This happened one day in the window well outside my office. I got banned from r/pics for posting it.

[mgenehoffman@sh.itjust.works]

I guess some people thought it was AI, but just a cool moment in my basement window well.

Edit: taken with my iPhone several years ago since that’s all I had with me when it happened so quickly.

[sprite0@sh.itjust.works]

the ai witchhunt gets a bit silly, sorry you got caught up in v it. very cool photo!

[anubis119@lemmy.world]

I highly doubt AI would properly generate a Fibonacci sequence in the pinecones.

[k0e3@lemmy.ca]

He is the chosen cone!

[cmdrshepard49@sh.itjust.works]

Looks like AI to me. Why are there pinecone reflections on what appears to be a concrete wall in the back?

I'd love to see another photo of this basement window well.

[reverendender@sh.itjust.works]

You answered your own question. It’s a window well. It’s glass.

[reverendender@sh.itjust.works]

I for one, welcome our new pinecone overlord.

[lembot_0004@discuss.online]

Eat it for permanent +0 to HP.

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

It's not, the needles or whatever are way to consistent, even in the darker areas. AI would have fucked all that up

Also, it's a basement well window, I have one of these as well. So OP would be standing on the side of the window in his house and the pinecone is on the other side in the fire escape well

Think of it like looking into a really big terrarium

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

Just as the prophecy foretold!

[kubica@fedia.io]

I wouldnt rely on that https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/2366867/Pangolin-at-Work-1/comment/11341419#entry-comment-11341419

[dumbass@quokk.au]

[opinionhaver@feddit.uk]

"Please provide proof of authenticity before I allow myself to enjoy this picture."

I don’t get the ideological hate for gen-AI - especially when it comes to visual art. All I care about is whether I enjoy looking at it or not. I couldn’t care less who or what made it.

[anubis119@lemmy.world]

Dang it!

[mgenehoffman@sh.itjust.works]

It’s several panes of glass. Glass is reflective.

[borf@lemmynsfw.com]

Just for fun I tried reproducing this with chatgpt and it consistently messes up aligning the light beam with its illuminated patch no matter what I try. They always fail on the weirdest details

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Welcome to lemmy

[remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world]

The Holy Pine Cone of Allentown.

[sepi@piefed.social]

You sound like AI to me

[donebrach@lemmy.world]

Incredible that an ai image happened outside your window. What a beauteous happening met upon you.