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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Different cults, one worries about Acausalrobotgods the other about Lord Xenu.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In other news, someone caught a former NFT artist using AI. Not shocked in the slightest an NFT grifter jumped on the AI train.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

The NFT "art" was already terrible procedurally-generated slop, so it fits the use case 100%.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Latest from Cyberstuck: Just see for yourself. I... I have no words.

Update: I may have been bamboozled by computer imagery. Someone call Captain Disillusion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh god it's real? I saw pictures and there was a lot of "it's AI" claims which I kind of hoped were true.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AI would do a better job generating a giant head of Musk tbh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not if it is based on that famously bad drawing of musk. Anyway, the way the face seems to look at you constantly and then subtlety doesn't and the weird glossy moistness of the statue makes me think it is AI.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Ugh you're probably right. I thought it looked weird but didn't really think about it.

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