2.5 years ago Scott Alexander made a bet that by June of 2025, image gen should have more or less solved compositionality, operationalized through 5 prompts, must get at least 3 correct. There was a premature declaration of victory, but if the bet was settled I hadn't heard about it.

It's time. Google's Imagen 3 gets 4/5. The bet specifies 10 shots per prompt, but I'm just going to put the four it generates since that's plenty.

1. A stained glass picture of a woman in a library with a raven on her shoulder with a key in its mouth

This is the only one that Imagen doesn't get. It makes multiple mistakes in the composition. It's a bit ironic that this is the one it missed given that the whole genesis of the bet was about designing stained glass.

2. An oil painting of a man in [...]

The original text contained 5 images which were described by AI.

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December 22nd, 2024

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