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ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering (alexharri.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 62 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Really cool article. Except this bit:

The image of Saturn was generated with ChatGPT.

Fucking why? Could have saved time and energy with traditional search. Leave the slop out, please.

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  • [–] 44 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    Not to mention that real high quality astrophotography by NASA and ESA is more often than not under free licenses. Literally the last case where it's necessary to generate something.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Exactly, makes no sense to me

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Laziness. That's all it is

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Absoutely. It takes like 5 seconds to get a real photo.

    But I have considerable downvotes on my original comment. Maybe bots. Maybe AI bros who need to see the light and that their tech is based on the death of IP law.

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