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I guess some people thought it was AI, but just a cool moment in my basement window well.

Edit: taken with my iPhone several years ago since that’s all I had with me when it happened so quickly.

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[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 88 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the ai witchhunt gets a bit silly, sorry you got caught up in v it. very cool photo!

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think its silly at all, even tho I think this image is real I still applaud the zero tolerance rule enforcement.

The reason this got removed isn't that mods are powertripping, its because AI is such a menace. Place blame where it belongs.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hard dissent. First, Ban content not users. But even if you are banning users, just a quick detour through OPs history would have been enough to see it as a legit account, with a human behind it.. Plus, the picture surely has proving metadata, and detailed pixels.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I wish being a legit account headed by a real person were enough to guarantee AI won't be posted, but Lemmy is a testament against that.