> AI art is getting better but still it's very easy for me to quickly distinguish AI result from everything else, because I can visually inspect the artifacts and it's usually not very subtle.
I actually disagree in that it's not easy for me at all to quickly distinguish AI images from everything else. But I think we might differ what we mean by "quickly". I can quickly distinguish AI if I am looking. But if I'm mindlessly doomscrolling I cannot always distinguish 'random art of an attractive busty woman in generic fantasy armor that a streamer I follow shared' as AI. I cannot always distinguish 'reply-guy profile picture that's like a couple dozen pixels in dimensions' as AI. I also cannot always tell if someone is using a filter if I'm looking for maybe 5 seconds tops while I scroll.
AI art is easy to pick out when no effort was made to deviate from the default style that the models use. Where the person put in a basic prompt of the desired contents ("man freezing on a bed") and calls it a day. When some craftsmanship is applied to make it more original, that's when it gets progressively harder to catch it at first glance. Though I'd argue that it's more transformative and thus warrants less criticism than the lazy usage.
As a related aside, I've started seeing businesses clearly using ChatGPT for their logos. You can tell from the style and how much random detail there is contrasted with the fact that it's a small boba tea shop with two employees. I am still trying to organize my thoughts on that one.
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Example: https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/brookf...