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The Kitten Effect

One thing I've noticed with image-generating algorithms is that the more of something they have to put in an image, the worse it is.

I first noticed this with the kitten-generating variant of StyleGAN, which often does okay on one cat:

A portrait of a black and white cat, looking at the camera with a shocked or possibly sarcastic open-mouthed expression
alternative for shocked_pikachu.png

but is