Only a year after the first text-to-image AI art models began to appear, the web is now saturated with AI takes on popular cartoons and movies (yes, mainly Wes Anderson), and now It’s almost frowned upon. It seemed like amazing alchemy a few months ago, but it quickly became a little ‘just so’.
Sure, the result looks more realistic, but it’s less impressive anymore. They still look weird, creepy, and AI-like. However, a recent batch of AI-generated Simpsons characters has actually sparked a very serious debate over the best AI art his generator-generated results.
My take on the real-life Simpsons in r/midjourney
Reddit user u/Crows_HeadIC posted a series of AI Simpsons characters created using Midjourney, from Homer, Marge and Bart to Smithers and even Groundman Willie. But while they look eerily hyperrealistic, sort of photorealistic, many don’t exactly fit the personalities of the Simpsons characters we know.
Some of the AI-generated characters look significantly different in age from their cartoon selves and look way too cool. Homer and Marge may have been an odd couple already, but the AI version is an even weirder combination. Patty and Selma are probably the only characters we can recognize.
“Something isn’t right. Can someone explain?” One person asked when the controversy erupted. twitter. “Why does she have a tattoo? That doesn’t look very Marge,” one person wrote on Reddit. “Why is Homer so strong?” others ask.
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It’s also possible that the user didn’t try to adjust the prompts to get more faithful results, but some users said the image might indicate a problem specific to the AI image generator. pointing out. As one Reddit user put it, they “are incapable of producing ugly people mid-journey.”
The AI image generator is trained based on images collected from the internet. This means that the training data tends to be disproportionately skewed by the inclusion of many professional models and celebrities. Some believe that this leads to an inherent bias, that human characters in the AI generation tend to favor certain traits and body types, even if they are supposed to be based on cartoon characters.
Some Midjourney users believe that biases in initial training are further exaggerated by users evaluating model generations. “If the result is what you had in mind, you’ll love it. It’s a sign that it’s on the right track for MidJourney. Beauty prejudices make us beautiful people.” You may be more likely to be satisfied with the photos from,” a source commented on Reddit.
The Binge Eating Project recently conducted a study into how Dall-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney distort how men and women view body shape. As a result, 40% of all AI-generated images depict her unrealistic body type, and when it comes to women, images tend to skew toward blonde hair, brown eyes, and olive skin. It turns out that there is. The company worries that the proliferation of AI-generated content will further exacerbate the negative impact social media has on users’ body image.
On the other hand, many AI generator users have commented on images of attractive women appearing in totally unrelated prompts. We’ve also seen a lot of controversy surrounding her AI selfie-generating tools, like her Lensa AI, which tends to “undress” female users.
The issue of bias is another reason AI image generators remain controversial (alongside copyright and credibility issues). Nevertheless, they continue to stay here, so we have to learn how to manage them. For more information on how they work, check out our guide to the best AI art tutorials.
