An AI generated idea of what a baby peacock should look like. It has colorful blue and green feathers like an adult bird and too many toes.

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1. myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 17:32:25 UTC myrmepropagandist

   On tumblr everyone was livid about this fake photo of a "baby peacock" -- it captured many of the things that worry people about AI art-- the tendency to fill in what people expect, not what is true. The stereotyping, and reversion to archetype. The lost nuance.

   But, because of this photo I got to learn that real baby male peacocks "practice" with little tufts of display feathers. Look at these lil boys!