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Jasmine R's avatar

The chintz in that video might be simple, but it still blew me away!

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Nick Gibney's avatar

Another great piece.

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Michael Roy's avatar

Is the enshitification of AI images a result of over fitting? The algorithm produces so many images that influence new images that are based on that AI generated image and the images grow continuously more obviously AI generated?

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Jasmine R's avatar

Look into model collapse. Too much AI-generated content training data eventually ruins the output. The context for that was the text-generators, but who knows, it could apply to others.

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Devin's avatar

Interesting!

I have a correction: there is no "Royal Toronto Museum," only the Royal Ontario Museum.

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Molly Jean Bennett's avatar

Wonderful piece! Fascinating and poignant textile history.

I have been thinking about the period in the fall on 2022 when my coworkers were entertaining each other by generating effed up images with Dall-e mini (since renamed craiyon, I think for copyright reasons?). The delight came from their obvious distortion and all the surprising and hilarious ways in which they deviated from the prompt. Today's AI images feel soulless, sinister, and profoundly un-fun

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Peter Jones's avatar

Great article. Thank you.

The pebbles on the beech do require a framer...

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Harrison Chapin's avatar

Love this! I’m Harrison, an ex fine dining industry line cook. My stack "The Secret Ingredient" adapts hit restaurant recipes (mostly NYC and L.A.) for easy home cooking.

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