Bluesky user posts AI-generated pigeon image as real Victoria Crowned Pigeon
A post presenting an AI-generated bird image as the real species sparks debate over misinformation and AI-generated content on social media.
What to know
- A Bluesky user posted an AI-generated image while presenting it as a real Victoria Crowned Pigeon species native to New Guinea, prompting immediate pushback from commenters who identified anatomical impossibilities.
- The core dispute centers on misinformation: critics argue that labeling fictional AI imagery with real species' names spreads falsehoods; the poster dismissed detractors as 'AI Police.'
- Secondary concerns include AI's training on uncompensated human labor and the erasure of real animals' natural beauty through artificial enhancement.
- A minority of commenters admired the image regardless of authenticity, while the dominant conversation condemned both the AI-generated content and the false attribution.
The dispute Whether presenting AI-generated imagery as a real species constitutes misinformation that must be corrected or deleted, versus whether the image's aesthetic qualities justify its existence and appreciation regardless of authenticity. · positions read across 133 posts and comments
AI-generated image falsely labeled as real species is misinformation that should be deleted.
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“taking a real animal's name and slapping it onto a completely made up one as if it is literally that creature, is pointless misinformation.”
fartyfey.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
AI-generated content raises ethical concerns about uncompensated training data and artistic authenticity.
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“By using AI, you're using a tool that was "trained on the UNCOMPENSATED labor of humans."”
suewhitcomb.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The image is beautiful and admirable regardless of whether it is AI-generated.
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“That is so beautiful, it's so stunning you have to stop for a minute to take it in. Love the post 💗💗💗”
veronicatess.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
marlena-love.bsky.social Original postermiha-ha.bsky.social Commentermrkranky.bsky.social Commenterfartyfey.bsky.social Commenter
How it unfolded 6 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump postscomments
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User expresses frustration with difficulty distinguishing AI from reality
Dhajj1 vented about the difficulty of identifying AI-generated content, posting 'I swear to God everyday I Google some animal I see on Blue sky sure that it's AI. Everyday I'm wrong. Holy shit. This world.'
“I swear to God everyday I Google some animal I see on Blue sky sure that it's AI. Everyday I'm wrong.”
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Cool sketch! A 1,000,000x better than the AI slop she posted.
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...aaaand.... here's a real one, in a zoo in France.
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What a cool bird here's a poor pencil sketch #birdart
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Users raise concerns about AI training and artistic integrity
Suewhitcomb criticized AI use on grounds of 'uncompensated labor of humans' in training data. Others, including corvsy and flowgiston, demanded the post be deleted and urged appreciation for real birds as they naturally exist.
“By using AI, you're using a tool that was "trained on the UNCOMPENSATED labor of humans."”
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if you're gonna play with creature design that's one thing. *basing* fantasy creatures off of real creatures is very common in world-building. but taking a real animal's name and slapping it onto a completely made up one as if it is literally that creature, is pointless misinformation. can ya not.
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PLEASE don’t with the AI. The beauty is already there. By using AI, you’re using a tool that was “trained on the UNCOMPENSATED labor of humans.
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I hate that every time I see something like this, I now need to check if it's AI slop.
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Post author defends AI use; minority of commenters remain admiring
Marlena-love responded defensively to mrkranky's criticism with 'You really ARE Kranky! It's time to defund (once again) the wrong AI Police!' A small group of commenters, including veronicatess and customcouture, continued praising the image's beauty, with customcouture suggesting 'Amazing some animals were born looking like AI.'
“You really ARE Kranky!😁It's time to defund (once again) the wrong AI Police!💕…”
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It is AI generated. These birds exist but they do not look like this.
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These birds are amazingly beautiful in their own right without needing to “enhance” them with ridiculous looking ai.
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You really ARE Kranky!😁It's time to defund (once again) the wrong AI Police!💕
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Critics call out misinformation and demand accountability
Users escalated criticism, with peaceplease23 calling it 'beautiful bird but stupid AI slop,' and fartyfey arguing that labeling a made-up image with a real animal's name constitutes 'pointless misinformation.' Others emphasized that real Victoria Crowned Pigeons are beautiful without AI enhancement.
“taking a real animal's name and slapping it onto a completely made up one as if it is literally that creature, is pointless misinformation.”
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Fake. Seen the real ones many times in the gardens of Parliament House, Port Moresby.
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Fucking ai whore spreading ai slop. Fuck you.
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Absolutely spectacular! This makes me want to be a Victoria Crowned Pigeon just for the fashion.
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Commenters identify image as AI-generated, noting anatomical errors
Multiple users quickly flagged the image as artificial. Miha-ha noted it was AI-generated; kobay-ashimaru pointed to 'roundel patterns on the abdomen' as telltale signs; mrkranky claimed familiarity with real birds from Parliament House gardens in Port Moresby.
“This is Ai generated - the real birds look like this...”
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This is Ai generated - the real birds look like this...
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the roundel patterns on the abdomen kind of of give it away
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Was just about to say it, beautiful bird but stupid AI slop. 🥲
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User posts AI-generated pigeon image labeled as real species
Marlena-love.bsky.social posted an image claimed to be a Victoria Crowned Pigeon native to New Guinea, with hashtags #bluesky and #love. The post received 1,942 likes and 98 comments.
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Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) the largest pigeon species in the world is native to New Guinea region. #bluesky #love
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What people are saying 12 voices from 1 site · best of 133 · verbatim
- How can users reliably distinguish between AI-generated and real animal images on social media?
- Should platform norms require explicit labeling when imagery is AI-generated rather than photographic?
- Sep 13
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The real bird is already beautiful without the AI weirdness. Image from factanimal.com
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If only it wasn't faked and presented as a real bird. This is the actual bird which is beautiful enough on its own.
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Here is an actual picture of the same bird. (eschew A/I bs)
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I don't understand why people post slop. Lots of zoos have these birds, it's pretty easy to get good video footage of them, why not post that?
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It isn't. It is AI. This is the real bird.
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Really? You are looking at AI. This is what the bird really looks like.
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It is AI. This is what it really looks like.
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It is AI. Here's what it really looks like.
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No, it's not a pigeon It's🤖 generated This is the real bird
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Well yes this is nothing like nature. It’s AI.
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From Wikipedia: the real bird, not enhanced by AI or anything else...
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The real bird is beautiful. At least tell us that you are showing something that is not a Victoria Crown Pigeon.