• Rhaedas
    66•3 months ago

    “A computer made this” is so dumbed down from what is going on that it’s wrong. The actual process of generating images from noise is a very fascinating one and still seems like magic to me, but it is far from the computer creating something from nothing. Then again, to get metaphysical, humans who do artwork get their spark of creation somewhere from something they’ve experienced. Go too deep and it becomes a Matrix “what is real” discussion.

  • smorty/maria [she/her]English
    40•3 months ago

    i dunno if this is the point of the post, bt im pretty sure the comic is generated…

    my reasoning, in case nayone cares:

    • painting isn’t the same in first and last panel
    • small imperfections in the ears in the second and third panel
    • second and third frame look almost identical, but are not. it doesn’t make much sense to redraw a scene when it’s exactly the same… at least to me…

    so lik— what is the point of dis post? ai image bad? i agee, bt is there another point?

    EDIT: srri if it was obvious to evrione thad the comic is fake… to me it was not, so i thought i share what i see

    • burgersc12English
      26•3 months ago

      The hand holding the painting in the first panel must be huge lmao

    • PennomiEnglish
      21•3 months ago

      Yep the subversion here is that the comic itself is AI-generated. So the humor is based on the misdirection of the speaker and the fourth wall break.

      The fact that a lot of people missed this means the quality of AI images (in some cases) is finally approaching human levels of quality, further emphasizing the shock of the speaker.

      Arguments about whether or not it’s ethical aside, that is really quite the technological achievement.

      • smorty/maria [she/her]English
        4•3 months ago

        yisyis i see it exactli lik dis. i alsuu thought thad, bt then i alsuu thought hmmmm i wondr if this is so obvious that dis is the main jok… which apparentli it is sooo it gud <3

    • setVeryLoud(true);English
      10•3 months ago

      Translation in case others struggle with reading this reply:

      I don’t know if this is the point of the post, but I’m pretty sure the comic is generated.

      My reasoning, in case anyone cares:

      • Painting isn’t the same in first and last panel
      • Small imperfections in the ears in the second and third panel
      • Second and third frame look almost identical, but are not. It doesn’t make much sense to redraw a scene when it’s exactly the same… at least to me.

      So like— what is the point of this post? AI image bad? I agree, but is there another point?

      EDIT: Sorry if it was obvious to everyone that the comic is fake… to me it was not, so I thought I share what I see.

      Given the context, it wouldn’t be surprising if the comic was at least partially AI generated.

        • setVeryLoud(true);English
          3•3 months ago

          No, I manually replaced the words one by one with what I thought it was supposed to be, only then was I able to understand your post.

          No offense, despite your points being valid, I can’t understand your broken English as it doesn’t read out in my head.

    • @ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6•3 months ago

      The redrawing of the third frame is to show a pause before the response. At least that’s how I interpret it.

      Like looking at someone who is showing you something blatantly obvious as if it were new to everyone. Pausing, then responding. “Well duh”

  • @HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    24•3 months ago

    I don’t get the first tweet, the four panel comic. Are they excited because ai can generate images that imitate art, or are they worried because no one seems to take it seriously?

    Edit:

    Looking at the real thread and looking at the other ai bros, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that the poster is shocked and confused that people aren’t as excited as they are about this.

    This for example was one of them.

      • smorty/maria [she/her]English
        4•3 months ago

        i dun think so…othrwise he’d hav said “i made this” n not “a computer made this”… cuz lik… hes not praising himself and not claiming its his, bt instead says that the putr made it…

    • smorty/maria [she/her]English
      5•3 months ago

      i thinksies the guy is like “woah, computr cn do dis! dis crazi” n peeps lik “yea so what” n he agn lik “nununu u dun realize. dis is scari!!! lik - bad scari!!!”

      i dun think the guy liks it, othrwise eh wouldn look so scared kinda in last panl

      • @HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3•3 months ago

        Looking at kimmonismus’ profile, the person posting the comic, they are a huge ai fan. I’d find it strange if they posted something that would criticize ai, especially with a comment seemingly agreeing with the comic.

        • smorty/maria [she/her]English
          2•3 months ago

          yes, chubby is huge ai fan. bt lik… peeps cn be self-reflecting i feel… evn if ai peeps.

          im an ai peep. jus not an image ai peep… n i totalli kno ai is mostli dum n shiddi n nt useful, which a babbl bout in this post

          sooo yis… maybsies theyr reflectin… or mayb it rlli is jus “woah dis comic genrated!!! :o” n nothin else…

    • EpheraEnglish
      3•3 months ago

      Yeah, I think, there’s just some tech folks and tech bros, who think AI is going to change everything. Then there’s other tech folks, who are simply fucking tired of the hype cycle. And then there’s the majority of people, i.e. the non-techies, for whom AI has largely no bearing on their life. From the position of “it’s going to change everything”, you would probably be alienated massively by there being people who just don’t think about it at all.

  • @untakenusername@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    17•3 months ago

    I think the methods they use to make all this ‘ai’ art is really interesting, like diffusion models and stuff, but the fact that they are literally stealing from artists and creators without compensating them is pretty bad