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[–] halvar@lemy.lol 87 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There literally existed a simple, non-AI version of this, but for some reason that wasn't good enough I guess.

[–] razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The creator was insistent on the swordfish being hairy, which is a bit difficult to achieve in nature.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really wish you hadn't pointed this out to me

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The unicorn also has forward-facing eyes like the horses in Skyrim, implying that the unicorn is a predator.

[–] Verdorrterpunkt@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Well, what do you think the horn is for?

Also, the Swordfish picture is nasty stuff.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Slop is the new JPEG artifact.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

swimming in the ocean

causing a commotion

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Because they are so awesome!

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Between the piranha and bikini whale...

"Rock lobster!"

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why use a two-horned white rhino when the Indian rhino (ie Rhinoceros unicornis) exists?

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago

Bicorn representation.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And why use a swordfish when the narwhal exists?

[–] N0MAD@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Best guess is because they aren't fast like a swordfish though marlins as a species are typically faster than swordfish

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

That's the APC unicorn

[–] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean for the unicorn fair enough but why have AI generate a picture of two well-known animals with plenty of pictures available?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But why do all that work when I can just add a few words to my prompt and let the AI burn through more energy than it would have taken to drive myself to the zoo?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 week ago

that's an error in the range of multiple orders of magnitude and you know it

[–] REDACTED 1 points 1 week ago

Genuinely curious - how much one generation do you think consumes in terms of energy?

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

picture of two well-known animals

They do not exist. It's a conspiracy

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Looks AI. This is giving the myth that unicorns aren't real

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I hate to break it to you, but unicorns aren't real because horses aren't real.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

What????? Then what are all those horsecock dildos shaped after??????

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

This is just false and you know it. I play enough chess to have seen horseys first hand. If you only play online chess, you are forgiven for not realizing but once you take the pieces into your hand, you know all of them are real.

Maybe you confuse it with birds. Birds were real but went extinct like all the other dinosaurs. Modern "birds" are governmental drones. Giraffes btw are mythical creatures but horses and unicorns are real.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A corollary of the famous Eye-Mirror Principle by modern philosopher J. Christopher Smith

[–] 50_centavos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's more believable? That unicorns are fictional? Or giraffes?

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago

AI -> account blocked

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Second image is obviously a bicorn.

That's a siege unicorn. Assault unicorns are small and painted black

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How tf are narvals real animals.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Always get a laugh when someone admits they thought narwhals were made up. Maybe I got it from Ranger Rick as a kid, but I feel I've always known about them.

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I learned about the existence of narwhals when ubuntu made a version named after then.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Rocket launcher unicorn

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago