DALL-E 2: A photograph of a robot playing vintage gaming consoles

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As someone that loves vintage gaming consoles, vintage computers (the Atari 800XL is my machine of choice from that era, I’ve owned about a dozen over the years and have since downsized to just 2), and vintage monitors I decided to try this query. DALL-E 2 created these with the prompt “A photograph of a robot playing vintage gaming consoles”

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Made with OpenAI DALL-E 2

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Made with OpenAI DALL-E 2

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Made with OpenAI DALL-E 2

Made with OpenAI DALL-E 2

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Made with OpenAI DALL-E 2

Made with OpenAI DALL-E 2

I’ve noticed that DALL-E 2 seems to struggle with controls, in most of these the buttons, switches, and knobs lack symmetry and refinement. Often looking like a chunk of the everlasting gobstopper in the Gene WIlder film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. I had previously noticed that it also struggles with lines on devices and buildings… it seems to understand what an edge/corner/window is but doesn’t understand quite how they should look.