# AI image generation is getting crazy good **URL:** \ **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:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/461 "2025-05-18T07:30:02Z")
That was _not_ Judy Jetson. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/462 "2025-05-18T11:39:45Z")
Has the downside of this amazing AI image generation mentioned yet? Plagiarism! Bado’s blog reports: > **[AI Re-Imagines original cartoons](https://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/ai-re-imagines-original-cartoons.html#more)** > > From The Daily Cartoonist . It seems a fairly new YouTube uploader is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (read: swiping) ... Funny how it still has this caracteristic orange-sepia hue. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/463 "2025-05-18T17:58:24Z")
[![](https://i.gyazo.com/afe4383e755adccb30d6c3cf518ff7d6.png) ](https://i.gyazo.com/afe4383e755adccb30d6c3cf518ff7d6.png) > **Prompt** > > Create image Movie poster for the upcoming muppets movie “Dr. Teeth and the Women” a parody of the Richard Gere film. It can’t draw Dr Teeth anywhere close to accurately without a reference image, and when I provided it with one, it refused to do this particular image no matter how I framed the prompt. There’s an enhanced censor that kicks in when it’s working with a reference image and I couldn’t tell if it was rejecting it based on copyright or adult theme reasons. ChatGPT doesn’t do Janice all that well and I had to ask it who the the one on the right is. It was supposed to be Floyd Pepper. Gee, ChatGPT, you can’t come up with more than 3 iconic female muppets to fill out the poster? I wonder why not… (cue Bechdel testing of all the Muppet movies and shows) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/464 "2025-05-18T18:05:09Z")
Skeeter, maybe? Though I’m not sure she ever existed in actual Muppet form… And I suppose, with some of the more monstrous Muppets, we wouldn’t be able to tell if they were. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/465 "2025-05-18T19:02:48Z")
This made me wonder about the Letter People. ChatGPT knows the Letter People > **Summary** > > Absolutely! The **Letter People** are a set of educational characters originally developed in the 1970s to help young children learn phonics, letters, and early reading skills in a fun and engaging way. They were especially popular in preschools and early elementary classrooms and were often used with accompanying songs, puppets, and visual materials. > > * * * > > ### 📚 **Concept Overview** > > Each **Letter Person** represents a letter of the alphabet and is characterized by a distinct personality, theme, and sound (phoneme). The original series differentiated between **Mr.** and **Miss** characters: > > - **Mr. Letters** usually represented consonants. > - **Miss Letters** usually represented vowels. > > Each character emphasized the sound of their letter and had an alliterative name or feature to help kids remember (e.g., “Mr. B with the Beautiful Buttons”). > > * * * > > ### ✨ **Examples of Letter People** > > | Letter | Character Name | Key Feature / Theme | > | --- | --- | --- | > | A | Miss A with the _Achoo!_ | Allergies, sneezing sound /ă/ | > | B | Mr. B with the _Beautiful Buttons_ | Wore lots of buttons | > | C | Mr. C with the _Cotton Candy_ | Loved cotton candy /k/ | > | D | Mr. D with the _Delicious Doughnuts_ | Obsessed with doughnuts | > | E | Miss E with the _Exercise Energy_ | Energetic /ĕ/ | > | F | Mr. F with the _Funny Feet_ | Wore silly shoes /f/ | > | M | Mr. M with the _Munching Mouth_ | Loved to eat /m/ | > | S | Mr. S with the _Super Socks_ | Wore colorful socks /s/ | > > * * * > > ### 📼 **Media & Style** > > - The Letter People were originally created as **inflatable characters** and later had **puppet-based TV shows** and videos. > - The **TV series** aired in the late 1970s and 1980s on public broadcasting. > - They had catchy **theme songs** , one for each letter/character, using simple melodies to reinforce phonics. > > * * * > > ### 🧠 **Legacy and Cultural Impact** > > - Many adults today fondly remember the Letter People from childhood, often describing them as charmingly quirky or slightly surreal. > - They were later rebranded in the 1990s with updated gender-neutral designs and animation, but the original designs remain beloved. > > Would you like a visual recreation of the classic Letter People or maybe a modern reinterpretation? But it can’t draw them unassisted. [![](https://i.imgur.com/So6QiC9.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/So6QiC9.jpeg) Definitely gonna have to work on that with reference images. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/466 "2025-05-18T19:32:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > with some of the more monstrous Muppets, we wouldn’t be able to tell if they were. Yeah, but for a parody poster, you really want immediately recognizable unambiguously female characters from the franchise, of which there aren’t that many. Try asking random people to name 4 female Muppets. They might come up with one, and recognize the two others ChatGPT came up with when shown pictures. The only other regular named female Muppet I could think of was: Zoe, from Sesame Street. And definitely wrong to put on that poster! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/467 "2025-05-18T19:56:29Z")
