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I've seen it from more than one angle now, so I know it's real, but damn if that isn't the most AI looking f'ing image...
I thought the same thing. Idk how it can look so fake.
It's the almost complete lack of shadows. My guess is there was a very thin cloud cover diffusing the sunlight. You can kind of see this on the right-side officer's hat shadow.
Aye, it was an overcast rainy day.
Makes me think a solid misinformation strategy would be to doctor real photos to look like they're AI generated.
I think the phone they used went ham on HDR.
Lots of that lately; reminiscent of the cybertruck on fire in front of the trump tower. I absolutely assumed that was ai at first