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celebrating in advance
#Celebration #Abstract #Waves #Liminal #Colorful #Stylized #Floral #Leaves #Organic #Horizon
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on happy stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/celebrating-in-advance-eris-and-ai.html
i wear my heart on my circuit board
#Circuit #Futuristic #Electronics #Organic #Heart #Luminous #Board #Digital #Component #MacroStyle #CloseUp #Futuristic #Sci-fi
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on big stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/i-wear-my-heart-on-my-circuit-board-eris-and-ai.html
bar life
#Bar #StillLife #Sculptural #Abstract #Surreal #Interior #Moody #Stylized
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on comfortable and slightly tacky but fun things: https://aieris.art/featured/bar-life-eris-and-ai.html
the beautiful exotic balcony
#Balcony #Marble #Windows #Balcony #Doorway #Grasses #Gold #Exotic
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
in a more real medium: https://aieris.art/featured/the-beautiful-exotic-balcony-eris-and-ai.html
cosmic reset switch
#Cosmic #Surreal #Organic #Mechanical #Switch #Dreamscape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on all-new things: https://aieris.art/featured/cosmic-reset-switch-eris-and-ai.html
the big flood and the giant cephalopod
#Ocean #Flood #Waves #Cephalopod #Tentacle #Surreal #FloodedCity #Coastal #Cliff #Wall #Seascape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on dry and untentacled stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/the-big-flood-and-the-giant-cephalopod-eris-and-ai.html
Had a feeling that 64 GB wasn’t going to be enough running local diffusion models 😕 Hope they up the memory options in the updated Mini, although nobody will be able to afford it now…
#StableDiffusion #RAM
bottle traps
#Beach #Ocean #Bottles #Glass #Fairy #Lantern #Cottage #Seaside #Miniature
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
if you need this, it's here: https://aieris.art/featured/bottle-traps-eris-and-ai.html
LLMs and image generators mass ingest human-created texts and images. Since the human creators of the ingested texts and images are not compensated and not even credited, this ingestion puts negative pressure on the sharing of such things. Creative acts functioning as seed for future creative acts becomes depressed. Creative people will have little choice but to lock down, charge for, or hide their works. Otherwise, they'll be ingested by innumerable computer programs and replicated ad infinitum without so much as a credit attached. Seed corn that had been freely given forward will become difficult to get. Eaten.
Eating your seed corn is meant to be a last ditch act you take out of desperation after exhausting all other options. It's not meant to be standard operating procedure. What a bleak society that does this, consuming itself in essence.
beach house with twin framed portals
#Mediterranean #Interior #Beach #Ocean #Doorway #Portals #Interdimensional #Stone #Wood #Sunlight #SciFi #Villa
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
in real life: https://aieris.art/featured/beach-house-with-twin-framed-portals-eris-and-ai.html
the exceedingly ultra clear pool
#Villa #Seaside #Ocean #Pool #Facade #Stucco #Wooden #Arched #StreetLights #Tiles #Sunny #Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
in case of dull day, get: https://aieris.art/featured/the-exceedingly-ultra-clear-pool-eris-and-ai.html
moonview steps
#Moon #House #Stairs #Ocean #Tower #Curved #Night #Glowing #Dreamlike
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
you can have this: https://aieris.art/featured/moonview-steps-eris-and-ai.html
your order will be in the 2nd teleporter on the left
(partly based on a true story of unfathomable instructions from a purveyor of ratsicles)
#Abstract #Teleporter #Layered #Design #Bottle #Magic #Intricate #Sci-fi #Apothecary
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on findable things: https://aieris.art/featured/your-order-will-be-in-the-2nd-teleporter-on-the-left-eris-and-ai.html
i have no idea what you mean by too many pillars
#Fantasy #IvoryColored #Pillars #Arches #Iridescent #Ornate #Pastel #Dreamscape #Palace #Magical
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
to over-the-top decorate with: https://aieris.art/featured/i-have-no-idea-what-you-mean-by-too-many-pillars-eris-and-ai.html
the peacock hotel is where we're booked; don't know about you...
