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Random AI-generated images #7

On By Jon UreñaIn Arte, Inteligencia artificial4 Comments

A neural network runs laps in some supercomputer to generate images, most of which will be better than anything you will ever produce. Just accept it the same way you would be proud of your talented spawn. But hope that the neural networks of the future don’t figure out that we have become obsolete.

Just a duck. Now why did I ask the AI to generate a duck? I don’t remember.
A fluffy bear somewhat in the style of Kentaro Miura, some guy who died.
Supposedly a toy sniper rifle, for a child’s murdering needs.
A balloon either made of or filled with gems.
The average office worker.
The prompt was “a gun that shoots stars.”
I have a soft spot for Ice Age creatures.
Apparently for this one I wanted a berserker dinosaur.
A minotaur wearing a tracksuit.
More minotaur imagery.
Intriguing ancient stuff.
Underwater sculptures.
The beginning of a deep-sea expedition.
Could find their way to Mariana.

We’re Fucked, Pt. 70: AI-generated images

On By Jon UreñaIn Arte, Escritura, Inteligencia artificial1 Comment

An online service that is becoming increasingly popular offers any old dolt the opportunity to send a prompt to a trained neural network, which will spit back a generated image. Some of those images turn out to be masterpieces. At least one of those images was good enough to win a contest, which pissed off the human participants. The age of mankind is coming to an end.

This chapter’s set of related images felt lackluster, but it’s better than nothing. Here’s the link to chapter 70.

The various ways I got the AI to depict our couple’s sudden daughter.
When told to depict the child drawing a forest, the neural network generally wanted to make the child part of the drawing.
The AI generated these as I was trying to figure out how the child would draw her home. I used the last image as reference. This neural network got the notion right when I added to the prompts that the image should be a “drawing by a Paleolithic child on paper.”
“I hope that no extinct demon follows me back to our world.”
“Fragments from the Taurid meteor stream bombarded our planet in an apocalyptic cataclysm.”
“I wanted to explore fog-shrouded mountains, forgotten caves, cursed forests, sunken ships, submerged islands, deep abysses.”
The Slavic mercenary, looking fancier than she has any right. What’s with that fucked up hand?
“A friendly but likely fake smile that conceals the grimace lurking underneath.”
Very competent latte art.
“Endless cycle of arousal and depression.”
“My brain is scraping the bottom of a rusty barrel for enough nourishment so I can think coherently.”
“I’m running out of the necessary energy to restrain my primal instincts.”
The neural network’s notion of an ice age princess.
“Soon enough we will all go extinct.”
Can we still celebrate anything even when the ground sloths, mammoths and mastodons are already gone?

Random AI-generated images #6

On By Jon UreñaIn Arte, Inteligencia artificial2 Comments

A neural network that generates masterpieces from simple prompts? That’s not true, that’s impossible!

This was my attempt at getting the AI to generate the kind of images that would work as the illustrations for cards. I imagine this being some sort of crude tool that the player would equip.
My prompt was “Godzilla fighting demons.” No demons in the picture, but I don’t mind.
Another triceratops selfie.
Ice sheet.
Caribou man.
Caribou man as depicted by Zdzisław Beksiński. Not much Caribouing going on, but notice the extreme quality; this was the work of the upgraded beta version of the AI, that has gone offline again.
Depictions of Paleolithic children, obviously inspired by my ongoing novel “We’re Fucked”.
Flaming flamingo.
New attempts to depict Harelactal from my beloved poem “Sasquatch Goddess”.
Meteorite apocalypse.
A toxic end.

The following and final sequence managed to disturb me, so you might want to skip it.

This sequence started with the prompt “creeping sickness invading my brain.” Most of the images, though, are variations of previous generations.