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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 82 points 10 months ago

Because they are

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 75 points 10 months ago (3 children)

“No corporations were enriched by the creation of this content”

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 62 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I’ll take your shittiest MS Paint meme over your finest AI design.

I want the human element! I’m not relating to a machine. I want something made by another ghost in a meat suit.

[–] Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ghost in a meat suit

How about this?

could be NSFL, if you're like 8
C'est pour mourir

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[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 55 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

👑Memes hand drawn in crayon

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

GIMP is not low effort. If you can 'quickly assemble' memes, it's because of previous effort. (I'm studying to be someone who can quickly assemble memes in GIMP)

That program has a unique UI philosophy. Does it resemble Photoshop? I've never used that.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never used Photoshop either but from the way everyone and their mother compares it to GIMP when complaining about the UI, I think it's safe to say GIMP sucks in that regard.

I'm not gonna lie, the few times I've used GIMP to crop a picture, I felt lost as hell.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

GIMP feels like it's still in the stage of being extremely powerful but awkward as heck to wield, like Blender used to be. Blender used to have a pretty unintuitive interface before getting a massive overhaul a few years back. GIMP could use a similar facelift IMO.

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[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 22 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Chatbots: Fuck you

Image AI: Fuck you

Partially use of AI in complex film productions etc: Fine

Plant recognition: You're cool

Surveillance AI: Fuck you

Scientific use of machine learning: Great!

Commercial AI in general: And fuck you, I'm out!

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Data analysis and forecasting chaotic systems too complex for brute force numerical hijinks are great applications for neural networks. One dude I saw was doing his PhD on nowcasting (weather forecasts of the very short term (10 to 90 min. range) showers and thunderstorms with neural networks. Interesting stuff.

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[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 months ago

Memes quickly assembled in Gimp should be sitting on a throne considering the skills required

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because we are better than you.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Invincible is pretty good for this.

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You forgot the biggest one:

Made with Memetic

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

op calling me out:

me:

Sometimes I use reaction gifs.

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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I asked ChatGPT to make a cutting edge, unique, creative, evolutionary meme that appeals to Gen Z and...this is what it did.

Ew.

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

The capybara with airpods, lol. Are capybaras particularly popular with Gen Z?

It's interesting to me to see the airpods aren't even in its ears, which I take as the LLM not recognizing that the capybara's ears are ears. Or maybe it doesn't recognize that airpods belong in ears, and just sees that it generally goes on the side of the head where ears usually are. It really is fascinating technology, shame it's used in the way it is.

[–] slartibartfast@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Capybara are extremely popular the past few years.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

LLM? I would've thought they'd use an image generation model for this rather than a language model. But yeah, it just does approximations without a lot of reasoning.

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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

i wouldn't consider it an inherently LLM issue, given how many animal cartoons we have who also wear headphones where human ears would be.

it's such a human error

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[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Ok ok, I admit that I chuckled at "I identify as wifi"

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[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use "photo editor" on android. Free, no frills, no ad's, works decently. It has a lot of cool features. I just wish the layering was better.

Every single other free photo editor was bullshit.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iudesk.android.photo.editor

I used it to make/ edit this:

[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Pretty strong reaction to the equivalent of a paint mixer for text...

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

AI needs to be treated with calm patience. It needs to be contained and observed so we can realise its potential in a safe, contained environment. Instead we're immediately using it to replace what the wealthy don't have and can never possess. Born-in talent. Artistry, humour. It's what you can't buy. It makes the people capable of creativity high value. And we can't have that, can we?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

The crayon scribbles of my 3 year old nephew on the back of a soggy napkin holds more value than a mountain of AI slop.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

I am at my sexiest when badly editing memes in GIMP, which isn't saying much but it is fact

[–] benni@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Libre office draw is also underrated for memes. You can mark sections inside the file and export them to png.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (10 children)

can "AI" (it's an LLM) actually create "memes"? it isn't capable of generating new ideas or opinions, and i thought that was what memes are all about.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago (6 children)

"Memes generated by a prompted LLM" doesn't quite have the same ring.

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[–] Iambus@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

By definition AI is an attempt to imitate the source material, so yeah, it can only be a little worse or a lot worse, but never better.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Full definition is predicting but if you predict wrong enough you can hallucinate stuff and once in a while it's close.

And only cost is enough money to end homelessnes 30 times over.
Unless you unignore the ethics side, then there are a few extra costs.

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

At least LLMs know the difference between your and you're

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