The macro photography looks bizarrely uniform and the poses contrived. I feel like a sleuth trying to decide if this is AI generated or not. I suspect it isn't, but I'm somewhat distressed at how suspicious I am of cool things now.

• Schiendelman

  today at 11:40 AM

  As someone who has done some stacked photos, they always look suspicious! If it's any consolation, I recognize the photographer and they are the sort of person who would never use AI!

  • wkrsz

    today at 12:55 PM

    What does "stacked" mean in this context?

  • keldami

    today at 12:02 PM

    >I recognize the photographer and they are the sort of person who would never use AI!

    That is exactly what an AI Bot would say XDXD

Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated. I'll give the author the benefit of the doubt as he's a macro photographer: https://www.nickybay.com/

• sjsanc

  today at 11:36 AM

  Indeed, I saw the watermarks. It's clearly a testament to his skill that his consistency is so unbelievable. Maybe that's common in macro photography but I'm genuinely floored by it.

• tejohnso

  today at 12:27 PM

  > Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated.

  What would be so worrying about someone using AI to generate images for their site?

  • yreg

    today at 12:45 PM

    I don't mind it at all for decorational images, but in this case I would mind. I suppose I would mind the inaccuracy, the worry that the creatures might not look exactly like the real world ones look.

    Not that it actually matters but if those images were generated it would feel pointless to me, even if I can't tell the difference.

  • BigTTYGothGF

    today at 12:50 PM

    The whole point of the site is the images and facts.

The kind of site that makes one happy the Internet exists

This may be the most important story of the year (for creatures with 20 pods.)

Cool site and beautiful photos!

I can't tell whether the images are heavily photoshopped or AI generated.

• today at 11:19 AM