Which is AI-generated? It looks to me like real pixel art (except the 360) very lazily resized in a non-nearest-neighbor fractional scale and anti-aliased to mush.
Sorry, none of this is a clear indicator of AI. The “latent noise” you refer to is perfectly consistent with compression and resizing artifacting and noise. Proportions are often off when making “chibi” icon-sized consoles, but notably, they are consistently or coherently off. Other features are strongly suggestive it isn’t AI. For example:
All of the controllers have consistent layouts, including the correct number and orientation of buttons, player indicators, etc (e.g., the Wii controllers).
Consistent diagonal step effects, even if blurred from poor resizing (see the PS4).
Consistent text for all system indicators that is legible without AI artifacting, even if blurred from poor resizing.
The fact that the 360 and PS3 (didn’t notice initially) are not even pixel art suggests they just grabbed random icons from the web, not ran them through AI generators.
Ok - Yes, Adobe does have insidiously integrated AI tools. But again, nothing you point to here is strongly indicative of AI, and again, just consistent with sloppy & lazy resizing (which you could just as likely see pre-2020, before AI). Adobe also has a very extensive stock library which may be where these came from.
There are some really hard to spot AI generated materials possible now, but the sloppy inconsistency here is - conversely - an indicator that they don’t care much what we do or don’t notice so wouldn’t be spending the time to generate something with all of the consistent details (see list above). Instead, the consistent details suggest human-created versions based on the real systems.
the buttons on the switch and ps2, the asymmetry of the ps1 and switch, the logo on the ps4, and the lack of pixellation and strange proportions of the 360 and ps3. also the fact that only some of them have controllers depicted.
Sorry again, I know I responded below and not trying to just argue for no reason, but pointing out these different things you’re identifying that actually strongly suggest these aren’t AI, or aren’t indicators of AI or not either way.
For example, Switch asymmetry. This is how Switch directional and gamepad buttons look. It should be asymmetrical, and AI probably wouldn’t get that right like it is in the graphic. You can even see the color-distorted remainder of the “-” and “+” symbols above them, blurred to hell from terrible resizing.
Things like proportions and whether controllers are depicted are just choices either a human or an AI could make.
Oh great, another dumbass on an unfounded anti-AI witch hunt.
Edit: Before you mindlessly downvote me, try actually researching the source of this.
"Q: How do you make your graphics?
A: Our design team uses a range of tools and techniques, but Adobe Creative Cloud–especially Illustrator–are generally used to create the visuals that we publish. "
I think it looks just fine to me, but then again, I don’t have OCD or such a vendetta against AI that I feel the need to spend 10 minutes analyzing every image I see on the internet to decide if it used AI.
maybe i do then because i just keep staring and thinking “how in the world did anyone sign off on this mess”. if it’s not ai, that makes it even worse.
What exactly about it is a mess? Are the figures inaccurate? Does it fail to convey the information? If the answer to either of those questions is no, then anything else you feel like anally dissecting is completely irrelevant.
What about the graphics are “ass”? Would you not be able to identify the console if the name wasn’t next to it? I will give you the text being hard to read, but that’s minor, and I can read it ok. Point remains though, just wildly jumping to “this is AI” when you see something you don’t like is just dumb as fuck.
they’re ass because they’re inconsistent, have aliasing issues, are obviously stretched/squashed, are put against a noisy background, and in some cases are just wrong.
and no, if the name was not on it i would not assume that the ps4 was a ps4. it looks like a modem. and the 360 has a keyhole for some reason.
I also don’t give a shit. Also bear in mind that Lemmy is a microcosm of the fediverse, which in turn is a super microcosm of the internet in general. So no, not “everyone”.
oh great, ai generated pixel art.
Which is AI-generated? It looks to me like real pixel art (except the 360) very lazily resized in a non-nearest-neighbor fractional scale and anti-aliased to mush.
the proportions are off and the lines are crooked. there’s also the typical latent noise on places like the controller buttons.
