Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?

· · July 22, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses an experiment by Dylan Castillo that analyzes whether AI labs have been specifically training models to create images of pelicans on bicycles. In a detailed methodology, he tests various animal and vehicle combinations across several AI models, concluding there’s no significant advantage for any AI lab in rendering the pelican-bicycle combination compared to other subjects.
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