A post claimed an image was an AI-generated Monet-style fake and asked for detailed reasons it was inferior to a real Monet painting. Many commenters responded with critiques such as incoherent color, lack of coherent composition, artificial or polluted-looking nature, and an image that seemed to be trying too hard to imitate Monet. Some remarks described missing emotion or spark and compared the work to an amateur museum study. Others dismissed it as obvious AI output. The image was later revealed to be a real Monet painting, specifically one of his iconic Water Lilies works.
"“I just generated an image in the style of a Monet painting using AI,” read the original post, published to X-formerly-Twitter yesterday by an anonymous conceptual artist who goes by the pseudonym “SHL0MS.” “Please describe, in as much detail as possible,” he continued, “what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting.”"
"Commenters were quick to jump in to explain why, in their view, the alleged AI image was worse than the real work of the French impressionist master. According to one, the image was an “incoherent muddle of inconsistently saturated greens.” Another lamented that there was no “coherent composition,” while someone else shared that the painting seemed “busy, artificial, nature in turmoil, polluted.”"
"“It is (to me) emotionless. There is some spark missing,” one poster remarked. “It is not Monet, it feel like an undergrad art student's study from a museum visit.” “Unlike Monet, your AI model is not painting with advanced myopia and dramatic gusto during a period of artistic rebellion in Paris,” said another. “Inferior.”"
"Unfortunately for these many opinion-havers, however, they were the ones who were duped. The Monet was actually real: it's one of his iconic “Water Lilies” paintings, cre"
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