In the last blog post, I wanted to play even more with artificial intelligence... in fact, all the content of the article was created by a machine, and not by me. Like any self-respecting experiment, I tried to push the bar a little further by letting the artificial intelligence create all the content and see the result. Can you ever forgive me for this trick?
The text of the article
As an initial indication to write the text, I gave this information to ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence dedicated to the creation of written text:
Write a blog post about an art experiment, where a simple sketch of a little man flying attached to a group of balloons is processed by artificial intelligence and transformed into beautiful illustrations. The generated images are colourful, beautiful and cheerful. The generated images are of different styles.
The text was generated in less than a minute, I automatically translated it from English using deepl.com (and then I translated it again for the english version of the blog post!). I read it and evaluated it: apart from being very didactic, it did not make me crazy with enthusiasm, but in order to continue the experiment I decided not to edit it. Only one paragraph was repeated practically twice, so I decided to remove it.
Images generated by artificial intelligence
the generated text are images also created by a machine. We took one of the sketches I had made quickly and then discarded, for the greeting card with the hot air balloon (I made that one, I swear!!) and 'fed' it to the artificial intelligence to process.
From sketch to processed image, exploiting artificial intelligence.
I must admit that the images generated are wonderful, at least from my point of view. In my head I had not evaluated the use of colours in that way, so it was a real surprise to be able to see the different directions I could have taken to process the sketch I had made. The evaluation of techniques or colours can be done in a very short time, using artificial intelligence for exploration. Do you think this means cheating, or taking advantage of a new possibility offered by an innovative tool?
My comments
In order to be consistent with the other blog articles done previously, I added comments under almost every image generated. Those are the only contents that were not created by a machine, apart from the starting sketch. I felt it was 'more believable'... otherwise you would have caught me right away!
Conclusions on the 'Part 3' experiment
From my point of view, the generation of material to be considered finished is not yet optimal: the texts are didactic, repetitive, and often verb tenses or writing style change after only a few sentences. They need to be reread and sorted out, although as a basis they can perhaps be helpful. I don't know.
For the visual part and for the use I have made of it, I think it is a very good tool to make evaluations and explorations, to help choose a direction. I cannot, as far as my activity is concerned, see it as a tool to create a finished work. I see it more as a piece of a broader path. Then it must surely be considered that artificial intelligence allows people who have little manual dexterity, or little knowledge of other artistic techniques, to express images they had in their heads but did not know how to externalise.
As technology advances, the 'artificial intelligence' tool will be improved and perfected more and more. New fields will also be discovered where its use will be useful: there is only the embarrassment of having enough creativity to identify them.
I do hope, however, that legal bases and regulations will be put in place for the use of AI. In addition to this, I also hope that awareness will be raised in people, and in children, to address the ethical and moral issues involved.
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