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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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txnf ◴[16 Aug 24 03:25 UTC] No.41262876[source]▶
there is an "aesthetics" model

https://github.com/LAION-AI/laion-datasets/blob/main/laion-a...

obviously, it reflects the mass preference for glosslop

secondarily it is likely due to a desire to ensure that ai images have a distinct look

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kingkongjaffa ◴[16 Aug 24 03:36 UTC] No.41262936[source]▶
> secondarily it is likely due to a desire to ensure that ai images have a distinct look

This does not make sense and seems like conjecture, do you have a source?

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HeatrayEnjoyer ◴[16 Aug 24 05:33 UTC] No.41263431[source]▶
It's industry standard procedure to tune your model to output a consistent distinct style, to prevent malicious actors from abusing it and presenting fabricated (but very convincing) images as real.
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1. kingkongjaffa ◴[17 Aug 24 14:52 UTC] No.41274980[source]▶
Credible source?