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[โ€“] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just in case you wanted to see video evidence, you know, for science:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nqLkdarQyv0

[โ€“] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

MVP ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] gentooer@programming.dev 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] Ephera@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

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[โ€“] gentooer@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago

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

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago

Ye, with my Samsung.

[โ€“] luciole@beehaw.org 9 points 3 days ago
[โ€“] happybadger@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/02/snakes-act-ecosystem-engineers-seed-dispersal

(rattle)snakes as pollinators are greatly underappreciated. Their stomach acid doesn't destroy the seeds contained in the stomachs of their herbivorous prey.

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