Slopdragon is of many forms.
Just depends on who generated it, and how (which software? Via txt2img or using a reference image? etc.)
What's wrong? Can't appreciate a little self deprecating humour? 🙃
EDIT: Never mind. Upon reviewing your post history and modlog, I've noticed a lot of "pick up a pencil"-esque statements that at best, don't really contribute to the conversation and at worst, are inflammatory. While I initially posted assuming good faith, I've concluded that the conversation is unlikely to remain productive, and thus I've blocked you. Take care.
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Alright, I'll make my point seriously.
No, I do not generally agree that AI-generated images are "theft". GiovanH's blog post explains it better than I could - please go read it when you find the time. But a tl;dr is that models aren't simple collage machines - they actually pick up concepts from the images they're trained on, and demonstrate an ability to combine them to output novel ones - not exactly, but pretty similar to how concepts are combined in manually-made art. It's also mathematically impossible for image diffusion models to directly contain their training imagery, due to their small size (SDXL models, for instance, are around 6.5 GB while being trained on billions of images). Of course, there is a small chance of overfitting happening, which the post gets into more detail about.
Also, I don't believe it's meaningful to distinguish whether something has "soul", based on its medium. People can't agree on what a "soul" is, or if it even exists. What can actually be quantified is whether AI art invokes reactions in people - which it most definitely does, whether you find the comics funny, are repulsed by their mediums, or simply shrug at them and move on. Besides, it was a human who prompted to generate the image in the first place.
AI is a new technology, and it's totally OK to be worried about its impact on society. However, I'd say the best way to go about it is to clearly state each other's opinions and skip the buzzwords and assumptions. If you're willing to reply back, feel free, even if you find yourself disagreeing most of the time! As long as we can keep this civil.
Not so "soulless" if you initially found it funny... 😼
I'm so sorry. So much time has passed that I've now forgotten what I was looking for. 🤷
All good, though.
Looks like the 2003 Cat in the Hat movie 😵💫
Made using Google ImageFX.
Prompt: "Children's book illustration, in the style of Roald Dahl. The textless picture is mostly black and white. It depicts a young girl with short red hair and a black dress frowning, as she stands next to a red front door, and, with a thick paintbrush, paints the bottom half of the door black while holding a metallic paint bucket."
Inspired by The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black. Originally posted as a "name that song" challenge, but it seems a lot of people really liked the picture (as evidenced by how many upvotes it got).
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Yep. They released a trailer of the Sonic Movie with that old design, but after fan backlash against it, they delayed its release date by months so that they could polish it.
Article about it