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At the top is a screenshot from Wikimedia Commons showing an image that was updated to a larger size with the comment saying "Improved image". Below it is the goose chasing meme with the goose twice asking "Where did the pixels come from?".
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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I've never seen an AI upscaled image that didn't look like shit. Even if it looked good it would still be artificial. We could go into the philosophy of weather or not a photo is an accurate snapshot of a moment in time, but think of it this way: let's say we have a photo of you. Let's also say you want to upscale that photo of you to some redicously high resolution for some reason. The AI upscaled image created is no longer a photo of you. It is an machine's best guess at what you look like in Super 14K or whatever resolution. In essence, It's inauthentic.