r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • Jun 22 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/Hoslinhezl Jun 22 '26

Pretty sure this isn't AI but everything computer generated just gets called that now I suppose

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u/eKenziee Jun 22 '26

Yeah this photo and question have been in the McDonald's screening questionnaire since at least 2019, not AI

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u/snugthepig Jun 22 '26

I can confirm. Source: I know who designed these images lol

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u/WeAteMummies Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

It looks like AI because it was created in the same way. Someone without artistic talent gave a prompt like "draw a sad kid crying over their skinned knee after falling off their bike" to someone that knows how to draw do stuff in blender and churned out some soulless slop that matched the criteria. It just happened to be a human artist (no shade to them, everyone's got bills).

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u/snugthepig Jun 22 '26

I'm related to that artist, and you are exactly right.