The Blessings Of Censorship
Jul. 11th, 2024 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo I asked AI to make me a picture of a rich old man on his yacht. I intended satire. I wanted him to be physically unattractive and have a young blonde companion.
AI told me my prompt contained "forbidden" words.
So I whittled it down.
And it still contained "forbidden" words.
So I eliminated the blonde companion. On reflection I think the forbidden words were "very thin". I can understand why.
And I was left with this....
.
....Which isn't satirical at all. Or if it is the satire is very subtle, elliptical, a matter of perception....
And this is a beneficial, if unintended, consequence of censorship- that it makes the creator refine their first thoughts. The first thoughts may be crude. The second thoughts will be less so.
I no longer despise my little old man. I feel for him. Is he happy? I hope so, but I doubt it.
AI told me my prompt contained "forbidden" words.
So I whittled it down.
And it still contained "forbidden" words.
So I eliminated the blonde companion. On reflection I think the forbidden words were "very thin". I can understand why.
And I was left with this....
.
....Which isn't satirical at all. Or if it is the satire is very subtle, elliptical, a matter of perception....
And this is a beneficial, if unintended, consequence of censorship- that it makes the creator refine their first thoughts. The first thoughts may be crude. The second thoughts will be less so.
I no longer despise my little old man. I feel for him. Is he happy? I hope so, but I doubt it.
