3 Myths About AI That Just Won't Die
Let's put them to rest once and for all.
Myths are shockingly persistent.
Some people still believe that the Earth is flat, that politicians are lizard people, or that free Substack subscribers will suddenly decide to go paid out of the blue:
When it comes to generative AI, I repeatedly keep coming across the same outdated assumptions and misconceptions.
So today I’d like to dispel a few myths about GenAI.
I’m not after grand claims like “AI will kill us all” but more the day-to-day stuff.
Let the myth-busting begin!
Myth #1: “Image models can’t draw hands”
I already tackled this one in January, but it’s a surprisingly stubborn holdover from a bygone era.
You see, early text-to-image models were notoriously horrible at knowing how many fingers people have or how limbs interact with each other, spawning jokes like this…
…and giving birth to this now-infamous meme: