Hit 500 AI images before I realized something was off

I've been messing around with AI art generators for about 6 months now. Last week I hit 500 generated images in my folder and decided to scroll through them all. What got me was that maybe 10 of them had anything I'd call a real mistake or interesting flaw. The other 490 all looked perfectly smooth and polished but completely forgettable. It hit me that I was basically making stock photos with extra steps. I remember one image I spent 2 hours tweaking prompts on and it came out technically perfect but had zero soul. Has anyone else looked back at their bulk generations and felt like they were just filling a void instead of making something?

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simonp4725d ago

The real issue is we've gotten so good at chasing technical perfection that we forgot what makes an image actually interesting in the first place. The flaws and imperfections are often what give art its personality, and we're training ourselves to erase them.

the_ryan25d ago

2 hours on one prompt? That's wild. I've spent maybe 30 minutes tops on a single image before giving up and moving on. I can't imagine sinking that much time into something that still comes out empty. It kind of makes me wonder what we're actually getting out of this hobby.