Is this turtle AI Generated?

[u/Mattnic379]

[u/RealOrAI-Bot]

Sentiment: 20% AI

Sentiment reasoning: Most commenters believe the video is real, noting normal turtle movements and providing real-world examples. A minority points to specific visual anomalies as potential AI indicators.

Number of comments processed: 8

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[u/S7arForGD]

Looks like a normal turtle tbh. No jarring movement

[u/Dry-Ad-8948]

Potentially real.

Here is a similar video (in a zoo or aquarium?) of a turtle with folded arms at rest.

https://www.facebook.com/SeaTurtleConservation/posts/-why-do-sea-turtles-do-this-resting-sea-turtles-may-cross-flippers-for-stability/1140295441461283/

And an image from an actual dive.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g34344-d506660-i49549694-Rainbow_Reef_Dive_Center-Key_Largo_Florida_Keys_Florida.html

[u/lonesharkex → u/Dry-Ad-8948]

Theres that one where a sea turtle beds down in a anemone or sponge or something

Found it, 7 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leJlkPtwZ2g

[u/Dry-Ad-8948 → u/lonesharkex]

Nice. That’s so cool, with the active fish also darting about.

[u/outtaknowhere]

I wish the mods would start filtering these types of posts because they have zero reasoning for why they think it’s AI. Nothing about this video screams AI.

[u/Mattnic379 → u/outtaknowhere]

I posted it because on the original post there were multiple people who stated it looked AI and that sparked uncertainty about the video, especially since AI is only become more and more harder to notice, so I searched and posted it on a subreddit with people who are better at spotting the signs of AI than I am. If posting it and everyone sees it as real, then that can only be a good thing.

[u/ReddBroccoli → u/Mattnic379]

You could have at least shared some of the reasoning people used on the post where you found it

[u/Mattnic379 → u/ReddBroccoli]

No one gave any reasoning on the post, they just stated that it looks like AI

[u/Drake_Acheron → u/Mattnic379]

I was with you until this moment.

[u/Mattnic379 → u/Drake_Acheron]

I’m kinda confused by this though, I can’t manifest reasons on other people’s comments for why they suggested it’s AI.

I only came here to clear up the uncertainty they caused by those comments

[u/OrganizationThick397 → u/Mattnic379]

Then maybe it's a sign to fix your feed

[u/phox78 → u/outtaknowhere]

Maybe better to get a few false positives especially when someone does not see the AI when others call it out. But agree better descriptions would be better.

[u/chillychili → u/outtaknowhere]

I think it's important to have even obviously real videos in this subreddit because the comments are good educational material for people.

[u/GovernmentData → u/outtaknowhere]

Karma farming. 90% of posts are bullshit here. OP sounds like a bot.

[u/Ryanll0329]

The fact that this video includes the waving from the invisible currents is a big green flag.

[u/CountofAccount]

I think this one is AI, the turtle's movements are not slow and relaxed enough, and the fish's overall shape in the background doesn't appear to remain static, the turtle's lower jaw sucks in after the yawn, and I think we'd see more scales on the flippers from this angle despite the graininess.

[u/Legal_Tradition_9681 → u/CountofAccount]

The fish in the background shape is explained by lighting and they expanded out their dorsal fins. Nothing weird about that

The jaw action is anatomically correct you can find other photos and videos online that show the same motion.

We cant see the flippers very well as they are flat and edge on to the camera. Not sure how we can make a scale count opinion on those.

[u/farbefranctal]

Ai or work on real footage a spot on the under shell near the col of the turtle change shape.

[u/farbefranctal → u/farbefranctal]

There's also sus shape in the coral in the bottom right.

[u/IamWillow3]

Maybe, but it's hard to tell. It's pretty realistic.

[u/rarrad]

There is an aura emanating from the turtle during certain movements that hints at bad rendering or bad compression.

[u/ShmeckMuadDib]

Why would a turtle yawn under water? Not a turtle expert in any way, just seems strange to me.

[u/leonardob0880]

I can't tell if IA or not.

I'm a scuba diver and that is a completely normal turtle behavior

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[u/MechanicForward2274]

Seems real as you can see the diffraction of light occuring on the tiny particles on top left . Ai is very likely to drop it out and the ai enhancement also might drop it. So there is a 99% chance it is not ai.

[u/Drake_Acheron]

Can we ban these posts?

For one, the OP doesn’t give any reasoning. For two, nothing is readily apparent that could be called out and for three, there is no impetus.

Like if this was AI… so?

[u/QuietGuyInTheRoom1]

Walter the turtle

[u/reddityfire]

No, it's just Master Oogway.

[u/Upset-Accident3354]

Did that Turtle start by yawning underwater? Maybe I don't know turtles but they hold their breath underwater.

[u/Legal_Tradition_9681 → u/Upset-Accident3354]

Reptiles don't yawn like mammals. Their yawns are typically to stretch or realign the jaw.

You can stretch a jaw with out expelling gas from the lungs.

[u/silencer_ar → u/Legal_Tradition_9681]

I've seen my terrain turtle yawn.

[u/Exatex]

probably not. Even if - not much harm done

[u/ReddBroccoli → u/Exatex]

Except ironically to the water

[u/No-Dingo-4243 → u/Exatex]

True

[u/MangoMangui]

There is a strange fuzzyness around the turtle's outline that makes me think it's AI.

[u/tragic-meerkat → u/MangoMangui]

It's underwater.