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Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

#271
The internet is back!

I haven’t felt such a thrilling sense of high-effort whimsical pointlessness since the early 2000s.

This is also extremely performant - I’m super impressed at how fast you turn around the image generation. And whatever your system prompts are, they’re excellent.

The loading screen is also :chefs-kiss:

Edit: wait, I just discovered the Reviews. It just keeps getting better. Double edit: wait, I thought these were AI-generated. People are actually writing these?

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

#273
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Imprison you for up to five years and fine you: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871 They often don't. But it is not wise to attract their attention if you don't need to. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/wichita-man-sentenced-pri... And note the end of that URL. This isn't about Trump. This is about the Secret Service. I'm not being funny here. I'm not being political. I'm not making normative claims here…

I think a head-in-a-basket image is easily an artistic expression. I've seen worse

Do you see an "artistic expression" exception in the law I cite?

Because the Secret Service doesn't: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/420406-kat...

If you think that concept applies in this case, you'd best stay away from this topic entirely before you get yourself in a lot of trouble.

Again, this is a public service announcement. Not an endorsement, a celebration, a denunciation, a political statement, or anything else. Don't do this, not even playing around, unless you are aware of what you are doing and ready to take the consequences for it.

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

#274
I asked for a dipthong. The generated photo was interesting but ...

> The Diphthong is a specially crafted musical instrument consisting of two entwined harmonicas emitting dissonant tones when played simultaneously. Its unique design allows players to generate unstable vibrations within their vocal cords upon inhaling through either end. The resulting sounds defy linguistic classification and evoke feelings akin to euphoria among listeners who understand the concept of connotative ambiguity.

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

#275
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Yikes! How much does it cost you per product at this point??

Less then a cent for a product. ~50k products already generated though...

I'm fascinated by this kind of reflective engagement between human and AI creativity. Human makes an AI joke; second human finds the joke funny and thinks for a minute of an absurd sub-joke; AI fills in joke details; human interacts with sub-joke by making up review; ....

I hope something really fun for you comes out of the unexpected scale.

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

#276
This reminds me of the Pet Rock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock) from pre-Internet times. The difference is the Pet Rock actually existed, and people actually bought them.

Update -- the Pet Rock is still out there. Just checked on Amazon. It's an indelible monument to consumerism.

People in some Third World countries can't get their hands on a liter of clean water by selling their children, and we're buying Pet Rocks.

Re: Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search

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I think a head-in-a-basket image is easily an artistic expression. I've seen worse

Do you see an "artistic expression" exception in the law I cite? Because the Secret Service doesn't: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/420406-kat... If you think that concept applies in this case, you'd best stay away from this topic entirely before you get yourself in a lot of trouble. Again, this is a public service announcement. Not an endorsement, a celebration, a denunciation, a political stateme…

It would have to go before a court. I think it wouldn't be too hard to convince a jury (or judge) that a head-in-a-basket AI art + description is expression (first amendment) and not a threat

Edit: your first link is a genuine threat. the second one is a picture of someone holding a photo-realistic, mangled head. The head-in-a-basket is neither

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