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Will the Swimsuit Edition be generated with Stable Diffusion? It certainly could be. Go here.[1] Use prompt "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover." Under "Advanced", select model "ICantBelieveItsNotPhotography". Click Generate. [1] https://stable-diffusion.site/
The real 'winners' here in the upcoming AI wave will be people with existing platforms. They'll replace staff and pocket the difference. This one was obvious but it soon won't be.
The doomsday clock for the fun parts of the internet is reaching midnight. This is what generative AI will be unleashing in droves as the software becomes more mature and eliminates the giveaway sentences and phrasing.
Just ask the robots to show you a picture of their hands. They still have not figured that out, yet...
I know some folks who are doing this in the food blogging space, see https://tastytango.blog/ It's hard to pin down exactly what I find so unsettling about the practice – it's almost like the uncanny valley, but for written content that apes human expression instead of imagery?
The unsettling thing about it is that it's a lie from front to back, intended to deceive people into believing there are real people sharing recipes, when the people don't exist and nobody has ever eaten the food.
Is this any worse than assembly-line journalism, where writers are churning out low-quality content en masse?
It's different in one way in particular: AI-generated content is in the public domain in the US, since copyright isn't applicable until a human's creative input occurs. That's either better or worse, depending on your viewpoint!
That'd be like saying all oil paintings are in the public domain because paintbrushes can't hold copyright. The copyright goes to the person triggering the generation of the content similar to how if you use blur tool in photoshop you don't suddenly lose copyright.
The doomsday clock for the fun parts of the internet is reaching midnight. This is what generative AI will be unleashing in droves as the software becomes more mature and eliminates the giveaway sentences and phrasing.
This is not entirely new, it has existed since the dawn of mass media and the culture industry. It's hyperreality in its full form.
The doomsday clock for the fun parts of the internet is reaching midnight. This is what generative AI will be unleashing in droves as the software becomes more mature and eliminates the giveaway sentences and phrasing.
Just ask the robots to show you a picture of their hands. They still have not figured that out, yet...
For years, ESPN has put machine generated predictions of upcoming games. https://www.espn.com/nba/preview/_/gameId/401584885 "The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar." Example paragraph: "The two teams match up for the second time this season. The Nuggets defeated the Clippers 111-108 in their last meeting on Nov. 15. Jokic led the Nuggets with 32 poin…
Who even reads these articles? Does anyone get benefits?
Doing it mechanically doesn't seem any worse.