Turn up the prompt pressure — how hard the prompt is allowed to push, the setting labeled classifier-free guidance (CFG) — from loose to useful to brittle. The tool shows why more pressure can improve alignment at first, then create stiff, repeated, over-literal artifacts.
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At very low guidance, the system leans on broad learned defaults. The image can look plausible while ignoring prompt details.
In the middle range, the prompt direction steers subject, setting, and style while preserving enough variation to look natural.
At high guidance, the prompt gets amplified so hard that the simulated image becomes crowded, harsh, and artifact-prone.
Ask learners what they think happens when guidance increases. Better image? More literal image? Stranger image?
Move through the four presets and name what changes: prompt match, leftover defaults, and artifact pressure.
Switch scenarios and repeat the same slider movement. The mechanism should stay visible even as the prompt changes.
Write a precise claim about the tradeoff: where prompt alignment improves, and where over-guidance starts to damage the image.