Six checks to catch bad AI-generated portraits early

On November 2, 2026, an author who specializes in reviewing AI-generated portraits posted an article on DEV Community sharing six checks for judging whether an image would embarrass the person who publishes it. The author describes running a small desk where people send an AI image and are told what is wrong with it, stressing that the useful question is no longer whether an image is AI-generated but whether it would embarrass whoever ships it. The author claims these six checks do most of the work, and adds that they have personally been wrong using every one of them, so they also list the cases each check missed. As one example, counting fingers is the check everyone knows, which is precisely why image generators have learned to beat it; counting alone is therefore insufficient, and after counting, you should also check the chirality. The material does not give details of the remaining five checks.