Trying to Get That Snoop Look
Alright, so the other day, I got this weird idea stuck in my head. You know how sometimes you see something online and just gotta try it yourself? Well, this time it was about, uh, snoop doggs legs. Yeah, don’t ask me why. Maybe I saw a picture, maybe a meme, I dunno. Point is, I thought, “Hey, let’s see if I can make an AI cook up something funny with that.”
So, I fired up one of those image generator things. You know the ones. Thought it’d be simple. How hard could it be, right?
My Brilliant Process (Not Really)
- First try: Typed in something basic like “Snoop Dogg with really skinny legs”. What I got back was nightmare fuel. Just distorted Snoop, sometimes with extra limbs, sometimes looking like melting wax. The legs? Normal, or just weirder than skinny.
- Second try: Got more specific. “Photo of Snoop Dogg wearing shorts, exaggerated skinny chicken legs, funny.” The AI seemed confused. Gave me Snoop near some chickens. Or Snoop wearing weirdly patterned shorts. Legs still stubbornly normal-ish.
- Third try: Added styles. “Cartoon Snoop Dogg, thin stick legs, style of old cartoons.” This got a bit closer, sometimes. But often it just made his whole body skinny, or gave him sticks instead of feet. Not quite the vibe I was going for.
- Fourth, Fifth, Who’s Counting?: I started throwing everything at it. “Snoop Dogg standing awkwardly, focus on disproportionately thin legs,” “Snoop Dogg Crip walking with noodle legs.” The results were just… all over the place. Sometimes hilarious for the wrong reasons, mostly just digital garbage.
What I Learned (Maybe)
Honestly, after spending way too much time on this, I kinda realized these AI tools are still pretty dumb in specific ways. They can make pretty pictures, sure. But ask for something specific and slightly weird, something based on a nuanced visual gag like the whole “snoop doggs legs” thing (which, let’s be real, is probably just an unflattering photo angle someone ran with), and the AI just short-circuits.
It tries to average things out. It doesn’t get the joke or the specific exaggeration unless it’s seen tons of examples. It makes me think about all this AI hype. Everyone’s talking like it’s gonna take over the world, write symphonies, cure diseases. But here I am, can’t even get it to draw a rapper with funny legs properly.
Reminds me of this job I almost took once. They talked a big game about cutting-edge tech, innovation, synergy, all that buzzword crap. Went for an interview, place looked fancy. But then you talked to the actual people working there. Turned out they were patching together old systems, fighting with outdated software, basically held together with digital duct tape. All sizzle, no steak. Kinda like this AI, sometimes. Looks impressive from afar, but up close, you ask it to do one specific, slightly tricky thing, and it falls apart.
So yeah, my practice session? Total bust if you measure by results. Didn’t get the picture I wanted. Just got a folder full of weird AI mistakes. But hey, I guess I practiced… patience? And maybe learned that sometimes, the simple, dumb ideas are the hardest to actually make happen. Go figure.