One of the best parts of my job is laughing at the truly terrible, deeply flawed, occasionally frightening AI images that pop out while I review different AI image generators. I spend a lot of time playing around with AI in ChatGPT, Midjourney and Adobe, and I’ve learned that no AI generator is perfect. But there are some common patterns, things that many AIs struggle with.
Every image generator is unique, but I’ve spent enough time with them to recognize some patterns. There are certain things AIs are prone to mess up — fingers on hands, overlapping elements, extremely fine details, etcetera. Some AI image programs give you tools to edit these mistakes, which is great. But when you can’t, these are my tried-and-true tips for tweaking your prompts and settings to fix your images.
These are the biggest problems I found and how to fix them. For more, check out the best AI image generators and our guide to effective AI image prompt writing.
