this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with all of these comments talking about this as if it's a real photo and not AI slop looks like complete shit. Are the comments AI generated spam too? Are they just stupid? Am I AI generated spam?
This photo has been around for a few years. It's not AI.
Also my bobtail buddy
Worse than being AI, this is a newish designer breed called a highland lynx, and the polydactyl, curled ear tips, and manx tail are traits they are breeding for.
Unfortunately, its not very ethical to breed for these traits, especially the manx tail, which can cause cats to be born incontinent.
I'd like to believe it's not AI:
I don't think this is AI generated spam. There is apparently a real breed of cat that looks like this. I think you need to be less paranoid, this is lemmy.
Yup no money no karma.
No point in farming nothing.
I mean, it is reposting other peoples' old content, and there seems to be a lot of that going on here lately. People just like the attention, I guess.
Polydactyly is not uncommon in feral cats, but I have no information about the provenience of the photo.
I am not AI spam. I am sometimes stupid.