AI: Enough of the Terminator and Robots!
October 30, 2023
I read — yes, this is the real title — “Humanoid Robots, Glowing Brains, Outstretched Robot Hands, Blue Backgrounds, and the Terminator. These Stereotypes Are Not Just Overworked, They Can Be Surprisingly Unhelpful.” (I love the SEO influence.)
The article includes some suggested images; to wit:
To test what’s available. I navigated to Microsoft Bing and entered the prompt “photorealistic. artificial intelligence.” Here’s what Bing output:
Next I zipped to MidJourney and entered the same prompt. Here is what the innovators at that outfit provided:
Interesting. I love the hair on image V4, don’t you. Not creepy at all.
Some prompt crafters believe Microsoft Bing will not generate images of females. These AI confections sure look like women in the singularity mode.
Observations:
- The new images of AI are not as compelling as the “old” blue robot images. Why? Illustrating software is difficult and originality more difficult.
- The smart software produces images with less obscurity than the same images from the cited article. Sorry, humanoids, I like both the MidJourney and Microsoft Bing outputs.
- The most compelling images are ones which play on cultural tropes; that is, a menacing Terminator has more sizzle than a banana and a house plant.
Net net: Go with what catches the eye and sells. Also, let me know when the Leonardo of AI is “discovered.”
Stephen E Arnold, October 30, 2023
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