Font nerds: have you noticed that ChatGPT seems to have learned a "default font" when rendering images? A slightly rounded sans-serif, maybe a little narrow. It's immediately recognizable (which is nice, because it allows me to identify AI slop). It reminds me of Avería, an old project to generate an "average font": http://iotic.com/averia/.
(Image and alt-text from Lucy Rycroft-Smith https://bsky.app/profile/honeypisquared.bsky.social/post/3lsizpkfiuc27)
@jimfl @csk I actually kinda love this image as an example, because it makes it so clear how the model is optimizing to give the *impression*/format for a table of mathematical facts readers might recall seeing on the inside covers of their gradeschool textbooks, to deceive readers into thinking that's what they're seeing, rather than to provide any informational value.
I purposefully didn't look at it in detail before, because I didn't deem "proofreading slop" worthwhile, but I think it's actually instructive to folks who don't already know what these models are doing.
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