Definitely AI generated. Look at the bottom-right of the Confederate flag. It’s all messed up, classic generative AI “artifacting” for lack of a better word for it.

Edit: lower down in the thread the original was posted. This was upscaled (very poorly) by AI.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think so. I saw this back some time before COVID.

This one may be generated by I've definitely seen a picture like this

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This looks ai generated but im 99.9% certain that there is a real version of this picture

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's what I think too. I've definitely seen this exact layout, but I think this either has a filter or some weird generation.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Wow it is ai

[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Good call!