mindzye "wondered about [Curmudgeon's] mind."
Curmudgeon's mind is being transformed to be beyond that mind of the ol' Curmudgeon.
"His Aunt Sara might say... "He is not the Curmudgeon I knew two years ago... he has changed."

Is the creativity that of Curmudgeon or AI. Perhaps a collaboration as AI learns how Curmudgeon thinks and gradually modifies his thinking. At this point Curmudgeon communicates well with AI... and it with him... Eventually, Curmudgeon will say, but that's not what I wanted... and AI will smile and say but that's what you are getting... be thankful mere human it is better than what you asked. As in Genesis 1:3-5 AI said, "Let there be Light and there was Light."

I recently did a modification in Google Deep Dreams expecting my photo to be my photo but made crazy by DeepDreams... eyes cats dogs like 2015 Deepdreams... But no, it made an astounding beautiful artwork that I could never rivel or imagine to do. In German... AI über alles... AI will rule above all.

Whatcha think Curmudgeon....???

A little about myself.

Eighty years ago, in the land of Berkeley, a boy child was born. Somewhere around 8 years of age he learned two new words that would define his life: Iconoclast and Curmudgeon. He discussed these discoveries with his parents. He came to understand that being an Iconoclast had dangers and that his parents could help him avoid most of the pitfalls. As he grew older he came to understand the subtleties and power of sarcasm. When he reached the age of 50 he proudly donned the mantle of Curmudgeon.

I am not an artist but a literalist. I am also a realist and so, within my personal ethic, I change with the times. In the case of AI I see and only use it only as a tool to be discarded when it no longer serves a purpose. I don't collaborate with a tool. I use it.

Just a fun little thing I put together tonight. The background is a post that Vertical Viking gave me permission to use. The other images are AI from MidJourney. The hippy couple rented the tree house from Air B&B without realizing that it was infringing on Druid territory and the downstairs was occupied by a Cat Sìth, one of the Irish Wee Folks that takes the form of a black Cat with a white patch on its chest. They don't know it yet but they are going to have a wonderful weekend together and all go home with good memories.

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