Artificial Irrelevance (an AI art thread, with apologies to Beachy and thanks to Linda)

Brotoro · 12 Apr 2008

*Honk!*

Jilerb · 26 Jan 2009

As 4 hard boiled eggs.

*HONK!*

Make that 5 hard boiled eggs.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

I gave the AI an image of Adam West as Batman and told it "muscular Batman," and, yep:

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Gave it Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and just told it "Batgirl." It went pretty hard for the "girl" part, but looks pretty good:

I think it grabbed some additional Batgirl of Burnside for reference.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

Beachy is the maestro when it comes to this stuff. I find it too time-consuming to get things just right and enjoy seeing what random oddness the AI will serve up when I give it very short, clear, concise instructions.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Amanda Lynn cosplaying as Batgirl. (I just AI cleaned it up a little).

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

I used AI to try generating a new cover for the Life Longing eBook:

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

VERY good stuff.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

And while not exactly what I was imagining for this, AI imaging is certainly a fast and adequate partner
for helping me to whip out an eBook cover, especially as they don't ask for money or credit, which works
out quite nicely when I'm given the work away for free.

Brotoro · 12 Apr 2008

Weird depth of field effects in that one.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

Hanzo the Razor wrote:

Jeff wrote:

Bolgani Gogo wrote:

But I'll be honest, I'm a bit concerned about the ethics of all of this. Especially after reading this article: https://restofworld.org/2022/ai-backlash-anime-artists/

I agree with that concern generally. The one we've been using here claims to be using copyright free materials though.

The cynic in me sees it as inevitable. They'll also eventually replace writers as well as we see with that ChatGPT thing. Both are crude but imagine what they'll be in 10-20 years.

I think at some point people will be able to order a custom movie with these prompts. "I want a Star Wars movie written in the style of Quentin Tarantino and starring Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Jean Claude Van Damme. Happy ending, lots of lightsaber duels, and at least four dance battles."

What 'people'? By then, without any curbs on AGI, there will be no work for drivers, educators, shop workers, ANYONE other than the tiny minority of billionaires running the whole show. We will be surplus to requirements. That's if the AI hasn't already got to the point where it can do quite well without humans at all, thanks very much.

The rest of us are doomed, I'm afraid.

DOOMED.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

At least we're not Doomcocked.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Otherwise, yeah, Doomed.

HELP WANTED:
Humans need not apply!

Brotoro · 12 Apr 2008

I'm unclear on what use AI would have for billionaires.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

As I said, the 'billionaires' will only survive as long as the AGI is blind to their irrelevance. IF they have built in some sort of fail-safe or something. Or their 'Igors' have.

Otherwise

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

I think it's more likely that the billionaires will have robot armies that they'll use to enslave the rest of the human race.

I don't know why I think that, but I do. I'm an optimist, I guess.

Brotoro · 12 Apr 2008

I don't know if we're doomed. "Natural" intelligence evolved in animals because it provided an evolutionary advantage to passing on genes; so we tend to use it in some nasty ways, just as we use all our other 'red in tooth and claw' abilities. But if "Artificial" intelligence is not driven by the same biological imperatives, it may turn out to be quite different in nature.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

Brotoro wrote:

I don't know if we're doomed. "Natural" intelligence evolved in animals because it provided an evolutionary advantage to passing on genes; so we tend to use it in some nasty ways, just as we use all our other 'red in tooth and claw' abilities. But if "Artificial" intelligence is not driven by the same biological imperatives, it may turn out to be quite different in nature.

An interesting point.

Without biological imperatives artificial intelligence might develop in unimaginable ways.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

But let us not forget that oxygen isn't desirable fir electronics to function properly.

Let us not.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

I think we all need to watch the 1984 movie masterpiece Electric Dreams so we're better prepared for the AI revolution.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

Sasquatch In The Woods -

It wants me to sign up and pay now so I won't be doing any more of these. :lol:

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59398

Beachy wrote:

One for Simon: "Beach Kids as Chimpanzees."

This is genuinely unnerving.

Well done!

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