The raccoons who made computer magazine ads great

Post by fullshark » Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 4:27 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

rideontime wrote: post #3

The AI-generated raccoon in 2024 sure is a gut punch after seeing the lovingly rendered art from yesteryear. Completely devoid of the personality of the originals, even in the Christmas card, he can only dream of living up to the standard they set.

Post by mrob » Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC

rideontime wrote: post #3

The AI-generated raccoon in 2024 sure is a gut punch after seeing the lovingly rendered art from yesteryear. Completely devoid of the personality of the originals, even in the Christmas card, he can only dream of living up to the standard they set.

Post by snozolli » Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

mjevans wrote: post #7

Might be hugged to death, no current copies on archive.org or archive.today :(

Post by pfdietz » Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

mrob wrote: post #6

rideontime wrote: post #3

The AI-generated raccoon in 2024 sure is a gut punch after seeing the lovingly rendered art from yesteryear. Completely devoid of the personality of the originals, even in the Christmas card, he can only dream of living up to the standard they set.

There's an inconsistent mix of human hands and raccoon paws in the same image. I thought diffusion models could do inpainting of pre-existing images. If somebody actually cared they could have picked one and erased and regenerated the other.