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AI slop.
Nope, this one is real, just weird looking people and poorly upscaled.
News article from 2016: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/01/11/obamacare-repeal-republicans-president-obama-veto-health-column/78597014/
Original image:
Reference portion that was particularly mangled:
Mangled, but still recognizable as just .... Funny looking people.
Except for this guy:
He doesn't seem to have been mangled at all. Just looks real weird.
he has a face mask on.
which is odd considering plenty of real pics of "laughing politicians" (or even just people in suits that might look like politicians) exist to use.
It's real. Not AI.
Have you zoomed in a bit? I've seen some strange compression that gives an AI vibe before, but there's lots of little details to this that don't make a lot sense even in that case. Like the guy in the back with his finger in his mouth, the finger just seems to stop right at his upper lip instead of bending inwards, or on the chair, the patterns seem almost but not quite symmetrical in a way that really fancy chairs typically aren't made.
AI upscaled but still real in spirit. There are links in comments.
No billionaire's were harmed in the making of this meme
Well, that’s a shame.
Not everything is AI slop, I think you're overfitting. Paul Ryan Reuter 2016 Obamacare Repeal
Dang you're right. I stole it from somewhere else and didn't bother to inspect it
Edit, apparently this is a real picture that got deep fried a bit.
That's the insidious nature of it eh, only so much time anyone has to inspect stuff, it passes the 10 foot squint, but this stuff is only going to get more believable in time
This is a real picture, you guys are already unable to tell the difference, apparently.
These are some strange looking people then
Wait isn’t this a real picture? I swear I’ve seen this before the clankers took over. That’s Paul Ryan, this is from like 10 years ago or something, isn’t it?
Yeah it’s real. People are just overeager to call every picture “ai slop” even if it clearly just been filtered/enhanced.
I'd say "enhanced" counts as half slop.
Dude in front has 37 knuckles.
What gave it away?
Assuming this is a serious question, zoom in on the face of the blonde woman on the right.
And the guy behind her has his finger inexplicably lodged between his gums and upper lip
stop with the slop already