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Below are 4 images.
Only one is real. I know this because I took it myself.
My photo is of a New England Clambake taken at a lobster shack along the Maine coast.
The other 3 images are AI-generated. I created them using Ideogram.ai and ChatGPTChatGPT is an advanced language model developed by OpenAI, designed to understand and generate human... More.
Which one do you think is the real image? See the answer below!
The real image of the New England Clambake is:
Image #2
Some clues that give away the AI images:
🦞 1. Real-World Messiness
- Real (Image #2): The plate isn’t perfectly styled. Some clams are open, some are still tightly closed, some are cracked. The food feels served — not staged.
- AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is basically when computers get smart—really smart. Imagine if your c... More (Images #1, #3, #4):
- In #1, the lobster and clams look too polished and overly bright.
- In #3, the clams are suspiciously uniform, almost like identical copies pasted around the plate. In #4, the clams have the “meat” on both sides in some of them. (Which would be awesome if they came that way in real-life, but sadly we only get one clam per shell.)
🌽 2. Background Randomness
- Real: Image #2 shows a casual seafood shack vibe: a messy background with condiments, napkins, a yellow pepper on the table. It’s cluttered in a believable, real-life way.
- AI:
- #1 and #4 have backgrounds that are too neat, clean, or oddly staged.
- #3’s background looks stiff, with repeated or blurry elements typical of AI-created dining scenes.
🦞 3. The Lobster Itself
- Real: In #2, the lobster’s shell is realistically textured — a little uneven, naturally bumpy, and not overly glossy.
- AI: In #1, #3, and #4, the lobsters often look too shiny and plastic-like — almost like toy models.
- In #3 especially, the lobsters are unnaturally smooth and seem airbrushed.
- In #4, the highlights on the lobster shell are too perfect, making it look fake.
Find out what it takes to cook up the perfect New England Clambake in this video (note: we are not responsible for any drooling that you may experience as a result of watching this video).
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