Can you tell which one AI made?
你能看出来哪张是 AI 做的吗- I used GPT image 2.0 to imitate the illustration style of Airbnb’s city invitation cards. The images really are impressive, but the surprise feels predictable, as if something like a “soul” were missing.
- Going from an idea to prompts to the result, a lot gets lost in translation, like a café that gets everything right but lacks the warmth of a small neighborhood place.
- For people who are already creative, maybe only the tools change; the missing something may be my own ideas.
A couple of days ago I happened to notice how beautifully Airbnb’s invitation cards are designed. Looking it up, I learned it was a 2024 project in collaboration with many different illustrators, giving each city its own visual memory, as if you could sense its atmosphere before you even arrive.
I also tried extending a few of them in their style. Everyone marvels at how good GPT image 2.0 is at making images, and there’s no doubt about that. But somehow the surprise feels like a predictable surprise; something seems missing, something I don’t know whether I can call… a “soul.”
I’ve always felt that “language” itself has limits. Idea -> language (prompts) -> result: a lot gets lost in that translation. And can a machine with no emotions really make something that moves people?
Looking back, I’ve been living on the road for almost two months, spending a few hours every day working from one café or another. Sometimes you can feel a certain warmth in a small place: you can sense the cups they chose, how they arranged the room, the music they play, how it feels when they hand you your coffee, even the Wi-Fi password they set. Some places run a standard assembly-line process; everything is right, and yet something seems missing.
I wonder how the gap between handmade and Made in Token will change in the future.
Maybe for people who are already creative, only the tools change. The missing something may be my own ideas.
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Written in Chinese and translated into English with the help of AI. Read the original