Natasha  🇪🇺Dec 23

In the winter of 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #WomensArt ❄️

Background on the photo:
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2018/02/13/icelander_hangs_out_washing_in_shoulder_deep_snow/

Show threadCarl
@Natasha_Jay She is in A T-SHIRT!!!
Dec 24 at 12:26amWeb
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@carl @Natasha_Jay

It's not just that she's in a T-shit. It's that while in a T-shirt, she supposedly walked through all that, effortlessly pushing her body through the snow, and looks perfectly comfortable.

It is, most certainly, AI.

Show threadSharony BaloneyDec 24
@Linux So, I dug a little deeper; because I can see the trail behind her to get there, and because it’s exactly the kind of prank photo we like to in Alaska when it’s snowy; wearing inappropriate clothing in the snow, being silly. She originally posted on her ig back in 2018. So not ai. At this point avoiding ai is like holding back the tide with a rake; I don’t even know if it’s possible. Which makes it hard to enjoy real media because you just don’t trust it.
Show threadArjen HaaymanDec 24
@Linux @carl @Natasha_Jay Rebekka is a well-known photographer who takes these kind of self portraits, so it is, most certainly, not AI
Show threadfelizDec 24

@haayman @Linux

It's beginning to be annoying that anyone nowadays screams “AI!” without thinking or checking, when a photo shows something unusual.

Photographers are really having a hard time.

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@feliz @haayman

AI or photoshop -- It's still fake either way.

Show threadArjen HaaymanDec 24
@Linux @feliz it's not
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2018/02/12/hengdi_ut_thvott_i_axlardjupum_snjo/
Hengdi út þvott í axlardjúpum snjó

„Ég var svolítið að velta því fyrir mér á meðan ég var að moka slóðann hvort nágrannar mínir væru kannski að hugsa hvað væri að mér. Því ég var ógeðslega lengi að loka einhvern tilgangslausan slóða,“ segir Rebekka og hlær.

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Show threadArthur van der HargDec 24

@Linux @carl @Natasha_Jay The photo is from Winter 2018. Remember how just two years ago you could tell that an image was “AI” because the number of limbs and extremities did not match the number of people in the image? This image is five years older than that. It cannot possibly be AI generated.

Stop calling every amazing feat “AI”. It destroys trust just as much as actual AI images do.

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@ArtHarg @carl @Natasha_Jay

AI, photoshopped --- It's still fake either way.

Show threadArthur van der HargDec 24
@Linux @carl @Natasha_Jay Is it so difficult for you to accept that people can tolerate cold? Why do you insist that the photo is fake? How do you know?
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@ArtHarg @carl @Natasha_Jay

Before we even talk about the girl, let's focus on the physics of the path.

Show threadRupert ReynoldsDec 24

@Linux @carl @Natasha_Jay I've walked in snow like that, and you can see the edge of the path she is on. In her shoes (flip-flops? Who knows?!) I'd be clearing a path with a shovel down to knee height or lower before I tried walking on it.

After that much work, I'd probably be down to T shirt to cool off :-)