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by daemonologist 456 days ago
I agree with other commenters that it seems AI generated (patterns/noise in fine detail, nonsense text, and inconsistency in style, particularly in the faces of the "dolls").

The first few images are impressively well curated and consistent though. I think the "rotoscoping"/"compositing" helps quite a bit to make it feel more cohesive and intentional - certainly it's a step above the usual "blog post header image" slop.
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godelski 456 days ago
Yeah I'm having a hard time telling as well, but I think it is AI. Following threads has a surprising amount of consistency and coherency that we don't commonly see in AI art. I would expect AI art to be VERY bad at felt imagery. The image here[0] looks too consistent though there are definitely parts that are edited. And here[1] the blurring is very consistent (other than the stitching you cans see when scrolling). Although this one[2] really makes it look like the text on the computer screen is AI generated. A lot looks good but the coat on the main character flattens out. But here is a really good one where you can see the AI errors pop up if you look at the bow[3] (the blurring is also inconsistent here)

There are definitely issues that pop up but I find it weird people are calling this "slop". "Slop" is that bullshit people are posting where they take the first output and don't pay attention to details. Clearly this person played around with the parameters a lot. The problem with AI Art is taking the art out of the art (and the data theft). But if you're using AI, iterating, focusing on details, then I'm not sure how it is different than any other medium where you do the same things. Art takes time and makes you feel. Considering how it added to the message here and how clear it is that this person put time into the details, I find it hard to call it "slop" just because AI was used.

[0] https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/our-interfaces-have-lost-t...

[1] https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/our-interfaces-have-lost-t...

[2] https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/our-interfaces-have-lost-t...

[3] https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/our-interfaces-have-lost-t...

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