats here.

n3m37h ,

So perfect getup for Elon?

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

This reply reminds me of Marty Mcfly entering the saloon with the pink cowboy outfit in back to the future

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2Fcx-yG3b6NpAStXsyWLGfqEGkCmakj7kiVa3pgO1J9nE.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dbd67b9dc43fdee312b3a4334d7afe248a23b335d&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=1ad38ba391f0016cf481d5822406f9cea8fb520ac43400890aa8499b7ea6a31e&ipo=images

dejected_warp_core ,

Time to refer to the checklist:


<span style="color:#323232;">[x] Hat
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[ ] Cattle
</span>
Rocketpoweredgorilla ,
@Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca avatar

He keeps his cattle at the factories.

funkless_eck , 

<span style="color:#323232;">[] Working class
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[] Predominantly people of color 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[] Poor
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[] Hardworking
</span>
RizzRustbolt ,

Also predominatly homosexual.

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

You can tell he’s not in Texas because he would have a heat stroke in that leather jacket.

kksgandhi ,

The desert can get real cold.

Cornelius_Wangenheim , (edited )

Texas isn’t a desert.

Edit: Please read what I wrote before replying. Texas isn’t a desert does not mean Texas has no desert. 90±% of the state is not desert, including where the vast majority of people live.

AngryCommieKender ,

That depends on where you are in Texas. The westernmost parts are definitely desert.

Cornelius_Wangenheim ,

Yeah and that’s not where the people or cattle live, minus El Paso. Texas is <10% desert. To act like the whole state is a desert is straight up wrong, yet annoyingly common for people who have never been here.

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

Not Austin at least. Maybe if you go 100 miles West of there.

RizzRustbolt ,

Deaf Smith disagrees.

aido ,
@aido@lemmy.world avatar

If he’d gone and bought a cowboy hat in the last few weeks, they would’ve at least attempted to sell him a summer hat (straw) instead of a winter hat (felt). Not definitive but strange.

abbiistabbii ,
@abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

The picture feels AI generated

pyre ,

yeah I thought the same thing. there’s uncanny valley vibes; it looks more human than Elon, but not quite fully human.

RizzRustbolt ,

It’s the leather creases on the jacket. Not even remotely natural.

slumlordthanatos ,

I’m thinking someone went nuts with the Photoshop. It’s what Elon Musk thinks he looks like, and I don’t think AI would be able to get that look just the way Elon wants it.

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

https://i.imgur.com/9i8k8gF.jpeg

Without AI.

abbiistabbii ,
@abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Kek

SuiXi3D ,
@SuiXi3D@fedia.io avatar

The man wouldn’t last an hour working on an actual ranch.

MeatPilot ,
@MeatPilot@lemmy.world avatar

The man wouldn’t last an hour minute working on an actual ranch.

OfCourseNot ,
@OfCourseNot@fedia.io avatar

The man wouldn’t last an hour a minute working on an actual ranch.

lemmyseizethemeans ,

He might be able to do a ten minute photo shoot ‘clearing bush’ like W did tho. Then back to the chopper

AngryCommieKender ,

He’s the very definition of a Dude. He’s the target demographic for dude ranches.

MargotRobbie ,

This is what a REAL 🤠 looks like:

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/5495ac67-d393-4ab6-a971-3809d6d632e3.jpeg

childOfMagenta ,

Wanker, Texas Rager

KingThrillgore ,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

Looks like the kind of guy who enjoys salsa from New York City

logos ,

NEW YORK CITY!?

RizzRustbolt ,

Good lord we’re old…

Thunderbird4 ,

We already know what he looks like in a cowboy hat, and that ain’t it.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/836db651-a10e-4407-9651-4b8a868293bf.jpeg

Myxomatosis ,

Aside from not wanting to pay taxes and being a rightwing asswipe, why does he think moving to Texas is a good idea? They don’t have a functional power grid and it’s not an appealing place to live for any of his employees who have a half a brain.

SpaceNoodle ,

It’ll help weed out those who aren’t True Believers.

anachronist ,

Texas gov’t under Abbot is sucking his c***.

FooBarrington ,

Fewer employee protections

PotatoesFall ,

How does this guy think his mustache looks good. I’m sorry to bodyshame but man my mustache grows the exact same way and it is equally unflattering to grow out. And he has far more money to spend on barbers

Prunebutt ,

I don’t think that he had any control over how his moustache looks on the image, given that it’s most likely an AI generated image.

Skullgrid ,
@Skullgrid@lemmy.world avatar

Even the ai dissin him

BakerBagel ,

Musk has always had terrible hair.. I have no idea why he always has some weak as shit moustache and beard going. I also can’t grow facial hair for shit so i shave every day. I’ll grow out a moustache for Christmas, but even a month’s worth of growth looks thin and shitty.

jballs ,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ll grow out a moustache for Christmas

Lol why? Is that some tradition I’ve been missing out on?

BakerBagel ,

My mom hates it and it ruins all the Christmas photos. I only see my parents once or twice a year, so i guess i just do a Christmas moustache as a bit every year.

Myxomatosis ,

He was deep down a K-hole and thought it would be a good idea to glue his own pubes to his upper lip.

Seleni ,

And of course he adds in a picture of John Wayne, the draft-dodging, woman-beating, other wannabe cowboy poser.

boaratio ,

Ketamine cowboy.

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

Well, it *is a horse tranquilizer…

Blackout ,
@Blackout@kbin.run avatar

He'll do well there, he's got those horse fucking eyes just like Lee

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