I agree that it's complex relative to what AI can currently handle (clearly) but I don't agree that it's complex in general. For a human, it's a simple description. You or I could draw it freehand correctly given 5 minutes, with no training or preparation.
I don't see how this isn't the task these AIs are supposed to solve. They are meant to take a text description and output a corresponding visual result. This just demonstrates the narrow limits on the complexity of the input they can take.
If you're saying they're not designed to deal with inputs more complex than one sentence, then sure, I guess I agree. But this post goes to show that if you require specificity in your desired visual output, then you need more than one sentence's worth of complexity, and therefore the current generation of AIs are not yet broadly usable.
It's about illustrating the current limitations. This post is not implying that the technology is a failure or that it isn't enormous progress.
> For a human, it's a simple description. You or I could draw it freehand correctly given 5 minutes, with no training or preparation.
In the blog post, the humans drew it incorrectly as well (although they got closer). If it was as simple as you say it is, i would not expect the humans to err as well.
> If you're saying they're not designed to deal with inputs more complex than one sentence, then sure, I guess I agree.
Indeed. I would further say its not designed for someone to use it as text directed paintbrush. This is not surprising since human graphic artists dont work that way either, or at least get very pissed off when they are micro managed in that fashion.
That said i think its also fairly obvious that these systems are also not replacements for graphic artists in general. The human element is important for a lot of reasons; graphic artists dont just "draw pictures". I dont think people seriously familiar with these systems have ever seriously suggested it was a full replacement for graphic artists, although in fairness random internet commentators certainly have been having a moral panic over it.
Not to mention its entirely possible that an AI more designed for this task would do better.
> But this post goes to show that if you require specificity in your desired visual output, then you need more than one sentence's worth of complexity, and therefore the current generation of AIs are not yet broadly usable.
I don't really agree that this post showed that, but i would agree that these AIs are not the best tools if you have very specific objective requirements.
AIs are tools not magic, there are things they are good at, but they aren't good at all the things and still require to be used with thought.
> It's about illustrating the current limitations. This post is not implying that the technology is a failure or that it isn't enormous progress.
I think the objection is that this article doesn't really demonstrate a meaningful limitation that wasn't obvious. It feels like a strawman. If dall-e or stable diffusion actually succeded at the task, i would be very impressed and consider it much more impressive than most of the pretty pictures everyone shows off.
I don't see how this isn't the task these AIs are supposed to solve. They are meant to take a text description and output a corresponding visual result. This just demonstrates the narrow limits on the complexity of the input they can take.
If you're saying they're not designed to deal with inputs more complex than one sentence, then sure, I guess I agree. But this post goes to show that if you require specificity in your desired visual output, then you need more than one sentence's worth of complexity, and therefore the current generation of AIs are not yet broadly usable.
It's about illustrating the current limitations. This post is not implying that the technology is a failure or that it isn't enormous progress.