Model Evaluation and Threat Research is an AI research charity that looks into the threat of AI agents! That sounds a bit AI doomsday cult, and they take funding from the AI doomsday cult organisat…
these are stock images! Which are surprisingly cheap. By Valeriy Kachaev, who puts stuff up as Studiostoks on a pile of stock image sites. His pics are bizarre and keep being the perfect thing.
I’m not sure how much this observation can be generalized, but I’ve also wondered how much the people who overestimate the usefulness of AI image generators underestimate the chances of licensing decent artwork from real creatives with just a few clicks and at low cost. For example, if I’m looking for an illustration for a PowerPoint presentation, I’ll usually find something suitable fairly quickly in Canva’s library. That’s why I don’t understand why so many people believe they absolutely need AI-generated slop for this. Of course, however, Canva is participating in the AI hype now as well. I guess they have to keep their investors happy.
these are stock images! Which are surprisingly cheap. By Valeriy Kachaev, who puts stuff up as Studiostoks on a pile of stock image sites. His pics are bizarre and keep being the perfect thing.
I’m not sure how much this observation can be generalized, but I’ve also wondered how much the people who overestimate the usefulness of AI image generators underestimate the chances of licensing decent artwork from real creatives with just a few clicks and at low cost. For example, if I’m looking for an illustration for a PowerPoint presentation, I’ll usually find something suitable fairly quickly in Canva’s library. That’s why I don’t understand why so many people believe they absolutely need AI-generated slop for this. Of course, however, Canva is participating in the AI hype now as well. I guess they have to keep their investors happy.
all the stock sites are. use case: an image that’s almost perfect but you wanna tweak it
LEARN PAINT YOU GHOULS