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Inside the surreal world of $20,000 pet portraits (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 6 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Printing off a photo at a photo center is already highly automated and trvially easy. So yeah, I agree that the people comissioning portraits don't care if there's a cheaper and easier option. These people are making an emotional purchase and don't have to worry about some trifling thing like a budget.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 0 points 6 months ago

The thing is the AI generated image gives them a form of control over the final product. People, even rich people, like that.