AI Image Generators Limit Creativity to 12 Default Styles, Study Finds

TL;DR
A study found that AI image generators tend to converge on a limited set of about 12 visual styles, regardless of initial prompts, creating a phenomenon likened to 'visual elevator music.' This pattern persisted across different models and parameters, indicating a tendency toward generic, repetitive motifs in AI-generated images.
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