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Lately there's been a wave of people on LessWrong (and maybe the whole internet) starting off their essays with some Dall-E3 art.

I don't object (and think it can be cool if done nicely) to get some good ML art to add some visual interest to your posts. But, the default thing I'm seeing is mediocre and making the web feel tacky.

I don't want to just yell at people and make them feel self-conscious about their fun. I have an art background, which means I both have a lot of experience making/evaluating art and also probably have random-ass snooty connoisseurship syndrome. Also I was involved with the fleshing out of the current LessWrong Watercolor Aesthetic, and random clip-art looking images undercut it. (But, to be fair nobody actually voted for or opted into the LessWrong Watercolor Aesthetic, and maybe that's [...]

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Outline:

(01:07) 1. Generally, make landscape (widescreen) art.

(01:45) 2. Good AI art still takes a fair number of generations and effort.

(02:32) 3. Think about the mood you want to convey, not just the posts intellectual content.

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