# 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:** 7
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/121 "2025-04-27T01:20:59Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Does that actually _work_ to get a different random scene each time? Donno. You have to be a paying customer to generate several images at a time. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/122 "2025-04-27T01:21:53Z")
Which I am, and I tried. I varied the list, adding my own background ideas, and it always picked the first one and ignored the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/123 "2025-04-27T15:28:22Z")
WAG: Someone cut and pasted it from another client that did allow batch prompting? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/124 "2025-04-27T18:44:10Z")
I use it to make alternate video game covers to use in Steam. “1940s aesthetic, private investigator, noir style game” [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/yXkEuh6.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/yXkEuh6) Then I asked it for another take in a voxel graphics style [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/XyjpvEE.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/XyjpvEE) I really just gave it the title and it more or less spit out this. I tweaked it some but this is the one I was happy with. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/JSxIQSY.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/JSxIQSY) “Pool hall in Tron 1982” [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/xBug9gw.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/xBug9gw) “Generic Hitman game cover” [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/MGPZ3Qq.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/MGPZ3Qq) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/125 "2025-04-27T19:00:15Z")
This was “dick york and dick sargent standing in the stephens’ living room doing the “two spider-mans pointing at each other” thing” It definitely got closer on York than it did Sargent. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/1oHjIJy.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/1oHjIJy) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/126 "2025-04-27T19:02:06Z")
Another small issue I’ve noticed with ChatGPT 4o is that it seems to not quite understand how roads/hallways work. I’ve tried to make two or more characters meet face to face and it will have them face to face across the width of the road/hall, when I think most _people_ would assume that you would meet along the length. I still get the problem even when I ask for a profile view. Here are examples of what I mean, generated from text-only prompts. The scenes/characters are overall pretty great, but I wanted the meetings _along_, not _across_. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Zgf2QkQ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Zgf2QkQ.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/JNbqRrY.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JNbqRrY.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/TkvqTTw.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TkvqTTw.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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/127 "2025-04-27T19:05:14Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Pool hall in Tron 1982” I see that it likes repeating numbers on pool balls, too. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/128 "2025-04-27T19:08:21Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Generic Hitman game cover” The bar code isn’t readable. Now I’m wondering if that is a thing, if it can create a readable bar or QR code for a specific request. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/129 "2025-04-27T19:10:06Z")
I just asked it if it could. It replied: > Yes, I can create readable barcodes and QR codes! > They’ll be fully scannable — not just pictures, but real working codes that you can scan with a phone or scanner. > > You can tell me: > > - **What kind** you want (QR code, UPC, Code128, etc.) > - **What it should contain** (a URL, text, numbers, etc.) > - **If you want any special options** (size, error correction level for QR codes, etc.) > > Want to try one? What would you like the code to say or link to? 📷 And, to be fair, I’m not sure the barcode on the back of Agent 47’s head in the actual game and marketing material is readable, either. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/130 "2025-04-27T19:41:14Z")
Oh, how about illustrated thread titles? I did these a few days ago. [ Moe Howard and the Australian Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moe-howard-and-the-australian-mermaid/1011980/) [![](https://i.imgur.com/44CDuii.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/44CDuii.jpeg) [Raiders of the Lost Parachute Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-parachute-pants/1017372/) [![](https://i.imgur.com/oYFgSB2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/oYFgSB2.jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/131 "2025-04-27T19:52:14Z")
[How did I get duped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-get-duped) [![](https://i.gyazo.com/ab90fbc1efc9b0391d99c8b6f5d6902f.jpg) ](https://i.gyazo.com/ab90fbc1efc9b0391d99c8b6f5d6902f.jpg) I really hope we don’t get banned for socking. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/132 "2025-04-27T20:17:54Z")
> **Summary** > > A pile of socks of various colors and designs lying scattered in a corn field. Most are gathered in a centeal pile, but a few loose ones lie scattered about the whole scene. Also include a few small plastic troll dolls lying in random orientations.Create a realistic widescreen Kodachrome dslr photo with narrow dof. [![](https://i.imgur.com/RVheFWU.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RVheFWU.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/ormCZtQ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ormCZtQ.jpeg) I think in this case I like the Gemini version better. More creative on the sock designs. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/133 "2025-04-27T20:23:15Z")
I just noticed: “Straight Dope Message Beard”. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/134 "2025-04-27T22:05:07Z")
I love how you brought life to my weird off the cuff thread title. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/135 "2025-04-27T22:11:52Z")
Here’s the prompt that I used: > I want to see a scene from Indiana Jones as if it was set in the 1980s with 1980s fashions. Indy should be wearing a red leather jacket like Michael Jackson used to wear and parachute pants like MC Hammer used to wear. He is wearing a white sweatband/headband instead of a hat. He is still inside an ancient stone structure examining a small gold statue on a stone plinth. Widescreen Kodachrome DSLR image with shallow dof. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/136 "2025-04-27T22:20:54Z")
I just copy/pasted that in to 4o. It gave me this: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Rn9D0Dw.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Rn9D0Dw) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/137 "2025-04-27T22:23:25Z")
Your Harrison Ford is definitely better but my statue is a little closer I think. I can’t quite place who my guy looks like. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/138 "2025-04-27T22:35:30Z")
The one I did was through Sora. (Which of course uses ChatGPT 4.o itself.) The single most annoying thing about ChatGPT/Sora to me is the seeming randomness of who and what is censored. Not only are different sets of things censored in Sora vs ChatGPT but it can change from one prompt to the next in the same session of the same interface. And even different rules for different characters in the same franchise. I can get Han Solo, for example, but neither system seems to allow Luke Skywalker. You _can_ get Disney princesses, as can be seen in some of those _x_ watching TV images, but neither would let me make Snow White and the 70 Worfs. It goes on and on… ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/139 "2025-04-27T23:30:49Z")
[![](https://i.gyazo.com/a5835d163c973789b1717fa1a1d1fd8c.jpg) ](https://i.gyazo.com/a5835d163c973789b1717fa1a1d1fd8c.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/140 "2025-04-28T00:28:40Z")
I tried for that concept in DE3 months ago when the new movie was still being talked about. Most of the renders got Worf pretty wrong, but looking back in the set of images, some were better than I remembered. [![](https://i.imgur.com/orwgvHL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/orwgvHL.jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203.md?page=8)