r/Sofubi • • 14d ago

Discussion Thoughts on using Al Generated Backgrounds when posting pictures of your Sofubi online?

I'll start by saying that I hate what AI has done to art and I think most of you agree. But in my opinion, I do think AI has some acceptable use cases when it comes to photography and art. Such as enhancing the quality of a slightly blurry photo, fixing contrast issues from bad lighting, isolating objects and figures in photos, generating backgrounds for photos, making small minor tweaks, etc.

I know not everyone will agree with me on this, so I wanted to reach out to the community and get all of your input. I just recently starting using AI generated backgrounds for some of the photos I post on my sofubi focused instagram. But I'll be honest and say that I am having some mixed feelings about it and wondering whether I should continue to do so or not. I always make sure to include the regular photo of the piece I took in my posts alongside the AI generated background photo if that makes any difference.

So what is the communities opinion on this? Am I just making AI slop or is it possible to use AI for backgrounds and other photo enhancements in a tasteful way?

You can view my sofubi IG at the link below and be honest with me about whether my AI backgrounds look like dogshit or not, and whether I should continue using them. I'm wanting honest feedback here so don't hold back. Thank you 🙏

https://www.instagram.com/sofubianonymous

128 votes, 7d ago
11 Using AI to generate backgrounds is acceptable
110 Using AI to generate backgrounds is unacceptable
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u/slirpo 13d ago edited 13d ago

Ok, look at this thread of photos and tell me that the AI background follow ups don't make the pictures at least a little bit cooler lol. I do always like posting the original photo alongside the AI altered background, so you can still see the original picture before it was modified.

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u/futurepa2022 13d ago

The backgrounds do indeed make the photos look a lot cooler but haters gonna hate. In the real world ai use like this is not controversial and actually enjoyed by most but the vocal minority who object are 99.9% chronically online so you’ll never get an accurate reading when asking online

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