Greetings from Costa Rica! The image fun continues.

We Are Going to Need A Bigger Compute Budget

Fun is being had by all, now that OpenAI has dropped its rule about not mimicking existing art styles.

Sam Altman (2:11pm, March 31): the chatgpt launch 26 months ago was one of the craziest viral moments i’d ever seen, and we added one million users in five days.

We added one million users in the last hour.

Sam Altman (8:33pm, March 31): chatgpt image gen now rolled out to all free users!

Slow down. We’re going to need you to have a little less fun, guys.

Sam Altman: it's super fun seeing people love images in chatgpt.

but our GPUs are melting.

we are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits while we work on making it more efficient. hopefully won’t be [...]

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Outline:

(00:15) We Are Going to Need A Bigger Compute Budget

(02:21) Defund the Fun Police

(06:06) Fun the Artists

(12:22) The No Fun Zone

(14:49) So Many Other Things to Do

(15:08) Self Portrait

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First published:
April 3rd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GgNdBz5FhvqMJs5Qv/more-fun-with-gpt-4o-image-generation

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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Images from the article:

Anime-style student proudly holding PhD thesis about olfactory ethics.

Cartoon character sitting calmly in room filled with flames.

Comic showing AI system Gemini updating and telling chemistry joke.

Comic comparing criticizing AI art to criticizing store-bought versus hunted food.

Animated character in green jacket beneath calendar and

Anime-style boy smiling while building burns behind, fire truck nearby.

Three portrait photos showing same person wearing glasses and casual attire.

Portrait in cream sweater and brown corduroy jacket against blurred background.

Humorous chalkboard showing Studio Ghibli-themed acronyms for GPU, GPT, and AGI.

Ethereal glowing figure emerges from a man's hands in swirling starry background.

Illustration of person sitting at table with glowing ethereal figure.

Colorful magnetic letters on white fridge criticizing AI-generated Ghibli art style.

Information grid showing AI traits: emotional state, appearance, purpose, interactions

This appears to be a 3x4 grid of dark panels describing various characteristics and attributes of an AI system, including its emotional state, visual form, core purpose, and interaction styles. The text is presented in a clean, technical format with light text on dark backgrounds.

Business professional in navy suit gesturing with both hands raised.

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“More Fun With GPT-4o Image Generation” by Zvi

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