{"id":448,"date":"2022-09-09T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T21:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/?p=448"},"modified":"2023-07-13T20:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T01:44:21","slug":"fun-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/2022\/09\/09\/fun-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_luck_chance_prudence_gaul_lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds_30be5ce5-92a6-45f2-883b-81c5b3fc7bc0.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_luck_chance_prudence_gaul_lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds_30be5ce5-92a6-45f2-883b-81c5b3fc7bc0-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"AI generated image of a shooting star streaking upward through fluffy clouds in a dark teal sky\" class=\"wp-image-450\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_luck_chance_prudence_gaul_lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds_30be5ce5-92a6-45f2-883b-81c5b3fc7bc0.png 1024w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_luck_chance_prudence_gaul_lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds_30be5ce5-92a6-45f2-883b-81c5b3fc7bc0-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_luck_chance_prudence_gaul_lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds_30be5ce5-92a6-45f2-883b-81c5b3fc7bc0-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_luck_chance_prudence_gaul_lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds_30be5ce5-92a6-45f2-883b-81c5b3fc7bc0-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Prudence, Gaul, Chance, Lucky, Max<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_botticelli_meets_andrea_kowch_women_with_cicadas_and_do_417ff5b8-a68e-4847-bb89-f018af7fa8ab.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_botticelli_meets_andrea_kowch_women_with_cicadas_and_do_417ff5b8-a68e-4847-bb89-f018af7fa8ab-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Surrealist landscape with female almost-figures, yellow flowering bushes covering a field, and a creature that looks to be part dog, part cicada\" class=\"wp-image-451\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_botticelli_meets_andrea_kowch_women_with_cicadas_and_do_417ff5b8-a68e-4847-bb89-f018af7fa8ab.png 1024w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_botticelli_meets_andrea_kowch_women_with_cicadas_and_do_417ff5b8-a68e-4847-bb89-f018af7fa8ab-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_botticelli_meets_andrea_kowch_women_with_cicadas_and_do_417ff5b8-a68e-4847-bb89-f018af7fa8ab-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tatbaar_botticelli_meets_andrea_kowch_women_with_cicadas_and_do_417ff5b8-a68e-4847-bb89-f018af7fa8ab-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Botticelli meets Andrea Kowch, women with cicada and dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing with Midjourney, my newest AI-art fascination. At top, a &#8220;first-roll&#8221; image upscaled (but not otherwise adjusted), based on a few abstract nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, another early attempt with language referencing other artists. I love the weird way the AI blended the dog and cicada into one critter. I shared this on social media, and one of my pet-loving friends asked &#8220;Is that a DOGGG???&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been playing with Midjourney, my newest AI-art fascination. At top, a &#8220;first-roll&#8221; image upscaled (but not otherwise adjusted), based on a few abstract nouns. Below, another early attempt with language referencing other artists. 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