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Nano Banana to the rescue https://box2.codenizer.nl/cloud/index.php/s/ZYHdsYZ9rdRNM2B https://box2.codenizer.nl/cloud/index.php/s/ZYHdsYZ9rdRNM2B

youainti 10mo ago
thanks!
bigfishrunning 10mo ago
Why use an LLM to do something that would take exactly the same amount of time and a lot less energy to just do in something like MS paint?
- theultdev 10mo ago
  I'd like to see metrics on that. But intuitively I'd say AI is faster. Basically it's opening the tab and typing your thought vs speed running paint. @sandermvanvliet what was the process and how long do you estimate it took you? Personally it would take me awhile to find the template, the exact font and get the positioning just right. I could make a crude one fast, and I've seen many crude versions of this meme. But matching the font is a bit more work, maybe there's a generator for it, but that's not paint nor do I know where it exists.
  - deaddodo 10mo ago
    “Speed running paint”? You mean opening the image and dragging a text box over the existing text, changing the font to comic sans, and typing the text? There are complicated workflows in Paint, this is not one of them.
    - wiseowise 10mo ago
      > comic sans It's not comic sans though, you've already failed.
      - deaddodo 10mo ago
        Ok
      - cluckindan 10mo ago
        Yeah, everyone knows xkcd uses its own font, Humor Sans.
        walterreid 10mo ago
        [dead]
        frizlab 10mo ago
        Oh I did not know that.
      - fooofw 10mo ago
        Why have you failed though? Is the point to try to deceive people to think that XKCD actually published something else? Why not modify the xkcd one without hinding the fact that you modified it?
        theultdev 10mo ago
        that fact you think it looks so good that it deceives is a point for ai. the point is to make a quality meme fast. the guy he replied to appreciated it. any fan of xkcd knows the original.
- wiseowise 10mo ago
  > Why use an LLM to do something that would take exactly the same amount of time and a lot less energy to just do in something like MS paint? Can you prove that it'll take same amount of time for someone with > My photoshop skills are near zero to replicate the same level of quality as the generated image? From the looks of it, LLM managed to generate pixel perfect (or at least similar) font and probably took a fraction of a minute for the author to generate.
  - PostOnce 10mo ago
    1] delete the text 2] select any handwriting font 3] replace the text no one will know the font was changed, no skills required. AI is going to utterly cripple people intellectually and motivationally. If you can't even do the above ten second process, you may want to make more of an effort before you find yourself utterly fucked and starving.
    - forgotpwd16 10mo ago
      >no one will know the font was changed You're underestimating the effect typography has. >you may want to make more of an effort You seriously saying someone should put effort in editing a comic they didn't even cared on editing until they saw someone's comment? And somehow you equate the not putting effort to editing such comic to being fucked and starving? AI hate sometimes makes people really lose their mind. Doing pointless random shit like this is a legit AI good application. Something that needs no creativity nor intellect to do. Just time. (And, most certainly, more than 10s.)
      - PostOnce 10mo ago
        Two parent comments suggested that a deep level of skill is required to: 1] drag a box around the text and press Delete 2] type some new text in there in a similar handwriting font The implication is that we're all too stupid and everything is too hard to do even tasks so simple that they take double-digit seconds to accomplish for people with rudimentary computer skill. We can do things. Saving 5 seconds is going to hurt worse than it helps in the long run... like asking GPT what 2+2 is because you can't figure it out.
- augusto-moura 10mo ago
  I don't really know, but finding the right font family might take more time than the LLM
  - QuantumNomad_ 10mo ago
    In the case of xkcd you can mimic it with this one: xkcd-font Fonts derived from the handwriting of Randall Munroe, the xkcd webcomic author. https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
- Almondsetat 10mo ago
  Do it yourself on live video. Otherwise this is such a baseless and needlessly accusatory comment
  - HackerBarrel 10mo ago
    [dead]
- echelon 10mo ago
  Because Nano Banana is better than wasting time for someone who isn't a 10 year veteran of MS Paint arts. I'm tired of this kind of argument from anti-AI folks. "Why not pick up a pencil instead?" What if illustration was never "art"? What if it was always just a rote mechanical skill and the art itself was what the person was trying to communicate? Maybe the technical aspects don't matter. Maybe it's the message we're conveying, our taste, our curation, our unique lens?
  - bigfishrunning 10mo ago
    Yes. The art is "take a comic I didn't draw and replace some text." The pro-ai crowd is certainly brimming with artistic ingenuity. So much insight! Thank God they're boiling the oceans for this.
- sandermvanvliet 10mo ago
  1. I heard about nano banana and wanted to try it 2. I’m on my phone so no photoshop or whatever

youainti 10mo ago

thanks!

