[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":733},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-22344254":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":47,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":79,"maker_in_thread":199,"shape":208,"grid":212,"attempts":696,"same_week":697,"maker_shows":45,"maker_hidden":725,"reader_version":726,"card":727},"22344254","art42","A stream of AI-generated art","title","Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art","https:\u002F\u002Fart42.net\u002F","art42.net","valentinvieriu",1581893775,2020,277,187,157,3028,6,"legend","ai","generative art","web_app",[24,21,25,26,27],"stylegan2","gan","latent space","ai art","mixed",0.127,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":18,"critical":33},28,34,22,90,{"idea":36,"design":39,"execution":42,"pricing":44},{"positive":37,"critical":38},19,18,{"positive":40,"critical":41},3,2,{"positive":43,"critical":41},1,{"positive":45,"critical":46},4,0,[48,45,48,48,43,43,43,40,45,40,43,46,46,48,43,45,48,48,43,41,43,40,43,40,40,40,40,48,48,40,43,41,48,40,40,48,43,48,45,45],5,null,{"problem":49,"audience":49,"pricing":49,"motivation":51,"time_to_build":49,"stack":61,"openness":76,"stage":77,"team_size":78},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Crowd-sourced search of the latent space for masterpieces","maker",[55,58],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"22344499","The challenge is that the Latent Space ( the space of all the art pieces of this model ) is so HUGE ( technically is infinite ) that there could be masterpieces sitting there…",{"id":59,"by":11,"text":60},"22344811","It's not a particular space, is just random. I'm hoping that by having more people randomly checking the space, more masterpieces will surface",[62,68,72],{"value":63,"source":53,"evidence":64},"StyleGAN2",[65],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"22344466","Author Here: Just wanted to share some technical details. The code can be found here https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fvalentinvieriu\u002Fstylegan2 The main code and modification were put together…",{"value":69,"source":53,"evidence":70},"Vue.js",[71],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},{"value":73,"source":53,"evidence":74},"Cloudflare Workers",[75],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":80,"objections":105,"requests":142,"questions":164,"alternatives":184},[81,97],{"value":82,"source":83,"evidence":84},"Images look convincing and aesthetic, comparable to museum art","commenter",[85,89,93],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"22344655","tkgally","I'm not an art expert or an artist, but I spent a lot of time in art galleries and museums forty years ago looking closely at and thinking about abstract art. Some of the pieces…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"22344824","starchild_3001","To my untrained eye, many of these images are as good as anything else I've seen from humans. What qualities make me say that? Your images create a visceral response. They evoke…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"22345071","flyGuyOnTheSly","The results are really impressive. I have been studying art non-professionally for the past 5 odd years now and I would be hard pressed to tell you if any one of the pictures…",{"value":98,"source":83,"evidence":99},"Strong visual response and interesting thoughts evoked",[100,101],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"22347001","jcims","This one is amazing https:\u002F\u002Fvcloud42.com\u002Ffile\u002Fart42-cdn\u002Fcubism\u002Fseed_0000086582.jpg It reminds me of those time slice type photos, where the bottom is when the little 'tree' on…",[106,125,136],{"value":107,"source":83,"evidence":108},"AI output lacks meaning, intent and emotion of human art",[109,113,117,121],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"22344526","alharith","I get the appeal from a \"it's fascinating we can make computers do this\" stance. I don't get the appeal as trying to appreciate this as actual art (or music in the case of…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"22344650","kengor","Not trying to denigrate the amazing technical skill needed to make this thing, but from the point of view of someone who makes art, this is a pastiche image maker. I have yet to…",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"22346681","lchiodi","I love cubism and this plain sucks. You see clearly that is not human work, there is no subject, there is no meaning, there aren't emotions...is garbage.",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"22346765","GistNoesis","It can be worse you could also work on SAP, like the author (No harsh feeling\u002Fflame war ; thank you to