A.I. Art...There's An App For That, Sort Of

A.I., Artificial Intelligence, it's all the rage. People much smarter than me have proclaimed the rise of A.I. as either one of the greatest developments of humanity, or something that will doom us all.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground.

For me, the programs are sort of a fad, something to kill time. I suppose I could use A.I. to generate these daily blog posts (maybe some of you would prefer it...). For the record, I've never used A.I. for the written words on these posts, but I have used the art.

Last week I found an A.I. app and thought I'd give it a chance. It works, sort of. I mean, some of what it generates is incredible, but other aspects--especially details on the people--they're not quite there. Of course, I did get the app when it was on sale, and by "on sale" I mean, free. I can only imagine if I were to fork over good money, the results would be (should be...) better.

Also, some of the results are puzzling at best. 

I put in a search for "Denmark" using the Steampunk filter and I got this: 

Still, could be worse.

In some ways, I want the "free" technology to improve and I'm sure it will. But, on the other hand, this means talented artists will not get contracts, not get paid for all the hard work they've put in. This is a very simplistic view, but there's some truth in it. 

When it comes to art, I don't know if I'll be using A.I. very much, as far as these posts specifically, or in general. Time will tell.

If you're interested in the app, here's the screenshot from the App Store.

AI Art...It's The Future

 If you spend any time on social media, you may have seen artwork created not by a human, well...at least not directly, but by a computer. These Artificial Intelligence-generated artwork can be found at many site--the good ones cost money. The not-as-good ones do not.

I have a story that's close to being done. It's about a demon hunter in the time of Christ. I thought it would be cool to see if these free sites could generate some artwork to accompany the story. Here are a few examples. I entered the prompt: Bible Warrior. You can see they're not to the level I would use in my story...

But, it's a start.

We're in the infancy when it comes to this technology, at least, for the novice user like myself. Considering how amazingly quick technology changes nowadays, I expect in no time even us casual users will be able to generate amazing renditions for projects like providing artwork for a novel, for example.

As with all things, there's a downside, especially if you're an artist who makes a living producing art the old fashioned way--through hard work. I can see a future where (hopefully...) people will pay a premium for human-created art. As with all things, time will tell.

Still, it's going to be a fun ride.