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This makes Dall-E 2 both more and less impressive to me. More impressive, because of how good it is at capturing and synthesizing a wide variety of topics in a

by avalys 5y ago

This makes Dall-E 2 both more and less impressive to me. More impressive, because of how good it is at capturing and synthesizing a wide variety of topics in a reasonably coherent way, and how it seems like it would actually be a viable mechanism for creating actual artwork, or at the very least, a source of inspiration for a human artist to touch-up on later. Less impressive, in that it's pretty obvious it's not any more advanced than a graphical version of GPT-2, which is parroting content and styles that it has basically memorized and is really good at interpolating between. Because there's no such thing as a "logical contradiction" in this sort of illustration, compared to a paragraph of text or a code listing, the fact that it's just interpolating between a huge database of memorized content isn't as easy to spot as with GPT-2, and matters less in the actual end result.

fastball 5y ago
> obvious it's not any more advanced than a graphical version of GPT-2 What makes this obvious?
mherrmann 5y ago
> parroting content and styles that it has basically memorized and is really good at interpolating between. Maybe that's what exactly what we humans do too?
- csee 5y ago
  Not just. Humans invented the styles that DALL-E is using in the first place. The emergence of these novel styles isn't just interpolation. DALL-E, while incredible, seems stuck within the scope of these styles.
  - kzrdude 5y ago
    for comparison, I imagine we put together a team of the best teachers and try to bring up 30 pupils with good education. When we evaluate the pupils in the end, we have this dry conversation - did we bring up any geniuses? Are they just interpolating between different styles that they have learned? I think that in the case of the 30 pupils we would say that they have creativity, ingenuity, showing signs of thinking for themselves. It would not be as ambiguous as it is with Dall-E2's art.

by avalys 5y ago

fastball 5y ago

> obvious it's not any more advanced than a graphical version of GPT-2 What makes this obvious?

mherrmann 5y ago

> parroting content and styles that it has basically memorized and is really good at interpolating between. Maybe that's what exactly what we humans do too?

csee 5y ago
Not just. Humans invented the styles that DALL-E is using in the first place. The emergence of these novel styles isn't just interpolation. DALL-E, while incredible, seems stuck within the scope of these styles.
- kzrdude 5y ago
  for comparison, I imagine we put together a team of the best teachers and try to bring up 30 pupils with good education. When we evaluate the pupils in the end, we have this dry conversation - did we bring up any geniuses? Are they just interpolating between different styles that they have learned? I think that in the case of the 30 pupils we would say that they have creativity, ingenuity, showing signs of thinking for themselves. It would not be as ambiguous as it is with Dall-E2's art.