The comment section on the cover art is alone worth the price of admission.

  • millie@beehaw.org
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    I know that when I’m playing cards in a dress that’s melted into my skin, with my favorite half-bracelet draped over my wrist, I love to intimidate my opponent by flashing them two face cards. Who wouldn’t be shaken by the Kinmb of Back of Card and the Quing of 21s? Especially when I’ve already played my oversized red card.

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      Haha, thanks for the good chuckle. I read this before proceeding to the article.

      You can tell it’s not our intrepid card player’s first rodeo, though! The dress melting technique was adjusted to leave the perfect slot for a pendant. That had to be a tweak from a later refinement.

      There’s a lot going on with the shapes in that image. It seems like a good example of how the algorithms parse a scene.

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    Midjourney V7 claims to be much more consistent at generating things like hands that don’t look strange.

    Beneath an image of strange fucking hands.

    • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOP
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      That’s not a handout photo from Midjourney, so it’s entirely possible that with so many problems, it was used intentionally to convey the state of the art in a way words can’t on this topic.

      I’ve definitely engaged in some editorial shenanigans when I knew a source was full of shit but didn’t have the option of spiking. I’ve also intentionally run such pieces with a recast angle subtly calling out the bullshit.

  • Naich
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    Her hands might look creepy as shit, but she’s got a winning hand of cards there, with that 21 of S̶̭͉̀̅ͅp̷̪̆́͗a̸̢̢̚ͅd̸͔̍͊̚u̷͓͔̥͒b̴̬́͂e̶̝̫̤̾à̴̱̮̱r̶̗̀̀̚m̴͖̮̔̑o̸̜̓̏̎ņ̷̝͎̚͠d̴͕͊s̸̺̾