@Tesseks

unfortunately the world we now live in, the problem of #AI generated photo and video might be at one level, but the far worse level problem is that people now doubt *everything*, even the real

i think this knock-on effect is more insidious than the fake shit

@nightoo @Tesseks

i reverse searched the image, it's original

i did a dive into the poster's socials

they are a moth enthusiast primarily

genuine in all other respects: chatting normally, posting normally, no off, bot-like engagement patterns

unless OP posts their travel receipts that day, we'll never know 100%

but it's a fucking common snail species, the Pacific Sideband, overlooking a Pacific Northwest view

verdict:

this shit is real

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/sUlXJNQaxi