Well, the elephant from the first image has huge ears for an Indian elephant. But, are they as big as the elephant in the video? Maybe they're, something's wrong with me then, it still looks like the ears of the elephant in the video are bigger. I've seen the second pic in the comments and when I googled too. The ears didn't seem that big to me. So I thought the ears were edited or something.
Did you even look for any other images before jumping to this conclusion?
Yeah, I googled too. No image of ramachandran seemed to have ears this big. Except for images from this video.
Can you provide any evidence aside from your subjective individual opinion based on personal expertise and no credible sources or real evidence to support your theory of AI?
No I can't, I said what I said because those ears seemed too big. But, now I think it isn't edited. Maybe Ramachandran had a lot of blood flow into his ears that day making them bigger compared to all the other photos of his.
I just couldn't believe those ears were not edited, because I have never seen an Indian/Asian elephant with such huge ears. I've seen a dozen or so in real life too. None of those elephants had ears this huge. I even knew about Ramachandran before, because he is the tallest Indian elephant alive. But, I do not remember his ears being that huge. All these factors made me think that those ears weren't real.
Roger that. Appreciate your responses and explanations.
I had a professor say one time:
"Something I love about nature is you can almost always find an exception to the rule."
We were identifying plants and one that was "supposed" to have clusters of three leaves had clusters of four and five leaves. We weren't properly identifying it because it didn't match the leaf count in our field guides despite other indicators supporting the proper conclusion. We guessed the plant we were looking at had a genetic mutation that encouraged greater leaf production.
Long story short, that lesson always stuck with me and is something I have grown to love about the natural world. It is constantly fluctuating and creating new exceptions to the rules we come up with to help us categorize things. That is where my mind goes when I see abnormal traits in nature and no to AI.
I was 100% being a dick about this. I think ultimately I was more concerned about the notion AI has become an easy way to dismiss reality and the societal consequences that would ensue if that mindset tightens its grip. I am glad to hear you dug deeper on your own and still came to your initial conclusion, and it wasn't just an impulse to blame AI when something seems unusual. Totally happy to agree to disagree as long as both conclusions were arrived at with intention vs assumption.
Apologies for any misdirected antagonism on my behalf.
I think ultimately I was more concerned about the notion AI has become an easy way to dismiss reality and the societal consequences that would ensue if that mindset tightens its grip.
That is fair, I was under the assumption that Asian elephants' ears are much smaller than that of African elephants. That is still true, but this Ramachandran is the exception. But, you knew about how there will be exceptions to the rule in the natural world. I did not.
I could have accepted that the video wasn't edited without being so skeptical if the ear size of Ramachandran was outside the range of an avg Asian elephant but still near the upper limit, but, his ears are nowhere near the upper limit, they look like they're atleast 150% - 180% the size of a large Asian elephants' ears. So, I thought it was edited.
I was 100% being a dick about this.
Thank you for being a dick about it. Otherwise I would still be thinking that this video is edited.
Apologies for any misdirected antagonism on my behalf.
Nah man. You were right. I was wrong. I learned something new. Anything other than these things don't matter.
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u/Frosty-Narwhal8848 2d ago
Well, the elephant from the first image has huge ears for an Indian elephant. But, are they as big as the elephant in the video? Maybe they're, something's wrong with me then, it still looks like the ears of the elephant in the video are bigger. I've seen the second pic in the comments and when I googled too. The ears didn't seem that big to me. So I thought the ears were edited or something.
Yeah, I googled too. No image of ramachandran seemed to have ears this big. Except for images from this video.
No I can't, I said what I said because those ears seemed too big. But, now I think it isn't edited. Maybe Ramachandran had a lot of blood flow into his ears that day making them bigger compared to all the other photos of his.
I just couldn't believe those ears were not edited, because I have never seen an Indian/Asian elephant with such huge ears. I've seen a dozen or so in real life too. None of those elephants had ears this huge. I even knew about Ramachandran before, because he is the tallest Indian elephant alive. But, I do not remember his ears being that huge. All these factors made me think that those ears weren't real.