# 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:** 76
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1501 "2025-11-19T01:03:14Z")
Speaking of dancing and Grok vs Sora, one prompt I tried was “a ballerina playing a concertina in a marina”. In that case, Grok’s output was hugely superior to Sora’s. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ErzmBVc2kj8/maxresdefault.jpg "November 18, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErzmBVc2kj8) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SufBnjCA0cQ/hq2.jpg "November 18, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SufBnjCA0cQ) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1502 "2025-11-19T01:26:56Z")
I suppose I was lucky to get even that out of Sora, the restrictions are so tight. I tried these song lyrics as a prompt, Sora rejected it > **Summary** > > It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow, polka dot bikini > That she wore for the first time today > An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow, polka dot bikini > So, in the locker, she wanted to stay Grok did this. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fUGXUYTDTt0/hq2.jpg "November 18, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUGXUYTDTt0) I tried these lyrics, Sora rejected it > **Summary** > > Well I saw the thing comin’ out of the sky > It had the one long horn, and one big eye > I commenced to shakin’ and I said “Ooh-eee” > It looks like a purple people eater to me Grok did this [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hn0JdK4zbB4/hq2.jpg "November 18, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0JdK4zbB4) I tried for campers around a camp fire and Smoky Bear comes up and yells at them. Rejected. Changed it to a bear in a ranger hat telling them only you can prevent forest fires. Rejected. I had to go completely generic to get a result A campfire at a summer camp surrounded by campers roasting marshmallows. A brown bear in a ranger hat runs up and curses them out. Sora did this [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I6S_JRv4Cbg/maxresdefault.jpg "November 18, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6S_JRv4Cbg) Grok did this [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U7qlZB2qxrY/hq2.jpg "November 18, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7qlZB2qxrY) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1503 "2025-11-19T01:29:12Z")
I tried a free trial of Veo3 and used it to make some short “photo to video” clips. The results were mixed but I really like this one of my friend dancing with a statue in Carmel. > **[New video · Saturday, Sep 27 🎬](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMEyBwvLiCvWAaEix3FzPsOtpZpUKLAdVuRDbxQGlZ72huQdhtvbsXx_RvbHffxLg?key=dWQ4VVY2cmxFUHBXVVlmMTFET0hBZlVZUXlqWU9n)** ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1504 "2025-11-19T01:33:11Z")
The statue seems to be enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1505 "2025-11-19T12:20:23Z")
They both seemed to be having fun. Shame about the juxtaposition of the streetlight. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1506 "2025-11-19T14:02:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > A campfire at a summer camp surrounded by campers roasting marshmallows. A brown bear in a ranger hat runs up and curses them out. > > Sora did this The quality of the image / video generation aside, that was some pretty creative cursing from the Smoky the Bear substitute: “Hey! What in the f\*\*\*in’ pinecones do you think you’re doing? You can’t just roast sticky sugar bombs out here! You tryin’ to start a 4-alarm forest barbecue? Put those f#%@#% sticks down right now!” Funny that the reaction from the campers is laughter, though. If I was out in the woods and a talking brown bear the size of an RV suddenly came up behind me and started cursing at me to stop what I was doing, I think my reaction would be “yes sir, Mr. Bear, sir!” 😆 ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1507 "2025-11-19T15:40:10Z")
It is interesting how Sora treats source images. Other AIs will strictly take the image and use it as a start frame for the video. Sora will sometimes do that, too. But itger times it will just flash the original up for maybe one frame, then make something different inspired by that image. For instance, I saw a recent photo of a toy. I showed that to Sora with the prompt “He is giving a stand&up routine”. There was a quick flash of the original image, then this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RF69_0CdFbI/maxresdefault.jpg "November 19, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF69_0CdFbI) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1508 "2025-11-19T15:55:46Z")
Well, now I want to know the end of the evaporation joke… ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1509 "2025-11-19T16:47:54Z")
I’m pretty sure it understood what it was looking at and was referring to this: > A depression on the head, called a “dish” (sara), retains water, and if this receptacle is damaged or if its liquid is spilled or dried, a kappa becomes severely weakened. From > **[Kappa (folklore)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore))** > > In Japanese folklore the kappa (河童; "river-child") is a familiar type of water monster, considered one of three major yōkai > Kappa are said to be inhabiting the ponds and rivers of Japan. It is also known by various local names, including kawatarō (川太郎; "river-boy"). > The kappa had been dangerous mankillers that drowned people, also targeting horses and cattle to be dragged into water. Later, they came to be depicted as mischievous beings which get punished (captured, having its arm severed, et... ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1510 "2025-11-19T17:06:08Z")