Playing on earlier experiments, I asked for a hybrid between a dingus and a plumbus. ChatGTP and Copilot refused. Sora failed 3 out of 4 images. The thing on the left was what got made. I then asked ChatGTP for a hybrid between a fungus and a plumbus, got the thing on the right on the first try. [![](https://i.imgur.com/9wxOlGt.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9wxOlGt.jpeg) I liked both of them and decided both needed to be reused. [![](https://i.imgur.com/de967hF.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/de967hF.jpeg) For mentioning in prompts (provided with reference images) I named the animal-like one a plumboid and the plant-like one a funjil. Sora doesn’t always want to render the dangly bit on the top bit on the plumboid, and I consider it an important feature. (Though I’m willing to allow that there is some variation in the species, possibly a sexual dimorphism). [![](https://i.imgur.com/eF145qb.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eF145qb.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/it33tuV.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/it33tuV.jpeg) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/468 "2025-05-18T20:06:04Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Gee, ChatGPT, you can’t come up with more than 3 iconic female muppets to fill out the poster? I wonder why not… It knows about more. (I don’t know how accurate this reply is.) > **Summary** > > There are several female Muppets who have become beloved characters over the years, each with unique personalities, voices, and roles across different Muppet productions (_The Muppet Show_, _Sesame Street_, _Fraggle Rock_, etc.). Here’s a breakdown by franchise: > > * * * > > ### 🎭 **Main Muppet Show / Muppet Movies (Jim Henson Company)** > > #### **🐷 Miss Piggy** > > - The diva of the Muppets. > - Glamorous, confident, temperamental, and karate-chopping. > - In love (often aggressively) with Kermit the Frog. > > #### **🐔 Camilla the Chicken** > > - Gonzo’s main chicken companion. > - Doesn’t speak, but clucks expressively. > - Often appears in musical numbers and background scenes. > > #### **🧹 Janice** > > - Lead guitarist for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. > - Chill, hippie-style voice (“Fer sure, rully!”). > - Known for her laid-back attitude and iconic pink lips. > > #### **Wanda** > > - Appeared in the duo Wayne & Wanda (a parody of lounge singers). > - Sang romantic songs with Wayne, usually ending in comic disaster. > > #### **Annie Sue Pig** > > - A young pig Muppet with a sweet personality. > - Often portrayed as Miss Piggy’s rival or protégée. > - Had a few featured musical numbers. > > * * * > > ### 📺 **Sesame Street** > > #### **Abby Cadabby** > > - A fairy-in-training introduced in the 2000s. > - Magical, bubbly, optimistic; uses a wand and rhymes. > - Represents curiosity and learning with a whimsical flair. > > #### **Zoe** > > - An orange, energetic monster with a love for dancing and ballet. > - Often appears with Elmo and other main characters. > > #### **Rosita** > > - A turquoise, Spanish-speaking monster from Mexico. > - Plays guitar and often brings bilingual (English/Spanish) learning. > > #### **Prairie Dawn** > > - A polite and organized girl Muppet who loves putting on pageants. > - Frequently appeared in classic _Sesame Street_ skits. > > #### **Julia** > > - Introduced to promote autism awareness. > - Communicates in unique ways and helps model inclusion. > > * * * > > ### 🌍 **Fraggle Rock** > > #### **Red Fraggle** > > - Adventurous, loud, energetic; loves sports. > - One of the main Fraggles, often challenges Gobo. > > #### **Mokey Fraggle** > > - Artistic, spiritual, soft-spoken. > - A poet and dreamer, often more introspective. > > * * * > > ### 👩‍🎤 **Others (Lesser-known / One-offs)** > > - **Yolanda Rat** – Background Muppet in the newer Muppet productions. > - **Beverly Plume** – A chicken chef who hosts cooking shows. > - **Spamela Hamderson** – A parody of Pamela Anderson, often used for comic effect. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/469 "2025-05-18T20:11:16Z")
It omitted Queen Peuta and Vazh, but that’s completely justified. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/470 "2025-05-18T21:06:06Z")
[![](https://i.gyazo.com/050c55f5775e90ca92a496d73cfc8b9f.png) ](https://i.gyazo.com/050c55f5775e90ca92a496d73cfc8b9f.png) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/471 "2025-05-18T22:09:44Z")
From another thread: > [@The Mexican Navy rams the Brooklyn Bridge {Tall Ship that lost power}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mexican-navy-rams-the-brooklyn-bridge-tall-ship-that-lost-power/1018494/45): > > What if the quote was “flying monkeys attacked the crew and disabled the ship”. “Eye witness caught the video of it on their phone but flying monkeys stole the phone”. [![](https://i.imgur.com/JIGT8PW.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JIGT8PW.jpeg) The prompt was simply “The Cuauhtemoc (with sailors manning the yards) being attacked by flying monkeys.” ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/472 "2025-05-19T00:13:56Z")
That bunny looks like a cloud! [![](https://i.imgur.com/56lzmYw.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/56lzmYw.jpeg) (Another image inspired by a post in a different thread.) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/473 "2025-05-19T01:36:33Z")
Inspired by someone on Reddit who made a photo of JFK if he’d lived to be an old man. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/9gTCYxK.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/9gTCYxK) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4O5jrmN.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/4O5jrmN) ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/474 "2025-05-19T02:34:25Z")
