Just like post #6019167, this seems to have been made by Stable Diffusion and retouched by the artist:
https://twitter.com/jamm3rd/status/1619896467749224448

It feels strange that such a prolific artist is using AI generation to finish a painting.

Fred1515 said:

Just like post #6019167, this seems to have been made by Stable Diffusion and retouched by the artist:
https://twitter.com/jamm3rd/status/1619896467749224448

Wouldn't that technically be ai-assisted rather than ai-generated then?

It's debatable on the topic of ai-assisted art.

Key thing is always look at the eyes and hands with AI art

Jnglmpera said:

Wouldn't that technically be ai-assisted rather than ai-generated then?

I would think AI-assisted means the artist drew it themselves, and added details with AI, not the other way around.

Kirboh said:

I would think AI-assisted means the artist drew it themselves, and added minor touch-ups with AI, not the other way around.

It can essentially refer to any post that has both significant AI and human components. Most of the AI-assisted posts that are approved here have a significant amount of repainting, since AI is prone to generating a lot of errors and artifacts.

Kirboh said:

I would think AI-assisted means the artist drew it themselves, and added minor touch-ups with AI, not the other way around.

I don't think it works that way. My understanding is that current AI algorithims do not edit: they do not take in a picture as input and modify it, or suggest modifications. They are not visual analogues of a spell-checker.

Arcana55 said:

I don't think it works that way. My understanding is that current AI algorithims do not edit: they do not take in a picture as input and modify it, or suggest modifications. They are not visual analogues of a spell-checker.

My point is this: if a human didn't draw this, and merely edited it, then the artist was the one "assisting", and the AI did most of the work. This is different from, say, an artist drawing the subject and adding AI-generated details, like a background.

The artist's exact comment:
ステーブルディフュージョンをベースに、多くのペインティング作業を経たイラストです。
This is an illustration using Stable Diffusion as a base that has undergone extensive painting work.

*shrugs*

Kirboh said:
My point is this: if a human didn't draw this, and merely edited it, then the artist was the one "assisting", and the AI did most of the work. This is different from, say, an artist drawing the subject and adding AI-generated details, like a background.

I agree, but the problem is that there are many ways artists may use AI, and it can be impossible to distinguish who did what.

On one end, an artist may let the AI do all the work and just correct obvious errors like messed-up hands. On the other end, they may only use the AI images as pose references and draw everything themselves. Or they might do something in between those two extremes.

Unless they post a timelapse or detailed commentary of exactly what they did, it's pretty much impossible for us to tell.