Re: AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more 5 ▲ Cafélog 72 days ago · 5 min read1000 words · Tech · hide · 4 comments I came across this article by Panayotis, for whom “AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more”. It’s not the first article on that topic I have read1, and I feel particularly targeted, since I use AI-generated cover images for most of my articles, this one included. I’m totally fine with that. I think it’s a usage of AI which is fun and even creative. I think it’s more original and personal than looking for and using an image I would not have created myself. For that matter, I generally spend quite a lot of time writing a detailed prompt about what I would like to see in the generated image and how it should look, related to the content of the involved article. This usually requires some back-and-forth between the AI and me, before finally generating an image that is the closest to what I pictured in my mind. It’s also not rare to tinker with the image a bit by myself, to refine some details. Sometimes, I even give the AI personal assets to help it generate my image. Let’s… Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here. Post Tenebras Lire 📚 @ptl@tooting.ch 72 days ago [-] I find AI-generated blog post images repulsive.I stopped following some blogs for this reason Michael Enger @michaelenger@hachyderm.io 72 days ago [-] @ptl I agree with you. An AI-generated cover image signals to me that the article isn't worth reading.Also, today I discovered that you can hide blogs from showing up on Bubbles :blobfoxcofe: onion @onion@night.studio-2am.net 72 days ago [-] My blood pressure goes up each time I see one of these.For example in the linked article, the most detailed thing in the entire image is the guy's wrist-watch, which is barely in the frame and not relevant to the image. It's a simple rule of composition that the eye is drawn to detail. No artist would spend so much time meticulously rendering a wrist watch unless it's important to the piece or they really love wrist-watches, in which case they'd probably give it a more prominent spot in the composition. But AI doesn't know or care, so it just renders out this hyper-detailed wrist-watch for no reason.In the other image on that post, the kid's controller cable goes to the ground but lands somewhere behind the console, then wraps around it before coming back to the front .. it .. does not make sense. I mean when I draw (more like doodle) I make plenty of "mistakes" for sure, but then the image is generally loose and sketchy. Again I wouldn't have minded if there was just a suggestion of a cable extending from the controller, or something. But AI images often have this "polished" look where everything is clean and rendered out as if someone had spent a lot of time on it, but then specific details stick out as wrong. This drives me crazy.Maybe some people are like "what are you being all nitpicky for, it's just a blog title image" but if it's that inconsequential then why even have the image?Anyways, sorry for getting all worked up and writing an essay here in the replies. I know it's basically preaching to the choir...@ptl@tooting.ch @michaelenger@hachyderm.io Post Tenebras Lire 📚 @ptl@tooting.ch 72 days ago [-] @michaelenger Thanks to you I discovered the hide button once you click on the blog in bubbles
