The Stark Contrast of Early AI Image Generation

MikePFrank · x · 2026-07-16

The author dug up an old photo posted 11 years ago, poking fun at the fact that such results were once considered the state-of-the-art for AI artistic image generation.

The punchline lies in the sharp contrast between today's multimodal generation capabilities and early AI images that "barely looked AI-generated," creating a strong sense of temporal whiplash.

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