Uncanny valley is the unpleasant experience one feels when confronted with something resembling a human, that isn't one (e.g., a creepy Chucky Doll). I do not know if there is a term specifically to describe the cognitive dissonance for inanimate objects.

While images like these look somewhat real you instantly get a very very unpleasant feeling, and it is very distinct from the feeling you have looking at imperfect sketches or drawings or paintings done by humans.

It's the sum of countless details that just do not fit together. Malformed objects, lighting, composition.

For lack of a better word, this image embodies the very concept of "slop". Its mere existence is truly unpleasant.

Don't get me wrong: You CAN fake reality pretty close, e.g. selloak does very very convincing impressions of real food like post #159968

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monophobia said:

the surrealist art movement was centred around objects or people that are very slightly 'off'
maybe this is peaceful to someone who interprets 'reality' as 'slop'

I see your point, but on the other hand: I've been to the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres a few years ago, and you really cannot compare this surrealism :)

In other words, the infamous six-finger problem we all know is evident in dozens of other ways in this image. The toilet is messed up, the toilet brush is distorted, the toilet paper, the window, the tiles, the sink, the lamps, the floor, the light, and so on and so forth...

I really don't mean to be rude, and of course I didn't downvote the image. But I think it's fair to say what I think: The model used and the task, to put it mildly, simply don't fit together. Perhaps the prompting method is just completely off.

I appreciate compliments here, but I also believe it's valuable to be honest when something simply doesn't work. (I hope I didn't express that too harshly.) Perhaps other approaches using the same or different tools or models will lead to the desired result.

DarkerShadeOfPale said:

Uncanny valley is the unpleasant experience one feels when confronted with something resembling a human, that isn't one (e.g., a creepy Chucky Doll). I do not know if there is a term specifically to describe the cognitive dissonance for inanimate objects.

While images like these look somewhat real you instantly get a very very unpleasant feeling, and it is very distinct from the feeling you have looking at imperfect sketches or drawings or paintings done by humans.

It's the sum of countless details that just do not fit together. Malformed objects, lighting, composition.

For lack of a better word, this image embodies the very concept of "slop". Its mere existence is truly unpleasant.

Don't get me wrong: You CAN fake reality pretty close, e.g. selloak does very very convincing impressions of real food like post #159968

I hate to see what u think of liminal horror since this is the vibe i got from this, u see AI slop, i see a dude who may be terrified of his bathroom lol

DariyanSkie said:

I hate to see what u think of liminal horror since this is the vibe i got from this, u see AI slop, i see a dude who may be terrified of his bathroom lol

Put this way, one could also sell people with six or seven fingers to the approvers as a "liminal horror" :) :) :)

I think the kind of horror you're describing could be created by combining the style of artwork by Vanessa Smith, Stefan Koidl, Kane Parsons, and Vilhelm Hammershøi with hotel brochures or IKEA catalogs. It would be worth a try!

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