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AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog

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Post by TaLiTr »

palmotea wrote: post #375
TaLiTr wrote: post #340

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> When I see pictures of food on a menu, I expect them to be real pictures of an example of the actual dish I'd get I don't get who would think that's a good idea. Like if I order something because the picture shows that the dish has carrots or something and the dish you bring doesn't I'm going to complain. But then again I can't tell you the number of restaurants that have a photograph of a menu on a website where t…

>> When I see pictures of food on a menu, I expect them to be real pictures of an example of the actual dish I'd get > I don't get who would think that's a good idea. It's super helpful to the customer, because it gives you a much better idea of what you're going to get. That's especially true with ethic food, where the descriptions use unfamiliar terms or a lot of meaning is lost in translation. > Like if I order so…

I think you're misunderstanding me, I'm agreeing with the GP that AI generated food pics are a net-negative.

The sentence is more "I don't get who would think that(AI generated food pics) is a good idea" but I could see how it was ambiguous given the quote.

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Post by Palomides »

arjie wrote: post #300

Fair enough. I dislike word-expansion AI text so I get it. When I write on my blog, part of it is as memory like a diary for myself and I find that I can create these images that help remember the scene well. As much as I'd like people to read my blog, I get that they have preferences, and if many decide against then that's their prerogative. Here are two examples with AI images from Nano Banana: https://wiki.roshang…

it seems kind of perverse to to generate an image of a scene (fundamentally not derived from how it actually looked) to remember how it looked; you even immediately point out a way that it's inaccurate ("They looked younger and in better shape but you get the picture.")

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Post by chrsw »

Most of the people that do this don’t have the basic human decency to start with a clear message like “All or some of this content is AI generated.”

If you say that, and I stay engaged with your content, that’s on me. But if I keep reading, and I find out later you’ve done this to me, then I probably can’t take you seriously anymore. I don’t care of it’s one picture in a ten thousand word essay.

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Post by aDyslecticCrow »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #283
singleshot_ wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In fact it is kind of stupid to insist someone slavishly draw something by hand I believe they used to call that "art."

No, they used to call that "illustration." The belief that we were living in a golden age of hand-made visual beauty before AI arrived is obvious nonsense. The golden age of illustration ended when Illustrator arrived. After that, everything became a mess of cliches and clip art, culminating with Google's Material Design, where everything looks simultaneously soulless, heartless, and bland. AI brought some colour bac…

> "The high end - the real talent - still stands out"

It's a shame we made it economically infeasible to ever more produce or pursue.

The value of even mediocre art used to be that it still took a human somewhere hundreds or thousands of hours to reach that skill-level; and its existence indicate true care by the creator or commissioner. Heck, most historic art in cathedrals and historic art museums is crap by modern standards; they simply didn't have the tools and resources to reach high level in the craft.

> "AI hasn't suddenly sent the quality of creativity off a cliff"

No it has. Because there is no point anymore, no economic value, no recognition of the time and effort required. Spend 1000 hours to be called worse than AI. Spend 3000 more to be accused of using AI. Finally spend 100000 more, and finally reach above the slop; only not being paid a dime because AI is 90% good enough. Want to spend those final 300000 to finally get paid for your work? Or do you prefer working minimum wage instead.

Just go to google and use their work as is, and crop out the signature. At-least then you still acknowledge that there actually is a value to creating imagery left. Welcome to the world of slop.

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Post by TaLiTr »

Laurel1234 wrote: post #382
TaLiTr wrote: post #373

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can show an AI image with artistic value. But, to you? Apparently not.

Do it then

My comment was referring to the fact that art is in the eye of the beholder. Given your biases, nobody could show you an AI image that you would say is art.

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Post by GMoromisato »

1matin wrote: post #391
GMoromisato wrote: post #389

If you're writing a personal blog (as opposed to a company blog), you should not care what people think. A blog is an expression of your own taste. Write about things that interest you . Write in a style that you like. Add whatever images you want. And don't let some random stranger on the internet influence your blog. Otherwise, it's not your blog anymore.

Couldn’t agree more. Then express yourself freely. Don't let stupid grammar limit you. Otherwise it's not your blog anymore.

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but if someone wrote a blog post that said, "Bad Grammar Discourages Me from Reading Your Blog" I would have the same response: Don't write your blog to please other people.

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Post by legohead »

JSR_FDED wrote: post #31

I just sat through my first fully AI-generated presentation. The content was as bland and straight down the middle as possible. The slides were all generated by a standard design - a mix of text blocks, bullets, fonts, colors. The whole thing was packed with information and completely worthless. I’m 100% convinced that before too long we’re all going to be allergic to this low effort crap, and craving actual people w…

I used AI to make a presentation that animated around (html). It had the look of the storyboard and the postcards had tweakable controls on them for the data I wanted to show. It was pretty slick, something that would take me forever (and I'd never get the time approval to do).

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Post by jonathaneunice »

That may be your preference, but it's quite contrary to mine.

I have successfully used AI to generate generates "concept art" and logos for projects, presentations, and publications. It seems to make the outcomes more approachable, more understandable, and certainly more aesthetically pleasing.

It is not a matter of replacing human effort or skill, and certainly not a matter of adding cheap ornamentation. If AI weren't available, I usually wouldn't have the time, money, energy, or will to pursue those illustrations. I say this as someone who has historically spent what seems like a vast amount of time, energy, and money sourcing art. In a former life as as publisher I even hired full-time artists and insisted on custom artwork. But my current work no longer has that luxury. I still want the best possible looks, and the best possible outcomes.

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