bigfishrunning 10mo ago

Why use an LLM to do something that would take exactly the same amount of time and a lot less energy to just do in something like MS paint?

theultdev 10mo ago
I'd like to see metrics on that. But intuitively I'd say AI is faster. Basically it's opening the tab and typing your thought vs speed running paint. @sandermvanvliet what was the process and how long do you estimate it took you? Personally it would take me awhile to find the template, the exact font and get the positioning just right. I could make a crude one fast, and I've seen many crude versions of this meme. But matching the font is a bit more work, maybe there's a generator for it, but that's not paint nor do I know where it exists.
- deaddodo 10mo ago
  “Speed running paint”? You mean opening the image and dragging a text box over the existing text, changing the font to comic sans, and typing the text? There are complicated workflows in Paint, this is not one of them.
  - wiseowise 10mo ago
    > comic sans It's not comic sans though, you've already failed.
    - deaddodo 10mo ago
      Ok
    - cluckindan 10mo ago
      Yeah, everyone knows xkcd uses its own font, Humor Sans.
      - walterreid 10mo ago
        [dead]
      - frizlab 10mo ago
        Oh I did not know that.
    - fooofw 10mo ago
      Why have you failed though? Is the point to try to deceive people to think that XKCD actually published something else? Why not modify the xkcd one without hinding the fact that you modified it?
      - theultdev 10mo ago
        that fact you think it looks so good that it deceives is a point for ai. the point is to make a quality meme fast. the guy he replied to appreciated it. any fan of xkcd knows the original.
wiseowise 10mo ago
> Why use an LLM to do something that would take exactly the same amount of time and a lot less energy to just do in something like MS paint? Can you prove that it'll take same amount of time for someone with > My photoshop skills are near zero to replicate the same level of quality as the generated image? From the looks of it, LLM managed to generate pixel perfect (or at least similar) font and probably took a fraction of a minute for the author to generate.
- PostOnce 10mo ago
  1] delete the text 2] select any handwriting font 3] replace the text no one will know the font was changed, no skills required. AI is going to utterly cripple people intellectually and motivationally. If you can't even do the above ten second process, you may want to make more of an effort before you find yourself utterly fucked and starving.
  - forgotpwd16 10mo ago
    >no one will know the font was changed You're underestimating the effect typography has. >you may want to make more of an effort You seriously saying someone should put effort in editing a comic they didn't even cared on editing until they saw someone's comment? And somehow you equate the not putting effort to editing such comic to being fucked and starving? AI hate sometimes makes people really lose their mind. Doing pointless random shit like this is a legit AI good application. Something that needs no creativity nor intellect to do. Just time. (And, most certainly, more than 10s.)
    - PostOnce 10mo ago
      Two parent comments suggested that a deep level of skill is required to: 1] drag a box around the text and press Delete 2] type some new text in there in a similar handwriting font The implication is that we're all too stupid and everything is too hard to do even tasks so simple that they take double-digit seconds to accomplish for people with rudimentary computer skill. We can do things. Saving 5 seconds is going to hurt worse than it helps in the long run... like asking GPT what 2+2 is because you can't figure it out.
augusto-moura 10mo ago
I don't really know, but finding the right font family might take more time than the LLM
- QuantumNomad_ 10mo ago
  In the case of xkcd you can mimic it with this one: xkcd-font Fonts derived from the handwriting of Randall Munroe, the xkcd webcomic author. https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
Almondsetat 10mo ago
Do it yourself on live video. Otherwise this is such a baseless and needlessly accusatory comment
- HackerBarrel 10mo ago
  [dead]
echelon 10mo ago
Because Nano Banana is better than wasting time for someone who isn't a 10 year veteran of MS Paint arts. I'm tired of this kind of argument from anti-AI folks. "Why not pick up a pencil instead?" What if illustration was never "art"? What if it was always just a rote mechanical skill and the art itself was what the person was trying to communicate? Maybe the technical aspects don't matter. Maybe it's the message we're conveying, our taste, our curation, our unique lens?
- bigfishrunning 10mo ago
  Yes. The art is "take a comic I didn't draw and replace some text." The pro-ai crowd is certainly brimming with artistic ingenuity. So much insight! Thank God they're boiling the oceans for this.
sandermvanvliet 10mo ago
1. I heard about nano banana and wanted to try it 2. I’m on my phone so no photoshop or whatever