AI will try to paint what you tell it to, often generating surreal horrors

[beschizza]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/21/ai-will-try-to-paint-what-you.html

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[TobinL]

[Boundegar]

Indigestion. Somebody fed it too much Dali.

[lastchance]

[Arduenn]

“Penis and vagina number 4563546” - Pixels on LED screen, 2018

[emo_pinata]

[NovaeDeArx]

“Robots devour humanity” - very utopian.

[Bunbain]

WTF I thought this thing was trained to paint birds, at least. I want my money back!

[NovaeDeArx]

Careful about what you ask for. “A woman made out of faces” was perhaps too much.

[Bunbain]

OK, I’m satisfied now.
“A dog eating birthday cake”

[Lexicat]

A piece of bone carved to resemble a femur.

[FGD135]

[MaiqTheLiar]

I’m knocked out by these images.
The AI is our subconscious… maybe?

Is this Miro’s death of painting?

Do I need another cup of coffee… or maybe a whiskey?

[FGD135]

[FGD135]

[FGD135]

Okay, I need someone with a degree in Art History to come up with an explanation why this is brilliant.

[notthatmia]

Got just what I asked for:

Ceci n’est pas une pipe.

[CongenitalOptimist]

Relevant:

[karl_jones]

“Toilet Bowl on the White House Lawn”

Attribution

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