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k2enemytoday at 11:30 AM3 repliesview on HN

I've noticed something similar in Facebook marketplace ads for used furniture. Most of the images are AI generated to look like a Pottery Barn catalog, then the last image will be the actual item, full of scratches and other damage, sitting in a messy garage.


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mikepurvistoday at 2:06 PM

I've started to see this on Etsy and Wayfair too, where there will be a listing that is clearly just MDF flatpack being resold from China, but the AI-generated images wildly exaggerate the proportions of it.

Here's a recent example: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4509158065/corner-wall-shelf...

Ironically, ChatGPT is decently good at ferreting these out. Like I sent it a screenshot of that listing and it not only helped me find where the original item was for sale, but also pointed out how the dimensioned diagram shows it as being just 49" tall, whereas the "in real life" image looks like it's at least six feet, based on it coming up over the top of the picture frame.

I ended up engaging a local woodworker to make me a piece like it instead. Obviously an order of magnitude difference in price, but it will actually be real solid walnut and finished to match my dining table.

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aembletontoday at 11:46 AM

Estate agents are also doing it; making interiors of houses look very different to how they really are.

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QuantumGoodtoday at 11:55 AM

And knocking out the messy garage background to replace it with a showroom is the easiest prompt.