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Is this disgusted Barbie doll AI? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by SatyrSack@quokk.au to c/ai_or_not@piefed.social

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This meme was posted here, and there was a bit of discussion as to whether or not the doll is AI-generated: https://lemmy.world/post/43933742. I don't think anyone was accusing OOP of using AI themselves to create the meme at all, but it seems like they may have inadvertently used an AI-generated element in their handcrafted meme
The main tell for me is the weird eyes. It could be just a poorly-made doll, but it seems like AI artifacting to me
There are also weird stray hairs
It is obviously an entirely different doll than the common "disgusted Barbie" meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/disgusted-barbie
I found a higher quality source image: https://i.imgur.com/yHYDauj.jpeg (mirror). On one hand, the lower quality image hides some of the features that make it seem AI. On the other hand, it may be possible that this higher quality version is just what had been produced after running the lower quality version through an AI upscaler.
Reverse image rearching this witn Tineye, the earliest match is from August 2025. Obviously, this could have been created organically at any point, but that is a suspicious date in the least.

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[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

It looks like Photoshop work to me, but I'm not 100% confident, it's not obvious either way to me. I wouldn't be surprised if the higher quality one was indeed an AI scale up or if the image used selective genAI to edit just the lips nose and eyes.