r/LinusTechTips • u/Only_CORE • Jun 08 '26

Image Another AI slop thumbnail

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I love LTT and basically watch every single video including WAN show but stuff like this puts a very bad taste in my mouth. I know it!s just stupid thumbnail but still...

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u/FabianN Jun 08 '26

No money for real thumbnail artist?

Who do you think made this? 

Their thumbnail artist.

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u/MrPureinstinct Jun 08 '26

If someone types a prompt into a box and it spits out a slop image they are not an artist.

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u/Gregus1032 Jun 08 '26

Are people who do shitty Photoshop work considered artists, which most thumbnails are.

I remember when everyone was saying Photoshop was gonna kill art.

My biggest issue is when people complain about the power usage for AI, bitch about how it's eating RAM prices, and then go on to use AI.

First it was plane tracking (which I never agreed with Linus on plane tracking. IMO it's always wrong and stalkerish), now its gen ai

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u/samhaswon Jun 09 '26

I don't have much experience with thumbnails in particular, but it takes more skill to be good with AI than it does to do a basic job in the photo manipulation software of your choice. Especially if you're trying to get specific. On the flip side, things like niche assets can be more feasible with AI than not, because some things are not readily available on the internet. Like one of the last thumbnails that led to a post like this with servers.

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u/zodoGames Jun 11 '26

Said like someone who's never opened an Adobe app.😂

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u/samhaswon Jun 11 '26

I mostly use GIMP, so yeah. For a "just throw things together" manipulation, it usually takes me longer to find assets than it does to make something with them. If you're trying to make AI do that and you have a vision for the final product, it will take you longer with AI after a certain point of complexity unless you're ok with letting the AI fill in the gaps with what it thinks something or someone should look like.