r/LiveFromNewYork • • Dec 15 '25

Discussion A former writer speaks up

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u/Just_Candle_315 Dec 15 '25

Yeah but then theyd have to pay Getty or whatever agency has it as a stock photo. Also why does AI commonly have that cigarette smoke yellow coloring?

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u/SunilClark Dec 15 '25

back when ai studio ghibli photos was a big trend, for some reason, most of them ended up having a yellow tint. and the sheer amount of images generated poisoned the dataset so much that now Everything does

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u/weaponjaerevenge Dec 15 '25

Is this true? Like, I WANT it to be true, but like I need the link when someone says "prove it".

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u/MyNutsin1080p Dec 16 '25

It was my understanding that the outsized number of Thomas Kinkade paintings that were sampled help give AI images their unsettling sheen