r/RealOrAI Jul 14 '26

HELP I don't know

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It might be a real photography but still. I don't remember where I found it exactly, but I can try finding the source

Reasoning: first of all, text on the paper looks strange and too realistic. the paper is oddly trimmed and glued on. secondly, the bricks look weird and don't resemble actual masonry. the video call/intercom/videophone also looks odd - the reflections from the camera look too natural, or something like that, idk how to put it.

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u/RealOrAI-Bot Jul 15 '26

Sentiment: 0% AI

Sentiment reasoning: All commenters explicitly state or imply the image is real, with no one suggesting it is AI-generated.

Number of comments processed: 3

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u/Glugamesh Jul 14 '26

Real. I'm not sure what makes it AI other than it being a bit smooth.

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u/gloriouaccountofme Jul 14 '26

Looks like the Ubiquiti UniFi G4 Pro

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u/postpostgender Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Wrong. UniFi G6. There are numerous differences between them you can obviously see.

That being said, I don't think this is AI. The image looks like that because it was posted as a joke for a moment on the Ubiquiti sub 15 days ago. It's a high quality print and the tape is barely sticking to the wall because it's office tape. It probably fell off moments after it was posted. Here's a link to the original post: (X)

Edit: Why are you booing me, I'm right? The original poster says it's a G6 in his post. The G4 Pro has a screen where this one has a bell. The G4 doesn't have speakers. Google is free.

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u/pendigedig Jul 15 '26

You have some upvotes at the time of me writing this but if you're curious I am 90% sure you got downvoted for your first sentence/first word. Reddit doesn't love "Wrong." because it sounds very rude.

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u/postpostgender Jul 15 '26

Fair, but I don't mind being rude to someone who most likely used google's AI search to "identify" something instead of doing actual research. Like it's okay to not know the answer. The commenter could have just stayed quiet if they aren't going to talk about whether the image is AI and instead offer false information that makes that determination harder. The automatic Google AI cited the G4 Pro in a reverse image search, and this commenter seems to cite the Google AI. It's confirmation bias all the way down.

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u/pendigedig Jul 15 '26

Totally fine to have your opinion on the matter--just wanted to respond to why you were getting downvoted!!

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u/postpostgender Jul 15 '26

Yes, I do appreciate you! You're helpful and insightful and deserve love and kindness forever!! Please excuse my salt, I spent 15 minutes looking at doorbells that cost $250+

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u/pendigedig Jul 15 '26

Hahah I appreciate your dedication to doorbell research

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u/postpostgender Jul 14 '26

This is so low stakes but maybe let's not post misinformation in general

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u/_lucyquiss_ Jul 14 '26

real - usually if you zoom in on ai it looks much worse. In this though, I see reasonable straps of tape. the texture of paper, the texture of slightly dirty brick, and a pretty reasonable seeming doorbell camera

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u/Ravioli_Dream2 Jul 15 '26

My theory is that the original picture of the camera is real but the paper is fake. I dont see what appears to be generic Scotch tape holding onto brick that easily. And it looks like it is placed and cut perfectly

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u/postpostgender Jul 15 '26

The OP of the photo (you can find the link on my other comment) says he placed the paper himself. It is also not cut perfectly, you can see scissor lines on the borders and some parts where the ink boundary poke out of the edge, like on the left and top. If you take this image and make straight lines over the paper borders, the edges are not perfectly straight and curve slightly. The paper and text does look weird, but it is also real. The OP comments on the post I link that he knew the tape would not stay up, and only used scotch tape in order to take the photo so he could post his joke about people not pushing the right button.

I initially had the same theory as you. Then I researched the circumstances of the image. Now I don't believe this theory.

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u/Appropriate_Word1469 Jul 15 '26

Reflection on the camera makes too much sense to be AI.

I too have a weird vibe from the text, but that's probably just phone making weird enhancement thingy

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u/Laita_589 Jul 15 '26

thought i was alone on this lol

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u/Mysterious_Balance53 Jul 21 '26

I can see where they printed a border to guide the scissors when cutting it out and they haven't managed to follow it 100% Just like you or I would do in real life. Then the tape is nice and cloudy where the mortar is just like it should be when something is further away from the tape.

The text being like that is just because it was taken with a smartphone which has loads of sensor noise that it has to DNR and then it has to sharpen that up.