tomc601 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

There's been much discussion about AI imaging of late and the offerings seem to be expanding at an exponential rate. My daughter is interested in starting an Etsy business and has asked for my help with imaging. We started talking about what can be done and my granddaughter, who will be studying animation next year at ASU, said most of the stuff you see on Etsy is now being generated by AI. I'm old. I poo poo almost everything. Said how good could it be. So she reminded me that I'm old and I poo poo almost everything. Sounded like a challenge to me.
So it was off to midjourney.com to create an image. Attached is my first image. Just using my words. I told my granddaughter she should switch majors to medicine.
Now I'm not saying it's a masterpiece. But to be able to create this image with no input from pen, ink or paint or using my hands in any way in just a couple of minutes is very telling as to where we are headed.
I spent 30 years of my life selling film, cameras, color paper and lab equipment. We know where that went. I finished up in the CD and DVD business. (No, I don't buy lottery tickets.) What will the image creation business look like in a couple of years?

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

WOW!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

This looks like a major work from Jan Van Eyck, it is so phenomenally beautiful But I agree with your assessment Are we slowly evolving into humans who will have big bodies and tiny little pin-heads unsuitable for creativity on our own

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

What a wonderful photograph
Can you still call it a photograph?
Whatever it is -- It's a real treat
-- Thanks for sharing

rwm283main Loc: Terryville, CT

Beautiful transformation. Would like to see the original please ; )
Rich

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

The curtain, and then the pear, the apple, and whatever those nondescript red-orange things might be (berries of some kind? perhaps strawberries or --banish the thought!-- the deadly Red-Orange Berries of Death!??!) that lay in that, what? faux-ish ceramic pedistaled bowl? all lack texture, and thus look either fake or insufficiently processed. Thus proving that while your spoken AI may have eyes, the multi-segmented insect eyes it apparently has has gone beserk and artificially generated something that's poorly connected to its heart. Or its brain. Or maybe its spleen or liver or gizzard. Because Mr/Ms AI, like most Neo-Platonic un-critters, can --when pushed-- go balls-to-the-walls, but it/they don't gotta soul, and it/they don't got toenails, either. In other words: egads, my good man; what hath Hades wrought???

I recommend a good going over in the august editor of Gimp before taking this monstrosity mainstream.

13 Loc: I am only responsible to what I say..not what

Very nice indeed!!!

tomc601 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

There is no other original artwork except that which is in my brain. I asked the computer to create this image based on suggestions I made and the computer created the image.

Bill_de Loc: US

On the bright side, maybe these new technologies will help us expand our vision in ways we have yet to dream up.

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rwm283main Loc: Terryville, CT

Thanks Tom. I checked out the website and asked it to create a couple of simple images and low and behold they popped up with an artistic look. I'll have to try it again giving it a few more variables to see what it gives back. Could be fun. ~Rich

tramsey Loc: Texas

I agree with you, it truly is a masterpiece

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

If NOTHING else why go through a laborious partial exposure adjustment when you could just say " Siri, could you lighten up the exposure on those backlit trees and maybe do something about the texture " . Naysayers are doomed just as they were denying digital over film... I think it is called the "age" factor.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Fantastic image
Great advice to your grand daughter !!!
Since I create my own images I don't really care what happens

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Just recently there have been two lawsuits filed over copyright use of AI generated images. The most recent, is Getty Images.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent.