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Tell you what, given the project I've been working on for months, AI very definitely does not offload my cognition. It only augments it, and there wasn't a lot of that to work with to start.

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

10 Sept

I think this is what bugs me about people automatically calling everything out of AI slop or vibed. I promise you, there is actually a talent gradient involved. You just need to learn to recognize it.

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

Relatedly, I am way less interested in AI media (imagery, videos) which try to hide that they're AI, and way more interested in the ones that embrace the bizarre and jarring quirks of the medium and turn them into something challenging or interesting.

10/9/26, 5:25 am1 repost90 likes

Wild pentachoron correspondent

@crossslide.bsky.social

10 Sept

My profile picture was made in one of the early generators, I like how it leans into the shittiness a bit. I keep meaning to change it tbh, keep expecting someone to call me out for it but actually nobody ever has yet

bleddwgan🦑

@radekllundain.bsky.social

10 Sept

Like what? Give an example.

zendarva.bsky.social

@zendarva.bsky.social

10 Sept

I've been trying to figure out why people think handing artists a super flexible tool is going to result in less art.

Megan Kotte

@roguestardust.bsky.social

10 Sept

The trade off is destroying the environment and big electric bills.

Brandon Downey

@bdowney.bsky.social

10 Sept

I was explaining to someone this is more or less the approach of being handed a theremin. Sure you could try to play traditional music, but come on. You're gonna want to go wild with this thing.

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

10 Sept

Ahhh that's a great analogy

it is?

The best of that sort of weird stuff was the early diffusion models with Dall-E, and (still) Midjourney, which has wild stuff like 'show me this prompt in 50 random style prompts', and then a chaos knob to sort of stretch out the distance between points in latent space of a prompt response.