Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist and humorist James Lileks shared his AI “rejects.” He often combs web pages, thrift shops, auctions, Google Maps, and so on. to search out attention-grabbing visible inspiration for his each day weblog, The Bleat. Now he turned it round: he wrote descriptions of his desires to make use of as cues for AI picture mills. After which in fact he brings it full circle with his personal humorous feedback on the absurd outcomes.

In 2023 I began utilizing AI for example desires I might written down. The early variations I obtained from free websites had been dangerous. Once I tried to get Don Draper in a graveyard, and used the phrase “Mad Males,” I obtained horribly mad males. Ultimately I discovered Secure Diffusion and Midjourney and another app, and issues obtained a lot better.

However there’s at all times one thing off, one thing unsuitable, an unnerving reliance on teal. A few of these are attention-grabbing, although, both as a result of . . . they’re good, or the factor they cannot perceive makes it appear to be a dream picture

I first realized of James Lileks from his hilariously snarky guide “The Gallery of Regrettable Meals” and skim his weblog each day, now celebrating its twenty fifth yr.