poliphilo

I have an idea in my head, sometimes even a fairly clear picture. I put it into words that I think a machine mind will understand, keeping it simple, and then offer it as a prompt to my AI collaborator.

This first prompt is like the first cast of a fly over a trout stream. I hardly expect it to be successful.

The image the AI comes up with may approximate my idea- or it may be way off beam. Sometimes it's an improvement. Usually it's something I can work with.

And then comes the process of refinement and adjustment. It may be a matter of "evolving" the image or it may be a matter of rewriting the prompt, taking things out, putting things in. Like any creative process it can be laborious and frustrating.

Sometimes I have to abandon the process and approach the subject from a new angle.

I hate to be beaten.

Just one more try....

Oh alright, just one more and then we're done.....

But that hand has an extra finger. That won't do......

Eventually my collaborator and I arrive at a result we can live with....