Two Stop Bits | I'm not usually someone to knee-jerk hate on an AI-generated pic, but, really, w...

glhaynes 21 hours ago | parent

I'm not usually someone to knee-jerk hate on an AI-generated pic, but, really, what's the point of the one here? Why not just use a pic from IBM marketing materials that accurately depicts the device being discussed? Or not use a pic at all? It just seems lazy and pointless.

bmonkey325 14 hours ago
Interesting. I asked grok and Chad Jippity and the believe it’s a human. The details and footnotes look human to me.
TBH. The image looks more kitch than something an ai can generate.
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KODust 19 hours ago
The intro paragraph suggests AI writing too, so maybe the weirdo pic is a warning to stay away.
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- Trixter 15 hours ago
  That was exactly my reaction. Feels like the entire article was just a listicle generated by an LLM with Deep Research.
  It is both a blessing and a curse that most LLMs and generative AI were not adequately trained on vintage computing materials.
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