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MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Image of Donald Trump wading through flood water is AI-generated | Fact check

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Image of Donald Trump wading through flood water is AI-generated | Fact check

www.usatoday.com

MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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Experts and an AI-detection tool confirmed the image is AI-generated. There's no evidence Trump waded through flood water after Hurricane Helene.
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  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yeah, no shit.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    Of course it is. Nothing in his history would make anyone sane believe he’d be anywhere near active flood waters. Or even wear a safety vest on the first place.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      …anyone sane…

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Trump claimed to have sent workers to Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks.

      Not only didn’t Trump send workers, he didn’t do anything for the volunteers who did show up.

      Plenty of places were offering volunteers rooms and / or food during the clean up operations. Trump’s properties were locked tight.

      He did take money becuase he was a ‘small business’ owner.

      • Atom@lemmy.world
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        He did also claim, on 9/11 mind you, that he now had the tallest building in Manhattan. Which wasn’t even true.

        https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/9-11-trump-tallest-building-manhattan-b2164420.html

        • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          This guy has to be exhausted for constantly coming up with the worst fucking takes, lying to boost his own ego and generally being a giant dumbass. I’m exhausted for him.

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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        Don’t forget him bragging that he now held the tallest skyscrapers on the NYC skyline.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    I mean what would even be the purpose of intentionally wading through water? Don’t they usually do fly overs to view the aftermath?

    Even if this was true, it would just be evidence that he did a stupid PR stunt for votes…

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Anybody have a link to the image? Article is paywalled.

    • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Don’t feel left out, it’s not easily found amount the ass and garbage.

    • NABDad@lemmy.world
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      https://archive.org/details/annotation-2024-10-02-133019

      • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com
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        Ugh. Can people seriously not tell an image is llm generated at a glance? The lighting and shading is always all fucked up in a way that makes it all look fake, like toys.

        • NABDad@lemmy.world
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          Plus, Trump would never wade through even clean water to help someone. Forget about sewage-contaminated flood water.

        • Tech With Jake@lemm.ee
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          His cult is so used to seeing fake images that they have a hard time telling reality from fiction. They have to constantly photoshop him into looking like a strong man that they’ve forgotten what a unfit, blob of a man he really looks like.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Many thanks!

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Thanks!

        Yep where is the massive diaper?

        • NABDad@lemmy.world
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          That’s what I was thinking. There’s no way his diaper and his fat ass would fit into those jeans.

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        Pffft. Who can’t see that that’s ai generated? Also how weird is it to see Trump in anything but suit or silly golf clothes? Jeans and a button up is entirely to normal for the orange man to wear.

        • parrhesia@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          That and his weird claw right hand

          • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            8 months ago

            And the other guy’s hat!

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    I find it funny how MAGSts spend all this effort creating photos of Trump looking and acting how they envision him in their heads - because he’s never going to do or be any of them.

    • Naked with chiseled abs? Nope
    • Interacting with his followers? Nope
    • Wading through the floodwaters? Nope
    • Slender? Nope
    • Cradling or caring for children? Nope. Well, not released yet anyway
    • Leading a charge into battle? Nope
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    Gotta downvote this link to a horrible site. So many ads and pop-ups, and I never saw the picture in question

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      https://archive.org/details/annotation-2024-10-02-133019

      His hand is a render glitch as per the norm.

    • CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You don’t use ad-blockers?

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        Generally “Reader Mode” is sufficient and I have my browser set to that by default. However sometimes sites are not functional in reader mode and those are usually the same ones that are most toxic.

        It also drives home the point of how poor the internet is with accessibility. Imagine having to rely on reader mode to get through the toxic sludge that makes up most of the internet, but yet we have to rely on every day

        Edit: yes, I was also using an adblocker but iPhone adblockers are limited and in this case useless

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        8 months ago

        I use Android (Samsung) and I’ve never been able to find one that works. Sometimes I use Chrome, but many apps, like Connect for Lemmy have a builtin web viewer that I think is using the native web browser (so I need something that covers both). I would appreciate any suggestions.

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          I’m on a Galaxy S-10e. Firefox + ublock origin.

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          Firefox with ublock origin (like the others said) works and for other “entertainment” apps there are apps you can use outside of the Google play store to get around ads

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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          Firefox+ublock origin

    • tpyo@lemmy.world
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      Here’s the article:

      And the picture in question

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        Haha they think he would be caught dead wearing jeans. Jeans are poor people’s clothes.

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        There’s nothing wrong with those hands. There’s ~15-18 fingers between the two of them and the joints are totally in the right place.

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          Oh gosh I looked at the hand and think I lost 2d4 sanity points.

          • AA5B@lemmy.world
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            And the other hand is giant. Trump is well known for his giant manly hands

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        It’s amazing how many glitches people are able to spot. I don’t really have an eye for that level of detail but usually just get a vague unnaturallness

        • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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          At this point they’re long-standing bugs.

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    Love how all of the sudden, Facebook is now the expert at identifying AI pictures, despite constantly falling for them almost every time.

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    We’re gonna need something like C2PA before the next election.

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    I don’t think Trump has ever worn jeans.

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      On the other hand, wearing jeans in water is just the sort of stupid thing he might do, like looking at the sun during an eclipse.

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    You know what is a real photo? This one.

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    That fat fuck can’t swim, come on. Lol.

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    They had to. It’s far too dangerous for him to be near actual water. If his diaper gets too saturated it will drag him under.

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    Trump… just rebuild! I’ll help you call my guy who does buildings for me. Problem solved!

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    If a good percentage of Americans can fall for Turnip

    … a good percentage of them will fall for this image.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      It wouldn’t surprise me if some of them still thought that the mission accomplished press release was a big win for W.

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    yea. no dip

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