Post by @StefanEJones@dice.camp

Stefan Edward Jones

@StefanEJones@dice.camp 8 hr. ago

Picturing the pools of vomit in the vicinity of this bus shelter advert.

Sidewalk scene. An advertisement, possibly on a bus shelter, for a "Breakfast Burrito. Only $13.50. Eggs, potato, sausage, cheddar cheese in a flour tortilla."

The buritto illustration is AI generated. The interior is a hideous bubbling mess of stringy cheese, irregular holes, black spheres, and what might be insect grubs. — Sidewalk scene. An advertisement, possibly on a bus shelter, for a "Breakfast Burrito. Only $13.50. Eggs, potato, sausage, cheddar cheese in a flour tortilla." The buritto illustration is AI generated. The interior is a hideous bubbling mess of stringy cheese, irregular holes, black spheres, and what might be insect grubs.

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Chu 朱

@chu@climatejustice.social 7 hr. ago

@StefanEJones

Is this real?

I mean, isn't it at least someone's job to look at the product before printing?

Ben Ramsey

@ramsey@phpc.social 7 hr. ago

@chu @StefanEJones I’m wondering the same. It’s not like you could look at this and miss the problem. So, either no one looked at it, or it can’t be real. 🤷‍♂️

Ben Ramsey

@ramsey@phpc.social 7 hr. ago

@chu @StefanEJones The edge of the sign has an interesting drop shadow.

The original image zoomed in at the edge of the sign, showing a drop shadow behind the sign that wouldn’t normally occur on a photograph of a sign.

Stefan Edward Jones

@StefanEJones@dice.camp 6 hr. ago

@ramsey @chu Possibilities:

* The entire image is an AI fabrication.

* The ad is mounted on a bus shelter transparent wall and that's some kind of reflective artifact.

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Ben Ramsey

@ramsey@phpc.social 2 hr. ago

@StefanEJones @chu A transparent wall in a bus shelter could do it, but I’m leaning on the entire image being AI-generated as a way of making fun of slop. 😉

Stefan Edward Jones

@StefanEJones@dice.camp 1 hr. ago

@ramsey @chu Yes, very "meta."

I don't think any store would let that go.

I don't like AI, but this is an effective parody use.

Even funnier would be to PRINT that horrible poster and hang it somewhere In Real Life.

Chu 朱

@chu@climatejustice.social 1 hr. ago

@StefanEJones @ramsey

Now I'm almost curious to see what an AI generated breakfast burrito would look like. Just not curious enough to open an acct to find out.

Ben Ramsey

@ramsey@phpc.social 22 min. ago

@chu @StefanEJones I’m not an AI fan, but I have to use it for my job, and the models these days are fairly good. You’d have to instruct it to produce something gross like that.

Using the alt text from the original post (sans the gross part), here’s an AI-generated image: