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Designer argues AI posters can avoid repetitive defaults with better prompting

Article gains traction on Hacker News

1 Sep 19 5:20 AM · 7d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 7

The article surfaces on Hacker News frontpage with 226 points and 147 comments, sparking debate about whether varied AI design aesthetics solve the underlying problem of AI-generated creative work feeling generic and lacking human intentionality.

“The problem is that once you've seen that style 20 times it starts to irritate just from the sheer repetition.”

John Hartnup, Designer · hn ↗

John Hartnup Designer, article authorChatGPT AI model used for poster generation

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