Thinking About AI

[poliphilo]

 1. An online friend says AI images strike them as "creepy". I see what they mean...

But I  prefer "uncanny".

"Uncanny" is what I'm aiming for

Uncanny in the sense of disturbing because unfamiliar-

Not quite of this world. 

 Dreamlike, visionary, peculiar....

I don't want photorealism- though something very like it is on offer.

 2. I write a prompt.

 And it's a bit like throwing the yarrow stalks, or laying out a Tarot spread, or swirling the tea leaves in the cup. 

 Divinatory.

I never know what I'm going to get.

Sometimes I get "Fuck off". Sometimes I get a nudge and a "Please define your terms a little more precisely".

Sometimes I get a shock to the system.- and "This isn't what you wanted, is it? But don't turn away because it's exactly what you need."

3. I do believe it can be called art.

But it's art without an artist.

Or perhaps it's art with a million artists.

I don't know exactly how much credit to claim for myself.

But I do know that if I'm simply mucking about the images I get are banal- and only if I'm fully engaged- and giving of myself- do I get anything worthwhile...

Comments

[cmcmck]

I tried a quote from a song that I know well and the result was.......interesting!

[poliphilo]

Fun innit!