Pattern Inconsistency
The failure to maintain repeating details like windows, brickwork, or fabric prints across a surface.
Architects and tailors rely on math. A skyscraper has identical windows; a plaid shirt has lines that connect. AI? It treats patterns more like a "vibe" than a rule.
The "Memory Loss"
Deepfakes are great at local texture (what *a* brick looks like) but terrible at global math (how 1,000 bricks fit together). The AI starts drawing a pattern on the left, but by the time it gets to the right, it essentially "forgets" the count or alignment.
Where to Look
Windows: Check tall buildings. The windows often start perfect but get wonky, crooked, or just melt away near the top.
Fabric: Look at complex prints like plaid or floral. In AI images, the pattern lines will drift, vanish, or turn into random noise when they hit a fold or seam.
Backgrounds: Brick walls and tiled floors are dead giveaways. Watch for bricks that merge into a single giant block or fence posts that fade into the void.
If the geometry feels "dream-like" or shifts as you look across the image, you've caught a fake.
Common Manifestations
The Melting Skyscraper: A tall glass building in the background where the window grid starts square at the bottom but turns into random wavy lines or merged glass blobs near the top.
Infinite Plaid: A person wearing a flannel shirt where the vertical lines of the plaid don't match up on either side of the button placket, or where the stripes dissolve into pixel noise at the armpit.
How to Spot It
- 1Follow a single row of windows or tiles across the entire image.
- 2Check if clothing patterns logically follow the fold of the fabric.
- 3Look for stairs or fences that become garbled or turn into a ramp.