[AlecSchueler]

But then how does the quality increase? Normally we hear that when models are trained on the output of other models the style becomes very muted and various other issues start to appear. But this probably the best pelicans on a bicycle I've ever seen, by quite some margin.

[Kuinox]

Just compare it with a human on a bicycle, you would see that LLMs are weirdly good at drawing pelicans in SVG but not humans.

[AlecSchueler]

I thought a human would be a considerable step up in complexity but I asked it first for a pelican[0] and then for a rat [1] to get out of the bird world and it did a great job on both.

But just fot thrills I also asked for a "punk rocker"[2] and the result--while not perfect--is leaps and bounds above anything from the last generation.

0 -- ok, here's the first hurdle! It's giving me "something went wrong" when I try to get a share link on any of my artifacts. So for now it'll have to be a "trust me bro" and I'll try to edit this comment soon.