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I can't read TFA because it's probably HNed. However an artist friend of mine said generated images are easy to spot because every pixel is "perfect". Not only

• KineticLensman 2y ago
  > However an artist friend of mine said generated images are easy to spot because every pixel is "perfect". It depends on the art. There was a discussion here a while ago that mentioned the use of Gen AI to create images of knitted / crocheted dolls. The images looked okay at a quick glance but were clearly fake because some of the colour changes weren't aligned with the position of the stitches. E.g. strands of supposed hair overlaid on the underlying stitched texture. I'm sure there are lots of similar examples in other forms of art where the appearance is physically impossible.
• krisoft 2y ago
  > However an artist friend of mine said generated images are easy to spot because every pixel is "perfect". What does perfect mean? Does the pixels drawing 15 fingers count as "perfect"? I think this heuristic is liable to fail in both directions. You will find images made by humans where "every pixel is perfect" (whatever that means) and you will also find AI which does mimic whatever imperfection you are looking for.
  • nottorp 2y ago
    > What does perfect mean? Nothing out of focus or less detailed than other parts of the image...
    • cthalupa 2y ago
      Even the most cursory browsing of civitai or genai image generation subreddits shows this to not be true. Focus, bokeh, etc. are all things that can be generated by these models.
• Suppafly 2y ago
  Your artist friend has deluded themselves with wishful thinking.