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These look awful! They are very displeasing aesthetically. They look like they were done by someone with absolutely no artistic ability. Clearly there is some technical interest here, but I just felt the need to point out the elephant in the room. They are very ugly.

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I'm not an artist, but they look fine to me. I am not the kind of person who spends hours in a Gallery admiring the nuances of paintings or photos. However, at the level of detail I usually admire these things, the clown one looked interesting and the Monalisa one was funny. The strawberry seemed a bit weird, but I don't think I'd care for it even if it was perfect anyway. The wintery landscape I thought was pretty good and the red dog it delivered what was asked. Not sure how it could be much different than that.

"I'm not qualified to have a nuanced opinion about this, but let me confidently tell you what I think..."

Well, most people who consume art are not professional artists. That was my main point. From the point of view of a lay person (such as I), it looks pretty good.

I guess we should lower our standards, then...

I love the cognitive dissonance between "you're just stealing people's art and modifying them slightly!" versus "AI art sucks and has no artistic value"

I mean, the two are obviously not mutually exclusive.

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