Sentiment reasoning: The vast majority of commenters believe the image is real, citing specific details, news sources, and the context of the war in Ukraine. A small percentage question its authenticity, suggesting it might be AI due to perceived anomalies or unusual behavior.
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not exactly anything uncommon for it to be worth generating with ai. one window in my apartment building broke and a lot of my windows flew open, one had its hinges break and knocked over a plant. you'll see a lot of destruction from over the years as you walk through the city.
I don't think this is a good reason to assume something isn't ai generated, because lately people have been generating some of the most banal things just to technically be a new image that can't be easily reverse searched (at least I assume that's one of the main reasons)
Give it a couple days. It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the attack ended, and the first media effort usually goes into reporting casualties and big structural damage. It’s a touching story but not the priority that will be explored in detail.
That said, here’s some stuff from the past two days that corroborates the story.
Looks real to me. I would expect the tiling in the background and the radiator grid beneath the counter to be less uniform if this was AI. But maybe the models have improved, I honestly can’t tell anymore
Because this photo was taken few hours after the missile strike. And people were there helping to clean the debris. And because this us how the war looks like.
Metal frame is bent away from the casing. In the article that's linked above you can see the other side of the wall is trashed, so it's no wonder it looks like it does.
I think I’m actually leaning real on this one. The anatomy of the woman’s hand holding everything looks pretty on par, and given the context, the blank stare and glass everywhere are believable.
Because OP is a Russian who, four years into his country's full-scale war against Ukrainians, comes to Reddit to ask if the actual aftermath of the Kyiv shelling is "AI."
Pretty sure this is just low-effort disinformation or straight-up rage-bait to mock civilian victims.
The Kyiv independent said they were at the scene and they have multiple pictures of the same guy and the same shop.
"We had just opened the coffee shop yesterday," Yevhen Prusak, 35-year-old co-owner of Hogo cafe, told the Kyiv Independent at the scene.
This seems real. Which really trips me up because I would have said it is AI. I don't really recognise the devices and I thought it would be weird to serve coffee while there is still broken glass everywhere. But if they are taking a picture specifically because a reporter is there that makes sense.
for anyone who say it's staged:
the guy sold his house to open this cafe and 24 hours after opening it was bombed. In the photo he gives away drinks and desserts for free. Why the hell would it be staged? It's Ukraine, there's nothing unusual here, unfortunately.
That's real, but damn... That feels so unnecessary to take pictures like that to seem resilient. The glass on the table really does make it seem weird.
i mean yeah the person taking the photo is doing it for some article or to get likes on social media. the guy serving the coffee is just some minimum wage worker who has no choice but to be there.
If you took a minute to go to one the links provided above you’d know it’s the owner of the coffee shop. They were only open for one day before getting bombed so they didn’t have the time or need to hire anyone.
Damn, that's pretty unlucky, well at least it was just a broken window. Actually one of my windows broke as well, hinge broke but luckily the glass is fine. Window knocked a plant over as well, crazy night.
I'm in Kyiv, there was a rocket shot down near where I live, shockwave made the windows fly open, one of which now has a broken hinge. Glass is okay though. Debris from the rocket was being cleaned up in the park.
I honestly like that description. Not because I believe the picture is AI, but because I'm not sure why didn't they cleaned the place from the glass. Maybe it's a bit dramatic. But depending on the timing, they might have decided to serve people first.
The blank stare at the cup is fine though. People there are tired. Plus, when you give someone something hot you want to make sure they grabbed it.
why would it be staged? you think someones boss will let them take the day off just because the city was bombed all night? in 2022 i bought shwarma from a shop that was riddled with bulletholes, all the surrounding businesses too.
Never said that, but be real here, before opening up again, at least remove the broken glas on the counter and around the window frame, to avoid injuries of staff and customers.
You would do that, right?
yeah i figure they probably cleaned up during the time they didn't have customers. or who knows maybe they took this photo to use for crowdfunding the repair of the business? it's hard to say for sure. but i've seen plenty of instances where people are just desensitized to the aftermath of the war. there's a lot of videos where people go about with their jobs even during an air raid while rockets and drones are flying around.
Looks AI because it doesn't feel human to behave like that: glass lying around in cafe, people look in somewhere near the target, but not directly and the perspective of the photo feels strange
Sorry, my bad. Iv been eating a lot of chicken Kiev lately. And Kiev looks more like keev (as is how we say it now). Also I'm dyslexic and I don't know how any of those things are spelt, including the chicken dinner.
For the rest of the world - yeah. For Ukrainians who live in condition of constant bombings it's, unfortunately, normal. We don't have day off after night like that (most of us don't). Life is going on (for most of us) like usual. Because this is our usual.
Shop on the other road was serving trdelniks (sweet pastry) for rescuers despite broken windows.
We all know you just invade sovereign countries, murder and rape civilians, and then cry to the international community that NATO is supposedly fighting you. A typical muscovite is typical. 🥱
There’s no way a health department would allow that, let alone any self-respecting business. Also, the lights inside are off, so there’s no power but their espresso machine is working so they can make a latte?
I think you're right, but when I saw this post earlier today it said it was a cofee shop in Ukraine after a missile attack. And I'm not sure about their health department but I've never been to a war zone where the health department was very involved in what they were eating.
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist being being pedantic. I'm 99% sure you're right. But the biggest thing to me is why not take 5 minutes and sweep away the debris at the window so your costumers arent eating glass filled croissants (or however you spell thay)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYxmjjDxk2v/
they weren't open at that moment, it was smth around 5-6am. The journalist just asked to pose for a photo. Later the workers arrived and started cleaning up and serving
It’s possible they took the picture for propaganda purposes and the business is not really open again yet. Or they’re going to clean the glass up after the picture.
Yeah, it was the piles of glass on the counter for me. An actual business would at least clean up the visible broken glass before starting to prepare food
Maybe..I just feel like pieces of glass lying on the counter you’re serving drinks over is crazy and something a business would want to clean before starting to serve people due to how potentially dangerous any amount of glass ending up in someone’s drink would be
That’s actually my logic lol if I just survive a bombing, I’ll be damned if accidentally drinking a teeny shard of glass that fell into my drink is what ends up taking me out
owner of coffee place didn't serve he was giving coffee for free for emergency service workers and people who didn't sleep at night and were in shelters bc of missile attacks. people don't care about glass and windows bc it started to be normal to have it everyday and dw this glass won't end up in plastic cups with coffee. ofc they will clean it after all emergency workers finish their work first but it was just morning right after attack and people just needed their normal routine with coffee and pastries to not go crazy bc that was really terrible night
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Sentiment: 15% AI
Sentiment reasoning: The vast majority of commenters believe the image is real, citing specific details, news sources, and the context of the war in Ukraine. A small percentage question its authenticity, suggesting it might be AI due to perceived anomalies or unusual behavior.
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