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Carney's cat, Nico (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Monday OP
What a handsome boy! MacKasey Monday #1
Now THERE is a cat with some great juju! Jilly_in_VA Monday #2
Or refers to their pet as "it." Drives me crazy. Animals have genders. MIButterfly Monday #5
They have genders & spirits Nigrum Cattus Monday #15
Nico could be our cats' body double. lark Monday #3
I 🧡💛🩵 talkative cats!!! ultralite001 Monday #9
aww. AllaN01Bear Monday #4
What a good-looking cat! MIButterfly Monday #6
OMG, what a handsome cat. 3catwoman3 Monday #7
If that picture isn't AI generated drmeow Monday #8
That's what I thought, too William Seger Monday #17
I thought Carney's cat was Tonto JoseBalow Monday #10
Fake AI slop.... LudwigPastorius Monday #11
This cat is also a very handsome fellow. 3catwoman3 Monday #13
More here ... BlueWavePsych Monday #14
Yeah, progressoid Monday #16
One AI-generated clue is the direction of the shadows William Seger Tuesday #19
Maybe he has more than 1 cat.. Deuxcents Monday #12
The more cats, the merrier! 😉 Mountain Mule Monday #18

Jilly_in_VA

(12,823 posts)
2. Now THERE is a cat with some great juju!
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:43 PM
Monday

And I trust a cat dad much more than one who doesn't have pets (and actively hates, and is hated BY) animals, or one who speaks about the family's pet as "HER" dog or "the children's dog".

MIButterfly

(1,148 posts)
5. Or refers to their pet as "it." Drives me crazy. Animals have genders.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 02:00 PM
Monday

"It" is an inanimate object, not a living, breathing being.

lark

(25,398 posts)
3. Nico could be our cats' body double.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:54 PM
Monday

Wonder if he too is an attention monger, never gets enough pets and very vocal about letting us know he needs more!

edit - fixed typo

LudwigPastorius

(13,280 posts)
11. Fake AI slop....
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 03:02 PM
Monday

The Prime Minster's desk doesn't have a sign that says "Prime Minister". LOL

According to Carney's verified Twitter account, this is Nico:

William Seger

(11,777 posts)
19. One AI-generated clue is the direction of the shadows
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 01:03 PM
Tuesday

There are a lot of videos on YouTube about detecting AI images and videos, and one important clue is shadows: When AI composes an image with multiple objects, it often makes the shadow directions inconsistent. If any number of objects in a real image are lit by the same light source, all shadows will point exactly at that source, but many current AI generators don't seem to know that. In the lower right of this image, look at the shadow of the cat's tail compared to the shadow of the small box -- it just doesn't look right, does it.

There is often a similar problem with lines that should be parallel that are not converging at the same perspective "infinity" point, but the desk in this image looks okay, and there's really nothing else to compare it with, since it isn't necessarily supposed to be aligned with the window.

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