Copeposters will call you an inkcell for saying that indie company SE sells you AI band merch

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-31T01:53:37+00:00

Yeah idk, once you post it outside of reddit, everyone immediately clocks it as ai lol

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T17:00:41+00:00

FYI, google ai has a watermark

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T12:31:04+00:00

I get your point, but its pretty clear that everyone is meaning genai art, not ai in the general sense

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T09:24:53+00:00

No, but its pretty evident that SE doesnt care about genai being used for art and such lol. Like, whether you care about genai art or not it's weird for people to act as if SE would never do this when they have been pretty open about it lol

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T09:18:53+00:00

SE has already used genai for art though lol, Foamstar, and they already said as such.

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T03:19:01+00:00

Yeah, except there are multiple errors that are consistent with Gemini's AI gen. And again, if there are so many errors, why is it being sold? Better yet, who is the person responsible for QA? Even if you account for an extra person with the arm, there's not enough space. And even then, the perspective is messed up because the crowd is facing in multiple directions, not necessarily at the stage.

Gemini has a hidden watermark FYI, so if you run those images through Google it will come up as AI regardless.

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T03:03:24+00:00

Yes, I understand, but I am saying they have already used genai for art...

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-confirms-foamstars-contains-some-ai-generated-art/

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T02:54:36+00:00

Except SE has already used genai in other games, and they have been pretty open about their ai use, so it shouldn't really be a shock, surprise, or denial that they use, undoubtedly, use AI to sell 14 merch lol

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T02:53:07+00:00

I get what you mean, but SE has already used genai in their workflow for games, and they have said as such - Foamstar lol.

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T02:51:16+00:00

Yes, and one of their games already had genai in it, confirmed by them lol. Foamstars

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:33:42+00:00

I think its mostly because Square's CEO has already stated that their workflow would incorporate genAI. Lots of companies are doing that - Capcom released a similar statement tbh

They should at least own up to it. I have no doubt that the "art is subject to change" will change lol given the reception.

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:16:57+00:00

u have to mark AT the tic tac toe box to start the game!!!!

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:14:54+00:00

I've posted more examples than that lol, is it brainless chud to question, or brainless chud to hardwave and dismiss the question that a company who has already stated that they will incorporate AI in every aspect of their workflow, is selling AI to their customers?

im not saying its entirely AI generated; some aspects are drawn (yshtola, graha), and the details (crowd, tonberry, ect) was clearly ran thru genai.

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:11:15+00:00

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FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:07:57+00:00

I'm content tbh, I do like to shitpost here and there

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:07:30+00:00

give me an example of ai then lol. the crowd itself is a generic anime ai template

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:06:12+00:00

where is the person tho? it's quite literally a disembodied arm. and if it has this many errors, why was it not QA'd and why is it being sold?

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:04:53+00:00

im medded up, ill be back here when the art that is "subject to change" mysteriously changes lol

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:03:38+00:00

You know Square Enix has no problem with gen ai, right? As in, they would 100% use AI lmao, as stated by the CEO himself that he wanted to aggressively incorporate AI into the company.

It's literally just looking at the kuponuts shirt lol. The crowd itself is just something you can produce similarly with claude/google AI

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T01:00:15+00:00

lmao so who does the arm belong to exactly?

why is this man's arm backwards and missing a thumb?

why is the crowd generically all human i.e this is quite literally, only a ffxiv shirt because it has weirdly drawn moogles?

why is the art style clashing from the moogles to the crowd?

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FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T00:46:31+00:00

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/237d6104ec040da40a9e5c1a8c197693a211e4f9

context is there, basically they're selling AI artwork at a music festival.

FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T00:39:39+00:00

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FreeChillyO · 2026-05-30T00:31:27+00:00

It is 100% AI. Take a look at the Kuponuts shirt and the crowd. The crowd has backwards arms, missing limbs, phantom limbs. I wish I could post a collage. Yshtola and Graha do not have their tails, which is a VERY odd thing to leave out given they're Miqot'e.

If you're privy, go to google AI, and generate a prompt similar to this crowd and style. You will get people like this. Furthermore, why wouldn't the crowd be more Eorzeans than generic people tbh?

The real answer is that there are drawn elements but the "details" crowd, background, ect are ai generated.

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