Yikes! Did season 1 episode 6 use AI-generated art?

[Set Harth]

 

[Michael]

And the background art appears immediately in one go

And? This is not a timelapse video. This is just the layers that make up the illustration. As a digital artist, I can assure you that if I had done this illustration the layers in Photoshop would look almost exactly like this.

 

[Turtletrekker]

An inker can change the entire look a drawing. Vince Coletta was infamous for leaving out details in the art he inked. Inkers like Klaus Janson would add all sorts depth to the pencils he inks. Alfredo Alcala could obliterate a penciler's style with his inks.

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[Mudd]

Rahul is evidently willing to believe that SFA spent far more time and money trying to trick people into thinking AI wasn't used than they would have expended on a human artist.

 

[UssGlenn]

It even helped me navigate a plumbing issue not long ago.

Was talking to a guy at a party who was trying to fix his dryer. After being told the symptoms AI told him to replace a specific part. Not being particularly handy he took a picture of the inside and asked AI to circle the part in question. it did, he replaced that part and his dryer was fixed.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Was talking to a guy at a party who was trying to fix his dryer. After being told the symptoms AI told him to replace a specific part. Not being particularly handy he took a picture of the inside and asked AI to circle the part in question. it did, he replaced that part and his dryer was fixed.

Let me know when the dryer AI can diagnose and fix its self.

 

[UssGlenn]

by the way, this is what Gemini Pro comes up with if told to ink and color that sketch, without any other specific instructions.

 

[Nerys Myk]

by the way, this is what Gemini Pro comes up with if told to ink and color that sketch, without any other specific instructions.

DISCO fan, eh?

 

[UssGlenn]

Im not surprised that particular shoulder seam angle is dead on for Discovery. I should try again with more instructions (2 different officers, etc)

 

[Noname Given]

It clearly is.
The original B/W art outline wasn't, but the final product was clearly put through some sort of generator.
I've seen a lot of AI art, it has the tell tale signs.

Adobe Photoshop (or similar image software) processing does not necessarily mean AI generation was used.

And everyone involved with the production also says no.

Guess who's statements hold more weight for me IMO...

 

[TRON JA307020]

We are not in a sane world . But even if we are, I occasionally use A.I LLMs in combination with my own logic and experience. Just like many tools in life, you need to be able to use your own judgment and understanding to get the most out of it.. The better instructions and perimeters you give, the better (usually) the answers you get.

When calculaters first came out , same teachers worried that students would become so dependent on them that an equation punched up as 23+ 125 = 4567 would just be just accepted as fact because some students wouldn't have some baseline knowledge of math. Calculators are still being used.

Unless your going have ChatbotGPT teach students in the education system , unless they stop school courses where you have actual in person learning and live discorsds happening between students and professors , unless parents stop raising and teaching their kids - passing on life experiences and baseline knowledge, i don't think we are even close to A.I being a super harmful influence in society.

It may change or evolve but it's not going anywhere.

Personally it has helped me find some solutions. Nothing wrong with that.

I would aargue it's definitely more useful than a Ouija board at the very least.

A.I. is going to and already is changing society more than a calculator. Much more. But like any advancement a.i. should open new jobs and opportunities. The question is will those new jobs abd opportunities be enough to replace what is lost.

 

[jackoverfull]

Let me know when the dryer AI can diagnose and fix its self.

Actually that’s something that I think may be not far in the future.

A.I. is going to and already is changing society more than a calculator. Much more. But like any advancement a.i. should open new jobs abd opportunities. The question is will those new jobs abd opportunities be enough to replace what is lost.

Given it will replace most office jobs I wouldn’t be so sure. I think we’re on the brink of a massive job crisis.

 

[jackoverfull]

the way, this is what Gemini Pro comes up with if told to ink and color that sketch, without any other specific instructions.

Cool idea!

Here is ChatGPT 5.2, only instruction was to ink and color it.

 

[TRON JA307020]

Actually that’s something that I think may be not far in the future.

Given it will replace most office jobs I wouldn’t be so sure. I think we’re on the brink of a massive job crisis.

Unfortunately most likely. I was playing around with chat and had it write a full 90,0m00 word story. I didnt give it any input. It just made a sci fi story like star trek like I asked but not star trek. I asked it if it was legal for me to publish it and claim it as my own. It said there was no law against it at present. So a lot of people who can't write, make movies or music can pawn this stuff as their own and we may never know. The story was not good by the way and was very derivative but I can see people that have a little writing talent using this as a base to write stories. Same with music, music and art. Its going to saturated itself into everything not just white collar office work. As a sci fi fan particularly star trek I can't complain because lets admit it a lot of us wanted to see this kind of technology in our lifetimes and most of us thought we never would. I just think we all hoped that like star trek we wouldn't want it to take over so much. We would keep humans working and not replace them for so much with a.i. I really doubt that will be the case. Companies wishing to save money and make bigger profits and not dealing with people and their issues will be too great a temptation. Its coming and we'll have to adjust society to its final outcome.

 

[Tosk]

Unfortunately most likely. I was playing around with chat and had it write a full 90,0m00 word story. I didnt give it any input. It just made a sci fi story like star trek like I asked but not star trek. I asked it if it was legal for me to publish it and claim it as my own. It said there was no law against it at present. So a lot of people who can't write, make movies or music can pawn this stuff as their own and we may never know. The story was not good by the way and was very derivative but I can see people that have a little writing talent using this as a base to write stories. Same with music, music and art. Its going to saturated itself into everything not just white collar office work. As a sci fi fan particularly star trek I can't complain because lets admit it a lot of us wanted to see this kind of technology in our lifetimes and most of us thought we never would. I just think we all hoped that like star trek we wouldn't want it to take over so much. We would keep humans working and not replace them for so much with a.i. I really doubt that will be the case. Companies wishing to save money and make bigger profits and not dealing with people and their issues will be too great a temptation. Its coming and we'll have to adjust society to its final outcome.

There are already Ai produced books and music flooding the market. Some of the books are made by people so lazy that the released version still has Ai prompts and replies in the text.

And the derivative nature of a lot of it might get worse as the snake eats itself.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Cool idea!

Here is ChatGPT 5.2, only instruction was to ink and color it.

Someone's a SNW fan.

 

[TRON JA307020]

There are already Ai produced books and music flooding the market. Some of the books are made by people so lazy that the released version still has Ai prompts and replies in the text.

And the derivative nature of a lot of it might get worse as the snake eats itself.

Thats insane. I guess ill have to limit my book consumption to books pre 2022 or 23. Lol. I prefer the old fashioned books written by real writers without any a.i. involvement.

 

[fireproof78]

So, no ghost writers?

 

[TRON JA307020]

So, no ghost writers?

Ghost writers usually get paid and are humab at least. A.I. doesn't get paid and of course isnt human. The danger of these people that can't write is that theyll publish something 100% from a.i. and the a.i. used some things from other books unknowingly of course and the non writer find his or herself in a lawsuit.

 

[jackoverfull]

Thats insane. I guess ill have to limit my book consumption to books pre 2022 or 23. Lol. I prefer the old fashioned books written by real writers without any a.i. involvement.

I find this attitude fascinating.
So who wrote something is more important than if it’s good or not?