alyctes Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I have a funny feeling this is an AI-generated picture. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126579639544?itmmeta=01J2YXRVF2MY0C5AYMDGX8TH28&hash=item1d78bc04f8:g:6oIAAOSwgl9mlp1S I suspect Ebay's whole business model will collapse as soon as scammers work out how to do this properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I think it's computer generated text rather than the picture. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 13 hours ago, tauzero said: I think it's computer generated text rather than the picture. It is. A lot of people seem to want their sales description to look as lazy, stupid & generic as possible these days. Not sold anything on Ebay for a long time, I assume this is a built-in feature now, as it's so common. Strongly suggests that no-one bothers reading descriptions! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 I'm still not convinced by the pictures, personally. I think that might be the last time I consider buying from eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, alyctes said: I'm still not convinced by the pictures, personally. I think that might be the last time I consider buying from eBay. A sample of one from hundreds of millions of items isn't exactly representative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 (edited) Thought I'd test the theory using Bing's AI bollocks image generator. The prompt I used was the ad title, plus 'fretless' as that seemed important, even though the seller didn't appear to think so. So - Warmoth Short Scale Fretless Bass Neck with a Blue Headstock. This was the closest to the prompt - and honestly, the more you look at it, the better it gets. Edited July 18 by Bassassin 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Escher’s impossible bass? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 On 18/07/2024 at 15:17, Bassassin said: That, Sir, is simply glorious. The disappearing D-string is a marvel to the eye. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 21 hours ago, Happy Jack said: That, Sir, is simply glorious. The disappearing D-string is a marvel to the eye. D and E - it's a 3-string bass at the bridge and a 5-string (with no way of tuning the A string) at the nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 And the seller has 806 items for sale, the images for the item in the OP have really good detail, and there seems no reason whatsoever to generate an image of a fretless neck using AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 (edited) 4 minutes ago, tauzero said: And the seller has 806 items for sale, the images for the item in the OP have really good detail, and there seems no reason whatsoever to generate an image of a fretless neck using AI. Maybe I've missed something, but I thought the AI image was generated by @Bassassin rather than the eBay vendor Edited July 20 by Happy Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Oh and by the way, the sheer three-stringedness of that image has now given me Mandobass GAS. Or quite possible Contrabass Balalaika GAS. It can be hard to tell ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 30 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: Maybe I've missed something, but I thought the AI image was generated by @Bassassin rather than the eBay vendor The original post (OP) was @alyctes speculating that the image in an Ebay auction was AI generated, and it was that image I was referring to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, tauzero said: The original post (OP) was @alyctes speculating that the image in an Ebay auction was AI generated, and it was that image I was referring to. Gotcha ... but I was talking about Bassassin's image. Could this possibly be a case of ... wait for it ... wait for it ... crossed wires? I'll get my coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 eBay offers to generate ai descriptions for you know iirc. AI generated instruments are interesting indeed. But consider they are probably better than most non-players could draw from memory. Same string count/tuner issue as above, but I figured the audience won't notice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 19 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: eBay offers to generate ai descriptions for you know iirc. AI generated instruments are interesting indeed. But consider they are probably better than most non-players could draw from memory. Same string count/tuner issue as above, but I figured the audience won't notice. It'd take 30 seconds in Photoshop (or your image editing app of choice, obvs) to remove the rogue tuner & errant string over the scratchplate, then NO-ONE WOULD EVER KNOW!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 9 hours ago, Bassassin said: It'd take 30 seconds in Photoshop (or your image editing app of choice, obvs) to remove the rogue tuner & errant string over the scratchplate, then NO-ONE WOULD EVER KNOW!!! No-one's ever noticed! I've been using my Affinity skills elsewhere: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 20/07/2024 at 16:45, Happy Jack said: Gotcha ... but I was talking about Bassassin's image. Could this possibly be a case of ... wait for it ... wait for it ... crossed wires? I'll get my coat. Don't fret about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 (edited) Generative AI is fabulous. Considering the algorithm has absolutely no understanding at all of what any of the terms mean, and just moves dots around until it makes something that matches images it has previously been trained that the words represent. Considering this is the free version, the full fat versions used for pharmaceutical molecule generation and the like must be awesome. Edited July 23 by Richard R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 AI can be good for somethings, certainly to assist in pattern matching. However, for eBay listing descriptions it just produces a load of meaningless twaddle (WTF is "With 20 medium jumbo frets"???). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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