storkhm
I am not sure why we struggle so much with that idea given the complexity of the situation.
There is just no way I would be doing that in 2023 as a kid. It was fun at the time because the alternative was even more boring.
Even a $300 racing drone looks pretty alien if you have never seen one. A $3 million dollar one would absolutely look like it is from another planet.
Going from 0 to 5% like this is probably taking the swim trunks off people who did completely prudent due diligence to not swim naked.
Even to the point of having an entire genre of "Horror" movies with a general theme of murder defining the genre.
We properly view those scenes though as complete fiction.
The 5.1 raw model is simply unbelievable for photo realistic images. There is 4a,4b,4c, 5, 5.1, 5.1 raw, the anime model I never use. All are interesting but how often do you read anyone mention what midjourney model they are talking about? Basically never.
There are certain circumstances that I have seen stable diffusion match the output but overall I don't even think it is close.
Personally, it wouldn't even occur to me to look for stock photos now as opposed to just making variations in midjourney. There is a bit of a learning curve with so many options in midjourney so I take anything I read about it with a grain of salt. Most people are using these tools to make absolute shit.