Mazda posters from Daytona looked cool from afar but are they just AI garbage? Should Mazda step it up?

AI should help artists, not take their place. The designs always feel off, with weird mistakes like artifacting. If there’s no human touch, it just doesn’t feel right. You notice the errors or it gives off that uncanny valley vibe.

@Finlo
:smiley: Glad to see a fair view that isn’t all about ‘AI is evil’… AI can be an amazing tool to help artists, especially new ones who are still learning.

@Finlo
I agree!

That’s a bummer.

Wow, no one even checked the text in the second image? That’s just lazy.

So what’s the plan here? Not buy a Mazda just because of some bad ads? That’s a stretch.

How do you even tell if it’s AI? Like, art often blurs lines on purpose. If you wanted a photo, wouldn’t they just use a photo?

The problem with AI is it’s hard to always tell. But how are you so sure it’s AI here?

@Pax
In the second picture, the text is a mess, even the Mazda logo is messed up. For the other poster with the white and red, look at the lighting, the lines not lining up, the splitter being off, and the grille proportions don’t add up. Plus, the back of the car is all off and the trunk is wavy. And the lighting on the character is random because AI just doesn’t get light sources. The light’s supposed to be coming from the top right, but the headlight’s shadow is all wrong. The car’s character line and other details also don’t make sense. The AI can’t handle these things correctly.

The lines being too soft is often a giveaway. If you’re not sure, you should look into how to tell AI art apart. It’s important to recognize it since so much content is AI-generated now. Imagine if important people or events were misrepresented like this.

@Devon
Yeah, once you notice AI mistakes, it’s hard to ignore them. It’s a problem that AI can be so subtle sometimes. But I agree, this looks like AI-generated stuff. You’d think they’d get the Mazda text right for a promo though.

But, I do think saying ‘I don’t want to be rude’ comes off a bit strong. It’s cool that you want to help, but maybe tone it down a bit next time.

@Pax
You probably haven’t used DALL-E much. It always messes up the text in its generations, just like in OP’s example.

@Pax
The text is an obvious giveaway. The first image’s a bit trickier, but you can spot things that seem off. In the first image, the headlights look the same shape but the designs inside are different—that’s a classic sign of AI. A human would at least try to make the details match.

@Pax
Bro, that second image is pure AI trash.

All they had to do was just trace the original image correctly. Come on.

A few weeks ago, I asked AI to imagine an overland CX70. It just kept spitting out a CX9 instead. I even told it to grab a CX70 pic from the Mazda website for reference, and it still messed up. It’s ridiculous.

L Mazda.

It’s even worse knowing they used real photos for this AI mess.

Blue #5 looks more like they just applied filters over a photo. Everything lines up like the real car does.

But the other images? Humans make mistakes too, not just AI.

Not everything is AI.

Cairo said:
Blue #5 looks more like they just applied filters over a photo. Everything lines up like the real car does.

But the other images? Humans make mistakes too, not just AI.

Not everything is AI.

Man, sorry to say this, but the text is jumbled, even the Mazda logo is unreadable. That’s a dead giveaway that it’s AI-generated. This looks like a locally trained model that had tons of MMR 5 car images fed into it, but AI just can’t reliably do text. It knows something should be there but can’t replicate it. The red/white poster’s car lines and proportions are so off—no one would ship that. If you can’t see it’s AI, I’d suggest doing some research to help recognize it.

@Devon

I hate to break it to you, but the jumbled-up…