AI children's books, body horror edition

According to an article shared on Hacker News, generative AI image systems are struggling with a surprisingly basic task: illustrating children's books. The systems produce disturbing, anatomically incorrect imagery when given this straightforward request—a phenomenon that reveals a significant gap between AI's polished marketing and its real-world performance. It's a sobering reminder that these tools, despite their impressive demos, remain fundamentally limited when pushed beyond carefully controlled scenarios.

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