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It is wrong to assume/state that people do not want to see these AI-generated images. At this point, ≈40 people have seen that _hidden_ Imgur post.

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There's a ton of people in this thread, and there are always a few who will click out of curiosity. That doesn't make it useful.

I don't know... It seems to be fairly entertaining, judging by the number of image album views and the number of comments here.

Causing annoyance by posting AI slop then having to justify it should not be mistaken for entertainment, it’s closer to trolling.

And I've gotten a lot of upvotes for explaining why it's annoying. Perhaps these are not the measures of truth you are looking for.

Yes, that is a part of the measure I have in mind. Let me be more concrete.

Terms:

- P: Number of positive votes (of any comment)

- N: Number of negative votes (of any comment)

- V: Number of views of the image album

- C: Number of comments in the thread

Formula:

    w1 * P + w2 * N + w3 * V + w4 * C

My weights:

   (w1, w2, w3, w4) = (1, 1, 1, 3)

(Comments are harder to do than votes.)

This is a formula that optimizes for trolling. If you insist on using it, expect more downvotes in the future.

The formula is generic; my weights are for measuring engagement.

(And, yes, I am very scared by the future downvotes.)

I clicked on it at least twice and found it disgusting. If more people were like you, thinking this is a good idea, i would stop posting my IRL stories to the internet.

Sorry. If I knew you will have such a negative reaction I would have not posted my reply to your IRL story.

Please don't stop. I want to hear more about "said a meme to my wife."

How are the images any more or less disgusting than the original snowglobe itself?

Yeah! In my opinion, the corresponding "real life" globes I found are pretty ugly when compared to the AI-generated images.

For example, here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1400131282/chernobyl-snow-globe

I have the same reaction to AI generated content that Hayao Miyazaki had.

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