the author for this artsy experience ; but I couldn't help but notice this,…",{"value":126,"source":83,"evidence":127},"Repetitive styles and limited variety",[128,132],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"22344716","adzm","Hey this is an awesome project with really cool results. I think it can be grouped with \"found art\" conceptually. Several of the generated pieces are really quite interesting,…",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"22347662","shrimpx","I think that postmodern view on art has fallen out of popularity. It’s silly to abstract away the artist and kinda pretend there may as well not be one, and that the full meaning…",{"value":137,"source":53,"evidence":138},"Lacks texture and detail at higher resolution",[139],{"id":140,"by":11,"text":141},"22348062","I need more $$ to feed the GPU monster, and then you will get more texture :) This is more of technical issue that can be solved quite easy, but you are right, most of them lack…",[143,157],{"value":144,"source":83,"evidence":145},"Print option for large canvas or hanging display",[146,150,154],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"22344956","rfeague","I think you have an opportunity here --- I found myself wondering how much it would cost to get a nice-quality print on canvas or metal. Something I could hang in my office. They…",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"22345545","joshspankit","Tbh, with direct printing to (large) canvas being reasonably priced now, this could be an easy sell Especially if they can be generated at 300dpi+",{"id":155,"by":11,"text":156},"22352399","I've added the option to print now. Feel free to give it a try",{"value":158,"source":83,"evidence":159},"Support for other art style seeds",[160],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"22346163","willvarfar","Is your problem that you know its bot-generated, or that you think there's some flaw in the pictures? What if you didn't know that the painting was the work of a bot? What if it…",[165,173],{"value":166,"source":83,"evidence":167},"Is AI-generated art really art?",[168,172],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"22347003","ritwik310","Doesn't AI generated art violate the whole definition of art?",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"value":174,"source":83,"evidence":175},"Can art experts tell AI from human art in a blind test?",[176,180],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"22344470","Rochus","I wonder how art experts would assess these paintings in a blinded experiment (\"blinded\" figuratively, of course ;-)",{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"22345447","allovernow","This is indistinguishable from something that would be hanging in an art museum, and anyone pretending otherwise only believes so because they know a priori that it is generated…",[185,192],{"value":186,"source":83,"evidence":187},"Generative art sites like sanbase.com",[188],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"22344520","FpUser","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.sanbase.com\u002F - these were created long before AI became a household name. Actually no AI involved at all. All just pure math. Think it is called \"generative art\" or…",{"value":193,"source":83,"evidence":194},"Debris, a random image collage project",[195],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"22347140","Fnoord","Reminds me of Debris by a NullSoft employee. It would download random pictures using a search engine, and it would craft it together. The end result is unique, and allowed you to…",{"comments":200,"answered":201,"key":202},23,8,[203,204,205],{"id":66,"text":67},{"id":56,"text":57},{"id":206,"text":207},"22347571","Yep. Please click on the favorite button :) so I can keep the favorites",{"commenters":209,"max_depth":201,"maker_replies":200,"first_comment_mins":210,"lifespan_hours":211},107,40,47,[213,215,218,220,223,226,227,229,232,234,237,240,242,246,249,251,254,258,259,263,267,268,272,274,276,279,282,285,286,288,289,293,296,299,302,304,306,309,312,314,316,318,321,324,327,329,332,334,335,338,341,344,346,349,352,355,357,359,362,364,367,369,372,375,378,380,383,385,387,390,393,396,399,402,404,406,408,411,414,417,420,422,425,426,429,432,435,438,441,444,448,451,453,456,458,461,464,467,469,471,474,477,480,483,485,488,490,491,494,496,498,501,503,506,508,511,513,516,518,520,522,525,527,528,530,532,536,539,544,547,549,552,556,558,560,562,564,566,569,571,574,576,579,581,583,586,588,591,593,594,598,601,603,606,608,610,612,614,616,619,622,624,626,629,631,634,636,639,642,643,646,650,655,658,661,662,666,670,672,676,680,682,685,687,689,691,693],[66,46,46,214,11,43],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[216,46,48,217,178,46],"22344