Museums and Ai
Dearest reader. Recently I was sitting on a NMBS/SNCB train, just minding my own business, looking out of the window and occasionally glancing at the passenger information screen. Suddenly an ad for Trainworld (The Train Museum at Schaerbeek station) popped up which used the following image: Apart from the obvious safety-related issues with this action, I had a personal issue with this image. To me, a trained artist, this image was immediately obvious as an Ai-generated image. It makes a poor attempt at single point perspective and the lighting and shadows make no sense at all. Beyond that the image also make a few errors which can be spotted if you know anything about railways. The first most obvious give away that this image is AI-generated is by the track width. (or track gauge for the initiated) In the image we see a man walking with some boots on top of the railway track. If we assume that the boot is a size 45 (European measurements) then the sole would be roughly 90mm...