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I dont think anyone has mentioned this site yet, I just saw it mentioned on Twitter and decided to check it out. https://www.stockai.com/ This is a stock site giving away free AI generated stock photos. I had a quick look through. You will find people with 5 arms here and there, or a dog with a human mouth. But other than some really obvious AI errors, theres so far a lot of beautiful photos on there.
Maybe I will be alone with my opinion here, but I think these photos all look awful. There is something almost creepy about the way these people look. Even when the AI doesn't make errors with anatomy, everything is "too perfect", "too smooth" and kind of too flat. The lack of texture in everything makes it look like graphics from a modern computer game. Maybe if I saw a single photo like this somewhere I would not notice, but when they are all put together like this, it looks like there is just something awfully wrong about them.
I was curious to see who was behind this web site. Not sure that I've found all the details, but it appears it's a Dutch entrepreneur, Danny PostmaNot sure what this means for the longevity of StockAI, but it seems the founder is more interested in chasing hot new trends than building something long term
...There is something almost creepy about the way these people look. Even when the AI doesn't make errors with anatomy, everything is "too perfect", "too smooth" and kind of too flat. The lack of texture in everything makes it look like graphics from a modern computer game. ..
Quote from: Firn on January 24, 2023, 07:23...There is something almost creepy about the way these people look. Even when the AI doesn't make errors with anatomy, everything is "too perfect", "too smooth" and kind of too flat. The lack of texture in everything makes it look like graphics from a modern computer game. ..it's actually a well known concept called the uncanny valleyhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/what-is-the-uncanny-valley
Let's play a game. I picked some fails from stockai.com and put them together in this attached image. Which one do you find the creepiest?
"StockAI is shutting downStockAI will shut down on February 25th, 2023. Please backup any data and use remaining credits before then."
Quote from: Schadenfreude on February 06, 2023, 08:20"StockAI is shutting downStockAI will shut down on February 25th, 2023. Please backup any data and use remaining credits before then."That was... fast.
Quote from: Her Ugliness on February 06, 2023, 08:54Quote from: Schadenfreude on February 06, 2023, 08:20"StockAI is shutting downStockAI will shut down on February 25th, 2023. Please backup any data and use remaining credits before then."That was... fast.Probably got a letter from Getty or similar
Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on February 07, 2023, 03:26Quote from: Her Ugliness on February 06, 2023, 08:54Quote from: Schadenfreude on February 06, 2023, 08:20"StockAI is shutting downStockAI will shut down on February 25th, 2023. Please backup any data and use remaining credits before then."That was... fast.Probably got a letter from Getty or similarAccordin to his twitter it simply wasn't doing as well as he had hoped. Can't say I feel sorry for him. It didn't look like he actually looked at the images and bothered to correct the content he created with the AI, just put ever monstrosity the AI threw at him into his database.
I believe it's not easy. I've been trying to get a usable image from DALL-E without success. One horror show after another. How do you do it?