Okay, so I think everyone knows by now that AI “art” bots just steal shit like 90% of the time, and that people who us them as the end product (who aren’t shitposters) are morons.
So about a month ago, I wanted to ask Midjourney something that literally any kid who knows how to write could do -- the number “26″ on a white background.
I had to use quotes because otherwise it would not have known what to do. Now, have a look at the four responses there, and keep in mind this is after quite a bit of refining. But, um... I can only *vaguely* see the number 26 there. All of the 2s have some extra shit on top, there’s a solid black horizontal line there for no reason, and the 6 looks more like an 8 with part of it missing.
Keep in mind this is after some refining.
However, it was enough for me to use it as an initial sketch --- sort of. If I take the upper tail of the 2 on the top right image and apply it to the one on the bottom right, and redraw it so it makes sense...
...and that’s where the numbers in red came from. What’s in red I actually did myself. I only really like the 2 and the 7 (number 27 is special to me so maybe it’s not a surprise I’d try and make that work first...), the 6 and the 9 I’m not as attached to. There’s a top part of a 6 in the top right panel I might recreate. Might not. Don’t know.
For whatever reason, the number 34 seemed to be the kryptonite to most of these bots, except Dalle-2 -- it understood 34, but 53? Nope!