482","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[56,46,46,219,11,43],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[221,46,40,219,222,46],"22344785","pookeh",[224,46,40,219,225,46],"22344943","joncrane",[206,46,46,219,11,43],[86,46,48,228,87,46],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign",[230,46,46,231,11,43],"22344695","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[129,46,40,233,130,46],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fexecution",[235,46,48,217,236,46],"22344902","yantrams",[238,46,46,239,11,43],"22349292","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[147,46,40,241,148,46],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fpricing",[243,46,40,244,245,46],"22345088","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution","kernelsanderz",[247,46,48,217,248,46],"22345244","jksmith",[151,46,48,250,152,46],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fpricing",[252,46,46,253,11,43],"22347553","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fperformance",[255,46,46,256,257,46],"22347941","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","jtms",[155,46,46,241,11,43],[260,46,43,261,262,46],"22346015","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea","jacobwilliamroy",[264,46,46,265,266,46],"22346149","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","bobly_today",[161,46,46,265,162,46],[269,46,46,270,271,46],"22346460","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","jsaldes",[273,46,46,270,162,46],"22346518",[275,46,46,265,262,46],"22346566",[277,46,46,265,278,46],"22346661","ribs",[280,46,46,265,281,46],"22347341","gradschool",[283,46,46,270,284,46],"22348566","mental1896",[122,46,43,261,123,46],[287,46,46,270,11,43],"22347513",[133,46,40,233,134,46],[290,46,43,291,292,46],"22347770","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution","hoki",[294,46,46,265,295,46],"22347123","thomasahle",[297,46,46,256,298,46],"22348935","pozdnyshev",[300,46,40,219,301,46],"22345060","Jupe",[303,46,40,244,245,46],"22345108",[305,46,46,253,11,43],"22347663",[307,46,40,244,308,46],"22345739","dimitry12",[310,46,40,219,311,46],"22345837","iandanforth",[313,46,46,219,11,43],"22349265",[315,46,40,219,162,46],"22346169",[317,46,46,219,11,43],"22347592",[319,46,48,250,320,46],"22346978","joantune",[322,46,40,219,323,46],"22347075","gwd",[325,46,46,265,326,46],"22347305","tartoran",[328,46,46,265,323,46],"22350043",[330,46,40,244,331,46],"22347163","ricg",[333,46,46,244,11,43],"22349211",[114,43,43,261,115,46],[336,43,46,270,337,46],"22344710","eshaysadlay",[339,43,46,270,340,46],"22344735","jp555",[342,43,46,270,343,46],"22344755","qzxvwt",[345,43,46,219,11,43],"22348051",[347,43,46,265,348,46],"22344757","iakh",[350,43,46,270,351,46],"22344885","hug",[353,43,46,265,354,46],"22344933","nineteen999",[356,43,46,265,326,46],"22345173",[358,43,46,265,354,46],"22345398",[360,43,46,265,361,46],"22344975","craftinator",[363,43,46,265,326,46],"22345185",[365,43,46,265,366,46],"22345393","drongoking",[368,43,46,265,361,46],"22345566",[370,43,46,265,371,46],"22346408","TheGrassyKnoll",[373,43,48,217,374,46],"22346405","friendlybus",[376,43,46,256,377,46],"22345388","mhh__",[379,43,46,256,371,46],"22346374",[381,43,43,261,382,46],"22346552","flarg",[384,43,43,261,323,46],"22347068",[386,43,43,261,326,46],"22347451",[388,43,48,217,389,46],"22344768","mattkevan",[391,43,43,261,392,46],"22345030","tacheiordache",[394,43,48,217,395,46],"22344777","thomk",[397,43,40,231,398,46],"22344865","weerd",[400,43,40,401,395,46],"22345180","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign",[403,43,40,219,326,46],"22345190",[405,43,46,256,197,46],"22347116",[407,43,46,265,395,46],"22347358",[409,43,40,219,410,46],"22345007","gdubs",[412,43,46,256,413,46],"22345010","nabla9",[415,43,48,217,416,46],"22345043","qaq",[418,43,40,219,419,46],"22345085","julianj",[421,43,40,219,326,46],"22345195",[423,43,48,217,424,46],"22345048","davidajackson",[181,41,48,217,182,46],[427,41,46,265,428,46],"22345719","TheGallopedHigh",[430,41,43,261,431,46],"22345910","justanothersys",[433,41,43,261,434,46],"22346796","tomxor",[436,41,43,437,134,46],"22347674","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdesign",[439,41,46,265,440,46],"22346048","staplers",[442,41,46,265,443,46],"22346307","thegabriele",[445,41,40,446,447,46],"22346202","project\u002Fmixed\u002Fdesign","joe_the_user",[449,41,40,219,450,46],"22349646","esjeon",[452,41,43,261,447,46],"22353407",[454,41,40,219,455,46],"22346496","tomerv",[457,41,43,261,382,46],"22346545",[459,41,46,265,460,46],"22346783","null0pointer",[462,41,46,265,463,46],"22347168","IanSanders",[465,41,40,219,466,46],"22346799","nathell",[468,41,46,256,326,46],"22347370",[470,41,46,256,326,46],"22347390",[472,40