Mastodawn

#AmazingWorld
In #Alaska, nature sculpted this lone tree into a frozen wave at sunrise.
Relentless wind, drifting snow, and rime ice stacked layer by layer until the branches looked like feathers made of frost.
That soft golden glow is the sun catching every icy strand, turning the whole scene into a winter sculpture for a few brief moments.
Bent by the storm, but still standing. Still reaching.

KuboF Hromoslav Dec 19

Crazy and beautiful! Freneza kaj belega! 😯

Tomáš Vít Dec 20

AI slop. Just another.

@tomulinek we need a what-is-real-meter.net

Tuchowski Dec 20

@tomulinek yes, I also suppose.

Old Hippie Ⓥ Resistance!Dec 19

@Arkenston Very beautiful photo.

Tomáš Vít Dec 20

No a photo. Generated pic.

que :verifried:Dec 20

@Arkenston super cool photo! thx for sharing

Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Dec 20

wonderful capture

Ophitoxaemia Dec 20

@Arkenston Not AI?

Margret Kuarell Dec 20

@Ophitoxaemia @Arkenston
this one is AI

Antonio Bianco Dec 20

@Arkenston Spectacular!

Tomáš Vít Dec 20

Not natural, not real, and not a photo.

Antonio Bianco Dec 21

@tomulinek it is an AI output?

Tomáš Vít Dec 21

@antoniobianco Yes.

Arapalla Dec 20

Everything about that image says "wrong".

Quinn9282 🖥️🌙✌️Dec 20

@Arkenston Unless I'm overthinking, I'm pretty sure this is AI-generated and not a real picture (the branches and snow look way too smooth/weird, and how is the snow climbing up the right side of the tree like that without falling apart?).

Marc Etienne Dec 21

@Quinn9282 @Arkenston it's the shadows that really seem off, the light source causing them is from a different angle than the sun.

sb arms & legs Dec 20

@Arkenston
This is a genai slop account - on mastodon. There are almost 5000 followers.

The slop has left facebook and is now coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

iris ✿ sandwalker Dec 20

@sb sad but also almost inevitable 😬 not following is the only way
@Arkenston

The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉Dec 20

@sb @Arkenston But there are no ads here, so what purpose would a slop account serve other than to coddle its owner with some mirage of popularity?

Do they realise that such accounts on Facebook only exist to generate engagement, and keep eyes pointed at the screen for when ads are served? 🤔

Ash-Miw-Re Dec 21

@ApostateEnglishman @sb @Arkenston At one point, there is a whole post dedicated to praising AI. It's a propaganda account to try to make people stop objecting to AI issues. Definitely needs blocked.

The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉Dec 21

@Ashmire @sb @Arkenston Gotcha, thanks.

Jonathan Mull Dec 20

@Arkenston whoa

Doreen32128 ready to rumble!Dec 20

@Arkenston Amazing!

Catherine McCarthy Dec 20

@Arkenston Fake

@Arkenston ai unless you have more photos and share the coordinates of this location. What month was it taken?

Ross of Ottawa Dec 20

@Arkenston from a life of snow, I'd say – no. Can't imagine snow & ice doing that.

@Arkenston This one has been proven over and over again to be FAKE!

STOP spreading FAKE!

@iveyline Dec 20

@Arkenston Wow!!!

@Arkenston
Nature’s art! Beautiful!

U.Lancier Dec 20

@Arkenston not art: #AI slop without declaration.
Account blocked

@Arkenston @HamonWry

please don’t help the spread of AI slop.

@Arkenston wow, this is amazing to see. Holy crap! How is this even possible?

Chantaru Dec 21

@fatboy @Arkenston it is not. It is AI. Real trees bend under the weight of snow.

Martin Angelo 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20

@Arkenston I will block this account, I don’t want to waste time by looking at fake AI slop and you should too!

Does mastodon have rules to ban such accounts? If not, I think it’s very important. Otherwise AI content will spread like cancer on mastodon and then it’s very difficult to know what to believe nd what not…

Kristoffer Lawson Dec 21

@elnecesario there are no common rules on Mastodon as there is no central authority. Each server has its own policies.

And rightly so! That diversity and lack of centrality is what makes Mastodon unique :)

Freiheit und Rettich

@Arkenston fake

@Arkenston AI says this is AI generated

Urban Hermit Dec 20

@Arkenston "...you can have this life when you pry it from my cold, dead branches."

stefanct Dec 20

@knurd42 why are you boosting this without thinking for a second... :(

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 2/4)Dec 20

@stefanct and why don't you apply hanlon's razor?

stefanct Dec 20

@knurd42 how does that apply here?

Margret Kuarell Dec 20

@stefanct @knurd42

maybe they didn't know

stefanct Dec 21

@greensofshade that's exactly why I wrote what I wrote and where hanlon's razor cannot be applied as my message suggest exactly that the explanation was stupidity and not malice.

Margret Kuarell Dec 22

@stefanct maybe that's what the original comment meant to say...

Flip_Switch 🇳🇱🇵🇸Dec 20

DO4MR - Mike Dec 20

@Arkenston Wow, what an amazing shot... gorgeous! [later] Sad to realize I most probably have fallen for an AI fake.

Julianoë Dec 20

@blindcoder this is fake

Benjamin Dec 20

@Julianoe yeah, just noticed. Unboosted it now.

Space Hobo Dec 20

@Arkenston There is no specific attribution for the photo and one might assume it was taken by the account holder. This now seems unlikely and the whole post seems AI. The account has an empty profile. Waste of the planet's resources. I do not want to see photographs created by AI unless this is clearly indicated so this is an account I will block.

Heliograph Dec 20

@Arkenston @MyWoolyMastadon 👆👇
https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115751976692412201

kim_harding ✅ (@[email protected])

Shame it is an AI fake...

mastodon.scot

Fractal 🇪🇺Dec 20

It is sad… it is so difficult to figure out what is real. AI’s output contaminates more and more domains of life… :(

eswillwalker Dec 20

@Arkenston Amazing photo! Thanks for sharing!

CynBlogger ❌👑Dec 20

@Arkenston
Image found to be AI at 92% probability.

PhillyCodeHound Dec 20

So cool!

Not trying hard enough 🦎Dec 20

@Arkenston
It seems clear that this is #aislop so you get a /block.