So, the other day I bumped into this weird phrase online, something about “Biden in red suit”. Caught my eye, you know? Seemed kinda strange, not something you see every day. Made me curious, actually. I thought, hey, let’s see if I can whip up something like that myself, just for kicks.
Fired up my old laptop. First thing I tried was some basic photo editing stuff I have. Grabbed a regular picture of him, tried to just, like, paint the suit red. Looked absolutely terrible, like a kid went at it with a crayon. The lighting was all wrong, edges looked fuzzy. Definitely not convincing, not even close.
Okay, plan B. I’d heard about those AI image things everyone’s playing with. Found one of the free online ones. Typed in something simple: “Joe Biden wearing a bright red suit”. Waited a bit. What came back was… well, let’s just say it was interesting.
The AI Shenanigans
It wasn’t just one picture, it gave me a few options. They were all over the place:
- One had him kinda melting into the background.
- Another gave him like, three hands waving. Seriously, three.
- The suit color was sometimes okay, but the face looked like it was pulled sideways.
- One actually looked kinda normal from far away, but zoom in and the eyes were pointing in different directions.
I spent maybe an hour fiddling with it. Tried adding more words: “photorealistic”, “standing straight”, “looking serious”, “like an official photo”. Sometimes it got a bit better, sometimes it got even weirder. The hands were always a nightmare. Why is it always the hands?
Honestly, it was a rabbit hole. You start thinking you can just tell the machine what to do and it pops out perfection. Nah. It’s guesswork and luck half the time. You get these results that are almost right, but just… off. Creepy, sometimes.
In the end, I just gave up. Shut the laptop. Didn’t get a single decent picture of Biden in a red suit. Made me think, though. All this talk about how easy it is to fake stuff now? Maybe it’s easy to make something, but making something that actually looks real? That’s a whole different game. Or maybe I just suck at using those tools. Either way, wasn’t worth the fuss. Just a weird idea to begin with, I guess.
