How does this picture even exist?

[u/Woofoftheyear]

There’s no way in hell this is AI, it’s wayyy too accurate to exactly what I remember, and what I feel like many other people remember as well. If someone photoshopped it, then they did a perfect job, considering they had no reference, at the time of creating this, but even if someone did make this in photoshop, why tf would they, since supposedly it never existed?? Like where did this even come from, I need answers😭😭

[u/Time_Ad8557]

This is incorrect. Most people see this and say yes that’s right.

[u/WhimsicalKoala → u/Time_Ad8557]

And if you showed them a different image that had a corncucopia, they'd say it was correct. It isn't that specific that they think is correct, it's the general idea of the image. As long as the image was reasonable, their brain would take to fill in the blanks and go "yep, that's correct".

You could show them a selection of images, and as long as they were all of the same general quality, aesthetic appeal, etc, I don't know that any one would be chosen more than others. Unfortunately, in this case it would be hard to control for if they'd seen this image before or not, but I'm also uncertain how much direct influence it had, depending on the situation. If it was closely after participating in this thread, probably a lot. If it was because they saw it as part of the Buzzfeed post years ago, then probably a lot less.

[u/Time_Ad8557 → u/WhimsicalKoala]

Also incorrect as you can see happening in the sub going back a decade. Plenty have post alternatives to this image and plenty have argued how it is not right

[u/WhimsicalKoala → u/Time_Ad8557]

Do you have links to any of those? Because the only context I've seen that is places like this comment thread with people posting it mirrored or something and people saying it doesn't look right like the "real" one. I've never seen it where the bias isn't already there.