I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with all of these comments talking about this as if it's a real photo and not AI slop looks like complete shit. Are the comments AI generated spam too? Are they just stupid? Am I AI generated spam?

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think this is AI generated spam. There is apparently a real breed of cat that looks like this. I think you need to be less paranoid, this is lemmy.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yup no money no karma.

No point in farming nothing.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, it is reposting other peoples' old content, and there seems to be a lot of that going on here lately. People just like the attention, I guess.

[–] CMonster@discuss.online 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This photo has been around for a few years. It's not AI.

Also my bobtail buddy

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Worse than being AI, this is a newish designer breed called a highland lynx, and the polydactyl, curled ear tips, and manx tail are traits they are breeding for.

Unfortunately, its not very ethical to breed for these traits, especially the manx tail, which can cause cats to be born incontinent.

[–] TwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

I looked into it a little using TinEye and the image predates generative AI images of this quality. I actually think it's a photoshopped normal cat; possibly as part of that weird trend of making some small detail of a normal photo look freakish.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I'd like to believe it's not AI:

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago

Polydactyly is not uncommon in feral cats, but I have no information about the provenience of the photo.

I am not AI spam. I am sometimes stupid.