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Winnie The Pooh crockpot takes over the internet but we’ve got bad news – ‘Oh, bother’
Thankfully, we’ve found a pretty good alternative for anyone who was fooled by the seemingly AI-generated Winnie The Pooh Crockpot.
Fans of Disney icon Winnie The Pooh were wowed by an image of an adorable crockpot designed in tribute to the loveable honey-loving bear. But, like many good things on the internet these days, the image turned out to be AI-generated. Thankfully, we have tracked down an expert’s top tips on how to spot AI-generated images in the future, and we’ve found the perfect Winnie The Pooh kitchen product replacement.
Internet falls in love with Winnie The Pooh crockpot
For anybody who loves Disney and is aiming for a perfectly wholesome household aesthetic, the mock-up Winnie The Pooh crockpot would likely occupy top spot on your birthday or Christmas wish list.
Over the past weekend, hundreds of fans took to Facebook to ask how they could get their hands on the slow cooker shaped like the anthropomorphic teddy bear, which, if you haven’t already seen it, is pretty cute:
Sadly, however, it would appear that the image has been generated artificially – suggesting that this product does not actually exist.
AI expert explains how to spot generated images
With the powers of AI seemingly getting stronger with each passing day, it is becoming increasingly hard to tell which images you see on social media are real and which have been created artificially.
According to AI expert Henry Ajder who spoke to German broadcaster DW, there are several suspicious signs to look out for:
- Source: One of the first alarm bells that should ring when you’re looking at an AI image is the source or, in many instances, the lack of it. If you can’t decide whether an image is real or not, and you discover that no reputable person or source has put their name to it, that may well be an indicator that an unverified person has generated the image artificially and is shying away from taking the credit for it.
- Body proportions: Unlike in a typical good-quality example of human artwork, AI is likely to accentuate certain body parts, as if it were producing a caricature. If the person in the image looks as though they have overly large ears or fingers in comparison to the rest of their body, it may well be a dupe.
- ‘Typical’ AI errors: While we’re on the topic of fingers, inaccurate hands are the most common telltale sign of an AI image. For reasons largely unknown, AI generators generally appear to struggle to design accurate hands – with people in AI-generated images quite often boasting six or seven fingers on each hand.
- Image smoothing: Finally, if your image looks smooth or glossy, perhaps to the point where facial features or text can’t be fully distinguished by the viewer, this could be down to the fact that AI has over-enhanced the image.
In the instance of the Winnie The Pooh crockpot, the telltale sign is the text above the ‘On’ button, which has been smoothed and blurred to the point where it is illegible.
There is actually a real Winnie The Pooh slow cooker
While the sought-after Winnie The Pooh crockpot sadly does not exist, there is an alternative Winnie-themed slow cooker available for purchase at this exact moment in time.
Available from retail giants Walmart, there is a Disney Winnie The Pooh slow cooker featuring Winnie, Piglet and Tigger – which you can pick up here for $64.99.
The Winnie slow cooker is not the only pop culture kitchen product available at Walmart, with Mickey Mouse, Toy Story and Nightmare Before Christmas crockpots all also available on the retailer’s website.
