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1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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Compare with this https://1secondpainting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5999.... :)

I got this: https://1secondpainting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3046.... Even simpler. Blank canvas.

I mean, it is similar to some actual pieces of abstract paintings where the texture makes the piece.

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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First of all, my post was quite clearly interpreting a prior comment, not making a claim of my own about whether anyone should be disappointed. But since we're here: the gnashing of teeth on this thread about having been "mislead" does seem to me to be a bit out of proportion. This person really does seem to have developed a cool toy that uses AI to generate convincing abstract art, but many here aren't saying about…

I think people are just making a normal, perfectly correct and reasonable observation that the description was misleading, because it really was. But the hallmark of many internet comment threads is to try and get additional mileage out the conversation by subjecting said reasonable observations to the ritual exercise of switcheroos, contrarianism, idiosyncratic distinctions and unusual interpretations. Which leads t…

Fair enough. FWIW, when I originally weighed in, this conversation about the description being misleading was way up at the top of, and seemingly dominating, the entire thread. But I'm glad to see a bit more discussion about the actual work up top now.

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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Cool! Please use this technology to make a 4K video of an infinite zoom through the art. i.e. generate an image frame, zoom in 1% near the center of the image, re-anneal the art to fill in missing resolution, repeat. It would be analogous to the infinite exploration of the Mandelbrot fractal set. It might help us intuit the black box of the algorithm as well if it reaches some periodic local minima and keeps reproduc…

If zoom is possible, depends by method of generation

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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post #99
post #95

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What if they stockpiled enough images so that everyone was guaranteed a fresh image? Would there be any difference then?

No. They could've just said something like "get a new abstract painting in one click" and used phrases like "never before seen". But as-is, their claim is just not true.

What's the difference? For the sake of argument, what if they had an infinite number of images pre-rendered?

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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post #116
post #99

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No. They could've just said something like "get a new abstract painting in one click" and used phrases like "never before seen". But as-is, their claim is just not true.

What's the difference? For the sake of argument, what if they had an infinite number of images pre-rendered?

Still no, since you’re not _generating_ the image at the point of clicking.

That matters for two reasons, first because words and semantics are important, clear and correct communication is important. Second, the technology required to generate new paintings (cheaply and quickly) on demand is different from the technology required to generate a very large (infinite) number of paintings up front. They’re both interesting but for different reasons, and one shouldn’t be misrepresented as the other.

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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I got this one, which doesn't look abstract: https://1secondpainting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8.png

Haha yes, I first tested this with procedurally generated anime characters and must have forgot the first 10. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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Compare with this https://1secondpainting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5999.... :)

Both of your paintings are modern abstract art. ;)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;)

Re: 1SecondPainting: Generate abstract paintings in one click

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Compare with this https://1secondpainting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5999.... :)

I got this one and thought it was loading...

This was my reaction too the first few times I ran the network. I thought I was going crazy.
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