The wonders and threats of Artificial Intelligence have been part of the public imagination since the very first science fiction stories. HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey to DATA on Star Trek: The Next Generation
I had a chance to play around with DALL·E 2, the internet program that creates “original, realistic images and art from a text description. It can combine concepts, attributes, and styles.
DALL·E 2 has learned the relationship between images and the text used to describe them. It uses a process called ‘diffusion,’ which starts with a pattern of random dots and gradually alters that pattern towards an image when it recognizes specific aspects of that image.”
Here’s the link to DALL·E 2 :
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I typed in the command “Impressionistic painting of a female author writing on a wooden desk in a field of crimson clover with rainbow overhead”
Here’s what DALL·E 2 produced:
Impressive!
Will A.I. replace artists? Musicians? Can a program write the great American novel? Is any creative endeavor safe from A.I.?
Only time will tell.
A few more of my Dall E creations for your enjoyment.
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