For a story like that how do you know "no one" went there? Do you read every newspaper and watch every news report?

It's been debunked to death and was a rumor that was posted to Facebook and then parroted by right-wingers looking to gain votes (it worked). It's a theater of the absurd that we're talking about journalists not doing their job and not the president that either lied about it, or fell for it and amplified it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/10/politics/jd-vance-haitian-imm...

My guess is you can trace a lot of those publications to a handful of conglomerates that are there for ROI and nothing else.

It's also directed by one of the best directors in history.

> Most people have terrible eyes for distinguishing content.

But also in the case of the fluffy train there's nothing to compare it against. The reason CGI humans look the most fake is because we're trained from birth to read a human face. Someone that looks at trains on a regular basis will probably discern this as being fake quicker than most.

I'm wondering that as well but I also wonder if it's a bit like CGI where it's somewhat hit a limit on realness. I'm not saying CGI doesn't get better but is a 2024 Gollum that much more realistic than 2004 Gollum? Maybe I'm wrong but I wonder if that plastic feel to AI lessens but still sticks around.