Thinking About AI
Jan. 22nd, 2024 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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...
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...
