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Ask HN: Why are AI generated images so shiny/glossy?

67 points arduinomancer | 1 comments | 16 Aug 24 02:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source

I’ve noticed a lot of the time you can tell an image is AI generated because it has a shiny/glossy lighting look to it.

Has anyone figured out why this is the case?

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keiferski ◴[16 Aug 24 03:35 UTC] No.41262931[source]▶
It’s just the typical aesthetic model used and isn’t inherent to the tech itself. It’s very easy to make AI images in specific art styles, with the result that you can’t tell they’re not real.

This is actually something of a pet peeve of mine - people sharing AI images never use styles other than the generic shiny one, and so places like Reddit.com/r/midjourney are filled with the same exact style of images.

Edit: if you’re looking for other style inspiration ideas, this website is a great resource for Midjourney keywords: https://midlibrary.io/styles

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roenxi ◴[16 Aug 24 04:59 UTC] No.41263279[source]▶
A big part of that must be that most people don't know how to describe style. That is something I bump up against often with generative AI - it can be obvious that two images are different but hard to describe why.
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1. keiferski ◴[16 Aug 24 05:43 UTC] No.41263486[source]▶
Agreed, aesthetic literacy is very low and most people probably couldn’t name more than a handful of art styles.