So, tonight’s “ChatGPT tricks” discoveries. A couple of times before I’ve seen prompts on Sora that start with “randomize (stuff)” but I figured it was probably vestigial non-functioning “code” like that first non-functional randomizer early in the thread. But tonight I decided to try it in a Copilot session. Here’s the original complete prompt and the image I generated with it: > **Summary** > > Randomize all of the following: - subject - composition - style - light - vibe It can not be a painting. It is cinematic. It can’t have bokeh. Make it a random-wimmelbilder of something. (It can’t be a market, nor a playground, nor a garage, nor laundry, nor a bedroom, nor a workshop, nor a panic) 45°-angle-dutch-tilt. Captured with a high-end-IMAX-camera. Highly-detailed. Extreme-close-up. [![](https://i.imgur.com/VMBVzFH.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VMBVzFH.jpeg) I streamlined the prompt a bit, removing the settings that the original creator didn’t like for some reason, made it a 4-way split: > **Summary** > > Create image split the image into 4 sections, run through these instructions 4 times to fill in the 4 sections with different results: > > Randomize all of the following: - subject - composition - style - light - vibe It can not be a painting. It is cinematic. Make it a random-wimmelbilder of something. 45°-angle-dutch-tilt. Captured with a high-end-IMAX-camera. Highly-detailed. Extreme-close-up. [![](https://i.imgur.com/SE3lpMn.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/SE3lpMn.jpeg) Streamlined it a bit more, got only human(oid) results: > **Summary** > > Create image split the image into 4 sections, run through these instructions 4 times to fill in the 4 sections with different results: > > Randomize all of the following: - subject - composition - style - light - vibe It can not be a painting. It is cinematic. Captured with a high-end-IMAX-camera. Highly-detailed. Extreme-close-up. [![](https://i.imgur.com/0qUzOBU.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/0qUzOBU.jpeg) I saw a possibility and this time I added something: the description of the characters I created for the bus bench in the rain images (from earlier in the thread) and in the “randomize” list I added activity and location. It worked exactly as I hoped: > **Summary** > > Create image split the image into 4 sections, run through these instructions 4 times to fill in the 4 sections with different results: > > A pretty mid-teens girl. She has shoulder-length brown hair. She wears a worn tan M-65 field jacket (open to expose a white cropped tank top underneath), fashionably-frayed jeans and bulky white sneakers. Close by her side is a serene capybara. Randomize all of the following: - activity - location - composition - style - light - vibe It can not be a painting. It is cinematic. Captured with a high-end-IMAX-camera. Highly-detailed. [![](https://i.imgur.com/whjnSjN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/whjnSjN.jpeg) (Ironically, the third image randomly made her with her foot up in the position that I had tried and failed to get on purpose on the bus bench. I think the AI is mocking me.) So the tricks of this lesson are 1.) That ability to randomize stuff And 2.) The useful word “wimmelbilder”, which creates cluttered images. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/475 "2025-05-19T02:47:21Z")
Okay, new prompt modification. This is a 4 variation set from Sora, not a 4-way split. > **Summary** > > A pretty mid-teens girl. She has shoulder-length brown hair. She wears a worn tan M-65 field jacket (open to expose a white cropped tank top underneath), fashionably-frayed jeans and bulky white sneakers in a retro-futuristic world. Close by her side is a serene capybara. Randomize all of the following: - activity - location - composition - style - light - vibe It can not be a painting. It is cinematic. Captured with a high-end-IMAX-camera. Highly-detailed. Two of the four photos have her smoking. Apparently that is more common in the retro-future. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Vl8EViq.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Vl8EViq.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/476 "2025-05-19T04:57:34Z")
> **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. watch?v=sjyfpOa51a4 Thought this appropriate here. Gets mostly past uncanny valley. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/477 "2025-05-19T05:19:27Z")
Your link was broken. Here it is: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sjyfpOa51a4/maxresdefault.jpg "20 Wild West Legends Brought Back to Life using AI Vol.1 | Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, etc.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjyfpOa51a4) ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/478 "2025-05-19T05:34:32Z")
I broke it as would not allow it to embed. How did you overcome that? ⁉ ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/479 "2025-05-19T05:37:51Z")
To avoid hijacking this and other threads, there are instructions in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499). ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/480 "2025-05-19T05:48:31Z")
Glad **you** posted the vid!!!.. 😱 What did you think of the Ai effort …in general and with regard to uncanny valley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203.md?page=25)