Viral skeptic take: generative AI just recombines human data — 'show me something humans didn't do'
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-10
Account teortaxesTex argues that while there is "no clear ceiling" to current generative approaches, the results are as easy and unimpressive as a diffusion model learning to slop together aesthetic tags from rule34 data. He challenges: "Show me something humans didn't do. Anything." — reigniting the recurring debate over whether generative models can truly create rather than recombine.
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