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4 fingers say it all.
12024-09-23T08:32:45-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f596plain2024-09-23T11:22:54-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The human form is notoriously difficult to capture - ask any artist you know. This gallery contains many examples of DALL-E's struggle to depict faces and hands: here we see a woman with only 4 fingers on her right hand (and a strange profile to boot). DALL-E is no Da Vinci. Nor is it a great historian. The image is full of smiling women, neat cobblestones, and perfect fruit, but don't be fooled. Reality was neither as tidy nor as pleasant.
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12024-09-19T15:33:07-04:00Olive Colesfb4fbcee067a941cdd754bb445e31c29ce94b225Local "We Don't Just Sell Watermelons" Women6From their stalls in the market these women heard every shred of gossip flying around Kherson. The "ura!" that would signal the start of looing? The rampaging and crushing of watermelons? They heard about - and spread the word about - everything before it happened.plain2024-09-23T11:37:10-04:0046.64224589070439, 32.61588865931066Image generated with DALLE-3 using prompt: Can you generate an image of a group of women working hard selling watermelons and gossiping about the fact that there would soon be an “Uraaa!” and a crushing of melons and watermelons in late 18th century Kherson in imperial Russia?Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
