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Can you tell which images are AI-generated?

112 points · 85 comments · hckr78

  1. Retr0id · · focus · HN ↗
    The time limit did make it quite challenging. I got 1,000 points with a max streak of 8 in a row. On second playthrough I got 3,550 / 12. It seems the AI images all come from a particular area of latent space that's quite easy to recognize once you get dialled in.

    So it's more of a "can you detect the GPT Image 2.5 house style", which is an easier problem.

    I'd appreciate an untimed mode.

    1. JasonSage · · focus · HN ↗
      I agree, there's patterns that aren't hard to recognize if you have some experience.

      I got 2400 with 10 in a row on first attempt.

      Here's the entire decision matrix:

      - Is the color, mood, composition, and level of detail exactly like most Nano Banana Pro images? If yes, AI.

      - Is the composition/framing utterly perfect? If yes, AI.

      - Is the subject ephemeral or random, like a candid photo or something otherwise unlikely to be photographed? If yes, not AI.

      - Final decision, if there's any doubt, go entirely off of how centered the subject is.

      I think some of this has more to do with the data set than the methodology. You could easily come up with a bunch of examples to fool me specifically, but alas, they didn't.

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