Clive Thompson on Nostr: I generally have found the trend towards "let's illustrate this blog post / new story ...

I generally have found the trend towards "let's illustrate this blog post / new story with a Midjourney image" to be a little dreary ...

So many of the images tend towards "sci-fi hyperrealism" that it gets boring after a while

(And man, I'm someone who grew up on Omni magazine covers, so normally I'd *love* this stuff, lol)

But, I will say, the Midjourney illustrations for this Boing Boing post are total <chef's kiss>

https://boingboing.net/2023/11/15/horse-breaks-loose-on-boeing-747-forces-flight-to-turn-around.html