bwana wrote:
AI image generation doesn't start from a void. It starts from a model derived, in most cases, from numerous examples of what is requested by the user. In this case I would suspect several examples of blondes, breasts, bodies, bikinis, facial expressions, etc., etc. were brought together for the final image.
Call it smarter 'photoshopping' if you will but it is far more than that. I highly doubt you would find a single real female that looks like the image presented.
bwa
I recall an image from many years ago of a model wearing a bikini made with diamonds. The “photographer” explained how he had “processed” the image, which included skin blemish removal, making her waistline slimmer and even relocating her navel. With AI today one might simply ask the computer to modify the texture/colour of her skin, the shape/size of her breasts, her waistline, her smile, her lips so as to look like any or multiple named people without having to do the manipulation yourself.
So for me, AI is simply another level of processing, but not really anything revolutionary. And whether I click individual pixels myself (I actually did a B/W self-portrait with blocks of “pixels”) or let a computer algorithm do the work, it just comes down to time and effort.