[jaysonelliot]

It's very fun! The only change I'd make would be to use real photos of the animals instead of the AI images. It's hard to relate to them the way actual pictures would be.

Pexels is an excellent source of free, creative commons images and they have all the animals you need. Here's some geckos https://www.pexels.com/search/gecko/ :)

[ramchip]

I had the same thought. AI art looks cheap, but more importantly it doesn't show if the real animal looks fat or not! Pexels looks super useful.

[pimlottc]

Yeah, fun idea, but the AI-generated animal caricature images are a real turn-off for me.

[davio]

Can also prompt AI to create photorealistic images. Midjourney will probably let you specify famous photographer styles.

[lostlogin]

> Can also prompt AI to create photorealistic images

It can, but the ‘baby peacock’ thing has damped my enthusiasm.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41767648

[jaysonelliot]

I find it sadly ironic that using AI to make images of animals directly contributes to the global warming that is driving those same animals extinct.