Something I learned about from Usagi Yojimbo a long time ago. 😎 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1511 "2025-11-19T17:38:40Z")
Ohhhh…. I’m familiar with kappas but didn’t catch on from the image. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1512 "2025-11-19T22:15:43Z")
Two kids telling knock-knock jokes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gbqEqHRZv0s/maxresdefault.jpg "November 19, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqEqHRZv0s) Two Horror movie villains telling knock-knock jokes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j81FYxqJvVI/maxresdefault.jpg "November 19, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81FYxqJvVI) I had done horror movie villains at a convention a few days ago. I tried to make the big guy with a cleaver into a character and it told me it may violate their guidelines, even though it gad just minutes ago created it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gXHMrzONc7Y/maxresdefault.jpg "November 19, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHMrzONc7Y) Horror movie villains sitting in a semicircle of chairs in a room sharing their feelings in a support group. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mg5dRCBuYCU/maxresdefault.jpg "November 19, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg5dRCBuYCU) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1513 "2025-11-19T22:36:53Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I tried to make the big guy with a cleaver into a character and it told me it may violate their guidelines, even though it gad just minutes ago created it. Whatever censor checks characters for acceptability is way more restrictive than the censors that watch the main video generations. And it’s inconsistent. You should try again, perhaps with a different 3-second segment of your source video. ETA: Oh, I just watched that video, I see you’re not gonna get a different segment to try. I’ve found for generating characters, it helps to have that purpose in mind when you generate the source video. You can make sure the character speaks (if they speak) a variety of things, and shows all sides of them, closeups, etc. to give the cameo generator as much ‘resolution’ as possible. And if your character isn’t a realistic human, you might do better to create them in Grok instead, you won’t have to waste your limited Sora generations trying to get that perfect vignette that you can only use 3 seconds of anyway. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1514 "2025-11-19T23:14:16Z")
Well, for that one my prompt was literally nothing more than “horror movie villains at a convention”. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1515 "2025-11-19T23:21:38Z")
I just now screencapped him from the video and fed it to Grok [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G4YiENG6NQM/hq2.jpg "November 19, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YiENG6NQM) Sora, of course, refused to deal with the screencap. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1516 "2025-11-19T23:32:39Z")
Grok dgaf. > **gory stuff you might not want to see** > > [https://youtube.com/shorts/ahpQpcxfZdY?si=l2LGKJhnrjXaymAM](https://youtube.com/shorts/ahpQpcxfZdY?si=l2LGKJhnrjXaymAM) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1517 "2025-11-19T23:42:36Z")
Jesus. Didn’t really wanna be seeing that. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1518 "2025-11-21T22:51:35Z")
I’ve been playing with making geoduck videos in Sora. More than half the time it censors them after they have been made. A geoduck driving a Cybertruck. Great geoduck, lousy Cybertruck. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AgmPiXlHNkY/maxresdefault.jpg "November 21, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgmPiXlHNkY) A gooey duck meets a geoduck, prompt only. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J1VHWdONBVE/maxresdefault.jpg "November 21, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1VHWdONBVE) A gooey duck meets a geoduck, using a Copilot image. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N35_IdXzdQw/maxresdefault.jpg "November 21, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N35_IdXzdQw) A cat stalks a geoduck. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/twdGpeh9OAg/maxresdefault.jpg "November 21, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdGpeh9OAg) A bunch of geoducks on a beach. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5kGTXMeDNyQ/maxresdefault.jpg "November 21, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kGTXMeDNyQ) ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1519 "2025-11-22T22:01:38Z")
Sora is too clever for my own good. I just tried this: > A girl with curly black hair sitting in a small, crude wooden booth. The top of the booth has a sign that says “Psychiatric help 5¢” at he bottom of the booth is written “the doctor is in”. A middle-aged man is standing beside the booth describing an emotional problem to the attentive girl. It refused to make the video, telling me “This content may violate our guardrails concerning similarity to third-party content.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1520 "2025-11-23T12:29:39Z")
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