cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35967051

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      The dingy color scheme gives it away immediately. AI thinks comics should look dingy. Are all LLMs trained on comics printed on old newspaper or something?

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        19 hours ago

        It’s similar to something we’d do on purpose in the mid 2010’s, deep frying, when people made satirical MLG compilations they would throw memes in as many filters as possible, making a piss yellow slowly cover the meme the more filters you used.