Is nothing sacred? If anything is, the delight of drawing a little creature is one of our strongest contenders. Let's do a little experiment. Grab a pencil or pen, open up a new tab, Google"Pikachu," and draw that little guy. It doesn't have to be good; it's just for you.
I hate to make claims without concrete proof but these 2 pieces have that ai stank to them…. pic.twitter.com/21IDsXB9B8Users noted that a number of entries had that hard-to-quantify but distinct AI weirdness to them, and started posting results from AI content detection services like Hive.
While Pokémon is a particularly tragic venue for the ongoing concerns with AI-generated imagery, this is nowhere near the first time art contests have been derailed by machine-made submissions.