Sorry, none of this is a clear indicator of AI. The “latent noise” you refer to is perfectly consistent with compression and resizing artifacting and noise. Proportions are often off when making “chibi” icon-sized consoles, but notably, they are consistently or coherently off. Other features are strongly suggestive it isn’t AI. For example:
Visual Capitalist says they make all their own graphics (so not just grabbed from the Web) from a “veriaty of tools from Adobe Creative Cloud”.
Adobe has been making a huge push for so-called “AI tools” in their Creative Cloud service.
Ok - Yes, Adobe does have insidiously integrated AI tools. But again, nothing you point to here is strongly indicative of AI, and again, just consistent with sloppy & lazy resizing (which you could just as likely see pre-2020, before AI). Adobe also has a very extensive stock library which may be where these came from.
There are some really hard to spot AI generated materials possible now, but the sloppy inconsistency here is - conversely - an indicator that they don’t care much what we do or don’t notice so wouldn’t be spending the time to generate something with all of the consistent details (see list above). Instead, the consistent details suggest human-created versions based on the real systems.
And a couple of them (PS3, 360) aren’t even pixelated.
And the ps2 controller is unsymmetrical.
really? How can you tell? :(
piss filter
the buttons on the switch and ps2, the asymmetry of the ps1 and switch, the logo on the ps4, and the lack of pixellation and strange proportions of the 360 and ps3. also the fact that only some of them have controllers depicted.
Sorry again, I know I responded below and not trying to just argue for no reason, but pointing out these different things you’re identifying that actually strongly suggest these aren’t AI, or aren’t indicators of AI or not either way.
For example, Switch asymmetry. This is how Switch directional and gamepad buttons look. It should be asymmetrical, and AI probably wouldn’t get that right like it is in the graphic. You can even see the color-distorted remainder of the “-” and “+” symbols above them, blurred to hell from terrible resizing.
Things like proportions and whether controllers are depicted are just choices either a human or an AI could make.
for the asymmetry on the switch i was mostly referring to the silhouette. should havj clarified that.
The fact that some of the icons are not pixelated is a huge ai red flag, no designer would make that weird mistake.
Oh great, another dumbass on an unfounded anti-AI witch hunt.
Edit: Before you mindlessly downvote me, try actually researching the source of this.
"Q: How do you make your graphics?
A: Our design team uses a range of tools and techniques, but Adobe Creative Cloud–especially Illustrator–are generally used to create the visuals that we publish. "
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/frequently-asked-questions/
ok so theyre just bad at it.
I think it looks just fine to me, but then again, I don’t have OCD or such a vendetta against AI that I feel the need to spend 10 minutes analyzing every image I see on the internet to decide if it used AI.
maybe i do then because i just keep staring and thinking “how in the world did anyone sign off on this mess”. if it’s not ai, that makes it even worse.
What exactly about it is a mess? Are the figures inaccurate? Does it fail to convey the information? If the answer to either of those questions is no, then anything else you feel like anally dissecting is completely irrelevant.
the graphics are ass, and the text is hard to read
What about the graphics are “ass”? Would you not be able to identify the console if the name wasn’t next to it? I will give you the text being hard to read, but that’s minor, and I can read it ok. Point remains though, just wildly jumping to “this is AI” when you see something you don’t like is just dumb as fuck.
they’re ass because they’re inconsistent, have aliasing issues, are obviously stretched/squashed, are put against a noisy background, and in some cases are just wrong.
and no, if the name was not on it i would not assume that the ps4 was a ps4. it looks like a modem. and the 360 has a keyhole for some reason.
Who fucking gives a shit? This is literally the most harmless “ai slop” you can get. Stop crying.
Everyone but you, asshole.
I also don’t give a shit. Also bear in mind that Lemmy is a microcosm of the fediverse, which in turn is a super microcosm of the internet in general. So no, not “everyone”.
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Shut up and keep your mouth wide