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It’s interesting that this is a style that’s relatively easy to get AI to output, yet AI slop is instantly recognizable while this actually looks like good art.
I had some fun with Bing AI..
Sure, it doesn't exactly have character like the one in the OP.
But I also put almost no effort in prompting (less than a minute). And Bing (Dall-E) isn't exactly the pinnacle of image generation AI. And the whole tech will only get better by time.
The problem is that it doesn't even have to be "very good"; the majority of people are entirely happy with "good enough". It's not hard to imagine how the whole thing will threaten and disrupt so many industries.
Are they really? I'm constantly disappointed by how my fellow humans vote in democracies, so maybe I'm just that out of touch. I thought most people would want to know what they were looking at was the product of human will and effort. Is that not your impression?
My impression from looking at how the likes of Temu and Shein are raking in billions is that, people are perfectly happy with cheap leas-than-mediocre slop.
I think the difference is software. When something has zero marginal cost to duplicate, you can afford to make it perfect.
A physical object has overhead to produce so there’s more room for compromises while staying competitive.