,40,446,473,46],"22345755","mattsahr",[475,40,46,256,476,46],"22345764","shironineja",[478,40,46,256,479,46],"22347540","kangnkodos",[481,40,46,482,11,43],"22347886","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[484,40,43,261,473,46],"22353508",[486,45,46,256,487,46],"22344617","anigbrowl",[489,45,46,256,479,46],"22347575",[110,48,43,261,111,46],[492,48,40,219,493,46],"22344562","qmmmur",[495,48,46,482,11,43],"22344726",[497,48,40,219,111,46],"22344932",[499,48,40,219,500,46],"22344575","jan6",[502,48,46,265,111,46],"22344935",[504,48,46,265,505,46],"22344611","ringzero",[507,48,40,219,103,46],"22344679",[509,48,46,265,510,46],"22344766","dwohnitmok",[512,48,46,265,111,46],"22344923",[514,48,46,265,515,46],"22346220","satanspastaroll",[517,48,43,261,354,46],"22346762",[519,48,48,217,515,46],"22354445",[521,48,46,265,354,46],"22360991",[523,48,46,265,524,46],"22344859","drcode",[526,48,46,265,111,46],"22344921",[177,18,40,219,178,46],[529,18,40,219,500,46],"22344622",[531,18,40,219,416,46],"22345345",[533,18,46,534,535,46],"22347683","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","CuriouslyC",[537,18,46,265,538,46],"22352596","Balgair",[540,541,46,542,543,46],"22345250",7,"other\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea","zsz",[545,201,48,217,546,46],"22344675","dsco",[548,201,46,482,11,43],"22344762",[550,201,48,217,551,46],"22346630","finger",[553,554,46,534,555,46],"22344433",9,"dvh",[557,554,46,482,11,43],"22344476",[559,554,48,217,487,46],"22344635",[561,554,40,219,178,46],"22344494",[563,554,46,219,11,43],"22344587",[565,554,46,265,178,46],"22344620",[567,554,40,244,568,46],"22347000","dillonmckay",[570,554,46,534,190,46],"22344515",[572,554,46,534,573,46],"22344643","101404",[575,554,46,265,392,46],"22345054",[577,554,46,534,578,46],"22344772","sporkologist",[580,554,46,534,392,46],"22345058",[582,554,43,261,392,46],"22345068",[584,554,46,256,585,46],"22346577","mkl",[587,554,43,261,392,46],"22347223",[90,589,48,590,91,46],10,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[592,589,43,437,568,46],"22346992",[140,589,46,214,11,43],[595,596,48,217,597,46],"22346003",11,"alainchabat",[94,599,48,600,95,46],12,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fexecution",[102,602,48,228,103,46],13,[604,605,46,256,410,46],"22344977",14,[189,607,46,534,190,46],15,[609,607,46,482,11,43],"22344537",[611,607,46,270,190,46],"22345272",[613,607,46,270,515,46],"22346232",[615,607,40,233,500,46],"22344599",[617,607,46,618,190,46],"22345291","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[620,621,48,250,424,46],"22344976",16,[623,621,43,261,392,46],"22345031",[625,621,46,270,424,46],"22345099",[627,621,46,628,326,46],"22345148","commenter\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[630,621,46,270,392,46],"22347231",[632,621,46,265,633,46],"22345480","mkarliner",[196,635,48,217,197,46],17,[637,38,40,219,638,46],"22346524","ecmascript",[640,38,46,265,641,46],"22346943","dyadic",[118,37,43,261,119,46],[644,37,46,265,645,46],"22346846","maze-le",[647,648,46,256,649,46],"22344931",20,"bluetwo",[651,652,40,653,654,46],"22345485",21,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fidea","ramoz",[656,33,48,217,657,46],"22344546","bawana",[659,200,40,482,660,46],"22344563","lsb",[59,200,46,482,11,43],[663,664,48,217,665,46],"22345781",24,"mrcms",[667,668,48,217,669,46],"22344677",25,"neetodavid",[671,668,48,228,669,46],"22344685",[673,674,43,291,675,46],"22347266",26,"Jolter",[677,678,48,250,679,46],"22344414",27,"sub7",[681,678,46,239,11,43],"22351604",[683,678,40,684,679,46],"22354754","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fpricing",[686,31,40,231,568,46],"22347015",[169,688,40,219,170,46],29,[690,688,48,217,103,46],"22347016",[692,688,46,219,11,43],"22348067",[694,688,46,534,695,46],"22349089","Yaa101",[],[698,703,708,712,716,720],{"id":699,"name":700,"points":701,"category":702},"22327086","DelayWebpage",232,"productivity",{"id":704,"name":705,"points":706,"category":707},"22318677","ShellMagic.xyz",213,"dev_tools",{"id":709,"name":710,"points":711,"category":707},"22364040","Trevor demo",184,{"id":713,"name":714,"points":715,"category":707},"22338879","Configurable Route Planning",143,{"id":717,"name":718,"points":209,"category":719},"22371436","Top Fantasy Reads","learning_science",{"id":721,"name":722,"points":723,"category":724},"22357517","FounderPhone",106,"web_saas",false,"v2",{"id":728,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":725,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":729,"top":18,"kw":730,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":46,"strip":731,"url":9,"mix":732,"praise":82,"objection":107,"sub":21},22344254,0.13,[24,21,25,26,27],"5455111343100514551213133335531253351544",[31,32,18,33],1794036586612]