Monday, September 12, 2022

MidJourney

AI generated image of a moon over a city shoreline, both oddly reflected in waves.
I have been trying to get MidJourney to create images that aren't a Lovecraftian Cthulu-scape.  The program works well for poems and abstract images of static objects, like buildings and trees.  I had fairly good success putting in lyrics from an old We Three song the other day ("...the moon sails over city lights, sails over stars and the water's edge.").

AI generated image of a black cat, possibly wearing a jacket, having a high tea with savories.
MidJouney did fairly well with still life prompts, like "High tea in a garden with roses and lavender," but not so well with "Black cat having high tea in a garden with roses and lavender" until I also pointed it at a picture of our cat, Cicero.  Still... the AI has a penchant for adding third (or fourth or fifth) eyes, drawing cyclops-cats, or inserting demonic felines.  Or just making lopsided kitties.  One particular specimen looked like the love-child of a cat and a snowy owl.

I am reminded of a 1970's Sesame Street short where a disembodied man's voice is asking disembodied children's voices how to draw an elephant, which has many moments of kids shrieking, "Not like THAT!" and laughing. 

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