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National Boards => Bridges => Topic started by: roadman65 on June 26, 2024, 12:20:55 AM

Title: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 26, 2024, 12:20:55 AM
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122151881090225864&set=a.122107392614225864&type=3
Unbelievable.  How this kind of stuff makes it as it is totally ridiculous.

That bridge is no more the Brooklyn Bridge than Florida being larger than Texas.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: Big John on June 26, 2024, 01:38:22 AM
Somebody sold them a bill of goods.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: Bruce on June 26, 2024, 03:26:45 AM
Just a bunch of spambot posts. Nothing remarkable, just groan and move on.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: tchafe1978 on June 27, 2024, 12:11:08 AM
It's an AI generated fail. The poeple that fail to look at details and take everything at face value will fall for it.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: epzik8 on June 27, 2024, 04:43:01 PM
I definitely would not have known this if not for you bridge experts around here.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: steviep24 on June 27, 2024, 05:43:21 PM
That photo is of the Manhattan Bridge.

EDIT: Not Manhattan Bridge but some AI fakery attempting to blend features of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.
I posted a photo of the real Manhattan Bridge in this thread.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: PColumbus73 on June 28, 2024, 12:27:42 PM
Obviously a very fake image, but I did gave me a thought that a bridge that combined the designs of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges might look pretty nice.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: on_wisconsin on June 28, 2024, 01:13:43 PM
Looks like photogrammetry, i.e. Google Earth or Microsoft Azure modeling.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 28, 2024, 02:01:38 PM
I think this is funny. It's not a scam for money ( I don't think) but it looks professional . Like a tourist company showing off New York, but the person running it is a total moron.

It be like promoting New York to be nice and passing off One World Trade Center as the Empire State Building.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 28, 2024, 02:13:23 PM
The normals get road information wrong on social media all the time.  When I see I try to spin it as an opportunity to steer traffic to our page.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 28, 2024, 03:03:29 PM
People are gullible these days.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 28, 2024, 03:11:35 PM
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122152828064225864&set=a.122107392614225864&type=3
This one seems on the up and up.

I use "seems" as I'm skeptical of course. However, I enjoy the photo though as I love a good photo no matter what.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: steviep24 on June 28, 2024, 04:08:34 PM
The real Manhattan Bridge.

(https://i.imgur.com/HAzKJta.jpg)

I took this in May from a Circle Line cruise boat.

So as everyone else is saying there's some funky AI fakery going on.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 28, 2024, 05:02:20 PM
Yes that's real. :sombrero:


However, I'm amazed another tall skyscraper is built next to it considering that area is more classic and not been zoned for office real estate.

Shows you how long I've been to the city.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: steviep24 on June 28, 2024, 05:39:35 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 28, 2024, 05:02:20 PMYes that's real. :sombrero:


However, I'm amazed another tall skyscraper is built next to it considering that area is more classic and not been zoned for office real estate.

Shows you how long I've been to the city.
So many new skyscrapers going up lately. Housing for the rich.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 28, 2024, 07:34:59 PM
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Fxq8TujZqDdGE665/?mibextid=xfxF2i

This is the Brooklyn Bridge
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: formulanone on June 28, 2024, 09:40:02 PM
Uncannily awful-looking cars add to the fakery.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: steviep24 on June 28, 2024, 10:11:08 PM
It's more amazing when you're on it

(https://i.imgur.com/I9F12bT.jpg)

Photo by me.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on June 30, 2024, 04:52:42 AM
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/cfBAQ38HxGdKSS4V/?mibextid=xfxF2i
This shows the difference.
Title: Why not post the real thing?
Post by: roadman65 on July 12, 2024, 06:23:30 PM
I've noticed that recently on social media someone is posting NYC bridges, but with fake photos.  Instead of posting real photos of these bridges( that are easy to find) they find fake pictures of other bridges and post them claiming to be that particular bridge.

There is no money being asked or products offered on these posts, so they can't be suckering folks for cash. So what's their angle?  Unless it's a person thinking he is funny or has some sort of neurological disorder, it's crazy what people do these days.

Title: Re: Why not post the real thing?
Post by: LilianaUwU on July 12, 2024, 06:56:02 PM
AI bros using AI because they don't have anything better to do with their lives.
Title: Re: Why not post the real thing?
Post by: epzik8 on July 12, 2024, 07:30:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 12, 2024, 07:22:57 PMDidn't you cover this in a separate thread two weeks ago?

Perhaps it could be merged into that.
Title: Re: Why not post the real thing?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on July 12, 2024, 08:57:53 PM
Normals don't care about accuracy in highway social media posts.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: Scott5114 on July 13, 2024, 06:42:34 AM
Threads merged.

@roadman65, please take care not to create more than one thread on the same topic.
Title: Re: This is not the Brooklyn Bridge
Post by: Scott5114 on July 13, 2024, 06:44:43 AM
As for why they're doing this...they're probably just happy they got the image to come out as well as it did and they want to share their "work". (Having messed around with stuff like this, there is a little bit of an "art" to futzing around with what you type into it and adjusting settings until you get a result you like...but I think it's sort of silly to be so proud of it you feel the need to share it.)