# AI image generation is getting crazy good

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** ai\
**Created:** [April 19, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203 "2025-04-19T03:22:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/2041 "2026-09-22T02:41:53Z")

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An old news article:

[![](https://i.ibb.co/JMJhQGX/FB-IMG-1790041826339.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/JMJhQGX/FB-IMG-1790041826339.jpg)

The prompt:

> Create a comic page based on this story.

Copilot:

[![](https://i.ibb.co/0jKpt9qr/Copilot-20260921-223103.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/0jKpt9qr/Copilot-20260921-223103.jpg)

Google:

[![](https://i.ibb.co/Kj2mX1dF/google9k-1.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/Kj2mX1dF/google9k-1.jpg)

Gemini (my favorite):

[![](https://i.ibb.co/kgKHgbhZ/Gemini-Generated-Image-sh5r4qsh5r4qsh5r.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/kgKHgbhZ/Gemini-Generated-Image-sh5r4qsh5r4qsh5r.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/2042 "2026-10-18T13:46:25Z")

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What do you guys think? This reporter is basically Max Headroom, right?

NB - the question is whether the person is real or AI. Any discussion of the story itself is off topic.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bquOoK2UnIY/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Exchange with Reporter Turns HUMILIATING FAST!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bquOoK2UnIY)

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/2043 "2026-10-23T00:40:27Z")

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A more realistic image made with a version of the prompt from the AI Lego thread:

[![](https://i.ibb.co/KprsjX60/Gemini-Generated-Image-86dryd86dryd86dr.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/KprsjX60/Gemini-Generated-Image-86dryd86dryd86dr.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/2044 "2026-10-23T14:57:01Z")

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But as we saw on _ **The Simpsons** _, getting swallowed whole by a Jack-O-Lantern monster simply means that you’re now trapped inside awaiting rescue.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/2045 "2026-10-23T15:28:50Z")

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It is interesting that the model knows that Snoopy is a beagle even though the cartoon version isn’t shaped or colored like a beagle.

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