Friday, February 23, 2024

Simian simulations

It's a little pointless to mock AI since, of course, there's nobody there. But sometimes its glitches are revealing of what's out there in the cloud of online images- as the variously peaked and temple-like Kailashes are. Still, when I thought it might be amusing to have Adobe Firefly generate a picture of Charles Darwin sitting under a tree
 for yesterday's blogpost I most certainly didn't expect my get this! Or - a little more formally dressed when placed in the library - this:
I tried adding details to kickstart evolution. Under a tree with a cup of tea was still a baboon. My breakthrough came with a more detailed prompt - though it's still not your usual Darwin.