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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Poorly done AI generated "guide", posted by a bot.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Not sure if that was created by AI. I remember seeing this image a long time ago before generated images became a thing. Not saying it’s accurate, just that it was probably made by a human.

[–] weeeeum 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Pretty BS. Won't be surprised if it's AI generated. Architecture is far too complicated and varied to compare their characteristics from a tiny cartoonish building. Not to mention all architecture varies wildly from era and region.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think it's cute and not to be taken so seriously, but to be fair to the artist, the styles are pretty accurate. Obviously each country has its own rich history of different architectural styles, but each of the designs shown is fairly typical of that country.

It's also not AI; this image has been around for some years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Yeah, definitely saw the "China", "Taiwan", and "Thailand" styles depicted in the image out in Japan. It seemed to have a lot to do with era of construction.