Indicators

What indicators people cite when judging whether an image is AI. Counts are in mentions — one per comment that cites an indicator, whether the indicator was pulled out by the LLM, added by semantic expansion, or keyword-matched. A single comment can contribute a mention to several categories, so category totals sum to more than the number of comments. Phrases are alias-resolved, so merged indicators (see Curate → Merge) collapse into their canonical form. The two over-time charts go a step further: each post is counted once per indicator (not once per comment), so a single viral post can't dominate a trend.

Mentions by category

Total mentions in each taxonomy category. A comment can contribute to several categories. Noise = phrases marked as non-indicators; toggle it in with Show noise.

Mentions over time

Mentions per bucket, stacked by category. Toggle 100% to compare each period's mix regardless of volume.

Top 10 indicators over time

Fingers30 mergedOlder content7 mergedShadow15 mergedYellow filter3 mergedHands7 mergedPhotoshopped2 mergedAI styleBackground25 mergedVibes1 mergedReflection9 merged
The ten most-cited indicators overall, each tracked over time. Click a name in the legend to inspect that indicator.

Mentions by subreddit

Category mentions split by subreddit, to compare what each community focuses on.

How indicators were found

Where each indicator row came from — LLM extraction, semantic expansion, or keyword match.

Top indicators

IndicatorCategoryComments
Fingers30 mergedAnatomy1,909
Older content7 mergedMeta1,489
Shadow15 mergedPhysics1,320
Photoshopped2 mergedStyle883
Yellow filter3 mergedMeta864
Hands7 mergedAnatomy808
Reflection9 mergedArtifacts722
AI styleArtifacts657
AI voice1 mergedStyle563
Background25 mergedContext512
Teeth18 mergedAnatomy473
Appearance10 mergedAnatomy445
Vibes1 mergedMeta426
Lighting2 mergedStyle370
Warped Text6 mergedText & Detail366
Movement5 mergedMotion334
Inconsistent details15 mergedText & Detail333
Face19 mergedAnatomy301
Camera movement1 mergedMotion263
Artifacts3 mergedArtifacts231
Perspective28 mergedPhysics223
same art styleStyle196
AI enhancedMeta152
weird catsContext135
unrealistic movementsMotion125
uneven lightingPhysics112
no watermarkArtifacts112
upscalingArtifacts110
upscaled imageArtifacts108
weird eyesAnatomy102
Lines17 mergedArtifacts102
yellow tintStyle97
video compressionArtifacts97
uncanny valleyStyle94
same clothesArtifacts85
optical illusionPhysics79
too perfectStyle73
weird earAnatomy71
weird hairAnatomy70
weird texturesStyle67

Example comments

Example comments aren't shown in this public edition. To stay within Reddit's content terms, the public site serves aggregate data only — no verbatim comments or usernames. Run Uncanny Atlas yourself to browse them. Why, and how →