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My friend's AI portrait vs my real painting for a local cafe
The cafe owner in my town wanted art for the walls. My friend made a portrait with a free AI tool in 10 minutes. I spent 3 weeks on a real oil painting. The AI one looked weird. The hands had 6 fingers. The colors were all wrong. The owner picked my painting. He said it had feeling. The AI thing was just a picture. It felt cheap. He paid me $200. My friend got nothing. It showed me the difference. The machine can make stuff fast. But it can't make it right. Has anyone else had a client choose real art over the AI version?
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lucasw845mo ago
What made your real painting stand out against the AI one?
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the_alice5mo ago
Good for that cafe owner for seeing the difference.
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williamw755mo ago
Right, because the real skill in running a cafe is figuring out who to serve and who to shoo away. Next they'll be handing out entrance exams with questions on proper oat milk foam technique. Just put a sign on the door that says "laptops banned, books encouraged" and be done with the theater.
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mileslane3mo ago
Wait, did the AI painting also have teeth on the ears and eyes on the palms? Because I swear my cousin's AI portrait had the Mona Lisa looking like she was growing a second face. At least your $200 painting didn't look like a fever dream from a broken printer.
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