I dunno, I thought that was the most interesting part of this story, personally -- the question of what style algorithms should aim for. Having skimmed the pap

I dunno, I thought that was the most interesting part of this story, personally -- the question of what style algorithms should aim for. Having skimmed the paper, the results didn't seem that different to me than asking Midjourney to produce "blah blah blah, photorealistic, fine art style, 4k". It just seems to target a particular aesthetic. In the experiments they did, they put their version next to some other AI version and asked people to select which one they "preferred". I'm sure the fine-art version will look vaguely "better" to someone, especially if they're judging dozens of pictures at a time with no real direction. But that doesn't mean the style/look is appropriate for every situation. Sometimes you want it to look like amateur manga, or like a candid photo, or whatever artistic expression you want it to have. There isn't just one single "good" style of pictures, and I think that's a fascinating question, regardless of what training sets and algorithms they've used. Maybe you disagree, and that's fine, but y'know... people have different interests!