yeah I did some digging and one of the earlier posts I found of this was back in april 21 and it was much smaller. Definitely seems to be upscaled. Certainly looks fake when you zoom in on this. The Soviet flag actually looks worse in this compared to the other image I saw.
Look at the other pictures posted in this comment thread. The picture OP used was a particularly terrible version of it for some reason, there are other versions that don’t look nearly as bad.
Yeah so apparently it’s a real picture taken quite some time ago that has been upscaled. It looks absolutely horrendous though and 100% fake, especially the parts you highlighted. I guess I’m not terminally online enough to recognize a repost or something, but weirdly enough I’m OK with that.
Lmao could this be more AI generated
I’ve seen this reposted many times over the past decade. I suspect the image is older than realistic ai generated images.
so this image is a window into the past
This image is very old, since before accessible generative AI. It’s probably been AI upscaled/improved. Notice how the headline is also borked
This is an old photo. So yes, it could be more AI generated
It looks like it was ai upscaled. Zoom into the letters or the rounded corners of the picture. It’s easier to spot that way.
yeah I did some digging and one of the earlier posts I found of this was back in april 21 and it was much smaller. Definitely seems to be upscaled. Certainly looks fake when you zoom in on this. The Soviet flag actually looks worse in this compared to the other image I saw.
What makes you say that?
The bricks are throwing me off, but it could be the camera quality.
People out here downvoting the implication that this is an artifical image. AI or poor photoshop, this is shaping up to be a real reddit moment.
yeah it’s definitely (poorly) upscaled by AI but originally it was a real picture
Look at the other pictures posted in this comment thread. The picture OP used was a particularly terrible version of it for some reason, there are other versions that don’t look nearly as bad.
Yeah so apparently it’s a real picture taken quite some time ago that has been upscaled. It looks absolutely horrendous though and 100% fake, especially the parts you highlighted. I guess I’m not terminally online enough to recognize a repost or something, but weirdly enough I’m OK with that.