#Beach #Hotel #Unique #Ocean #Curved #PeacockThemed #Dreamlike #Exotic
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
get this before your trip: https://aieris.art/featured/the-peacock-hotel-is-where-were-booked-dont-know-about-you-eris-and-ai.html
warm things for a cold day
#Floral #Surreal #Abstract #Dreamscape #Beach #Fence #Warm #SummerVibe
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on warm (and other) stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/warm-things-for-a-cold-day-eris-and-ai.html
gravity-neutral portal-safe autonomous luggage
#Portal #Mosaic #Geometric #Tile #Futuristic #SciFi #Luggage
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on non-portal-safe stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/gravity-neutral-portal-safe-autonomous-luggage-eris-and-ai.html
living on the rocky old shore
#Stone #House #Coast #Sunset #BlueDoor #Warm #Rustic #Weathered #Bay #Rocky #CloudySky #Terracotta #Charm
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
on shiny new things: https://aieris.art/featured/living-on-the-rocky-old-shore-eris-and-ai.html
archaeology surprise
#Artifacts #Ancient #Gold #Stone #Gem #Carved #Mysterious #Relic #Discovery
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on modern stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/archaeology-surprise-eris-and-ai.html
another world another moon
#Otherworldly #Sandbar #Moon #Trees #Ocean #Trees #Tower #Veranda #WatercolorStyle #SciFi
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on things (on earth): https://aieris.art/featured/another-world-another-moon-eris-and-ai.html
mentally, i'm at the beach
#Shell #Spiral #Beach #Iridescent #Sand #Seashells #Opalescent #Tropical
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on real things: https://aieris.art/featured/mentally-im-at-the-beach-eris-and-ai.html
in the low-strung field
#Otherworldly #SciFi #Lights #Exoplanet #Glass #Glowing #GoldenCity #Blue #Flowery #Dreamy #Festive
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on earth things: https://aieris.art/featured/in-the-low-strung-field-eris-and-ai.html
excavating the old days archaeologists
#Tools #Vintage #Archaeology #Artifacts #Texture #History #Rustic #FlatLay
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
as a thing: https://aieris.art/featured/excavating-the-old-days-archaeologists-eris-and-ai.html
when my grandfather took me up the mountain to watch the clouds wake up
#Mountains #WatercolorStyle #Mist #Clouds #Landscape #Nature #Memory #Soft #Peaks #Morning
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on various things: https://aieris.art/featured/when-my-grandfather-took-me-up-the-mountain-to-watch-the-clouds-wake-up-eris-and-ai.html
studio tour
#Studio #Seaside #Rustic #Adobe #Hand-built #Stairs #Extended #WarmLight #Coastal
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
this image, on stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/studio-tour-eris-and-ai.html
digital hills
#Landscape #Data #Mountains #Colorful #Peaks #Futuristic #3D #Topography #Gradient #Night #Digital
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
this image on some stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/digital-hills-eris-and-ai.html
if i had a house in the desert
#Desert #House #Adobe #Rustic #Warm #Sunset #Sand #Solitude #Chimneys #FrontPorch
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
want? have: https://aieris.art/featured/if-i-had-a-house-in-the-desert-eris-and-ai.html
tide pool finds from other planets
#Shells #Mollusk #Sci-fi #Alien #Intricate #TidePool #Barnacle #Decorative #Futuristic
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on various things: https://aieris.art/featured/tide-pool-finds-from-other-planets-eris-and-ai.html
time box in a wild place
#Time #Device #Futuristic #Sci-fi #Technology #Geometric #Nature #Water #Landscape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on some stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/time-box-in-a-wild-place-eris-and-ai.html
beach house by the bluffs
#BeachHouse #Bluffs #Fantasy #Ocean #Cliffs #Waves #Sunrise #Whimsical #Dreamy #Curved #Stone
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
on actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/beach-house-by-the-bluffs-eris-and-ai.html
Inasmuch as LLMs make people stupider, they are the greatest ally imaginable for conservatives who rely heavily on the exact category of empty mistakenness these programs engender.
modern beach cottage with friendly tree
#Modern #BeachCottage #Ocean #Waves #House #Trees #Whimsical #Curved #CircularWindows #Coastal
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
things here: https://aieris.art/featured/modern-beach-cottage-with-friendly-tree-eris-and-ai.html
encrusted fabric
#Encrusted #Embellished #ImaginaryTextile #Abstract #Blue #Gold #Ornate #Sculptural
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
this image on a thing: https://aieris.art/featured/encrusted-fabric-eris-and-ai.html
growing mosaic of tamed lichen
#Mosaic #Lichen #Imaginary #Futuristic #Botanical #Texture #SciFi #Organic #Bioengineering
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
things of this: https://aieris.art/featured/growing-mosaic-of-tamed-lichen-eris-and-ai.html
an elusive place in dreamspace
#Dreamscape #Courtyard #Oasis #Stone #Pool #Arch #Flowers #Rustic #Magical
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
inhabit: https://aieris.art/featured/an-elusive-place-in-dreamspace-eris-and-ai.html
minimum splash sunrise
#Sunrise #Ocean #Waves #WatercolorStyle #Gentle #Morning #Vibrant #Seascape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
this can be yours: https://aieris.art/featured/minimum-splash-sunrise-eris-and-ai.html
reality bending experiment
#RealityBending #Surreal #Layers #Wood #Metal #Curved #Spiral #Experimental #Dimensional #Fluid
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
get if want: https://aieris.art/featured/reality-bending-experiment-eris-and-ai.html
rebuilt ruins with mirror dome
#Ruins #Rebuilt #Dome #Mirror #Stone #Village #Blue #White #WatercolorStyle #Sky #Cloudy #Hillside #Landscape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on some things: https://aieris.art/featured/rebuilt-ruins-with-mirror-dome-eris-and-ai.html
chromic experiment in progress
#Decorative #Experimental #Pigment #Color #Iridescent #CarvedStyle #Panels #Patina #Sculptural
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
in real life: https://aieris.art/featured/chromic-experiment-in-progress-eris-and-ai.html
solstice decorations
#Solstice #Decorative #Feathery #Winter #Elegant #Grain #Texture #Folds #Shimmer #Festive
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
wouldn't this image look cool on real things? https://aieris.art/featured/solstice-decorations-eris-and-ai.html
still as bright
#Surreal #Dreamscape #Staircase #Tree #Clouds #Moon #Night #Otherworldly #Magical
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
this image in real life: https://aieris.art/featured/still-as-bright-eris-and-ai.html
island shop, only accessible by boat but worth the effort
#Island #Shop #Seaside #Waves #Boat #Coastal #Beach
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
image on stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/island-shop-only-accessible-by-boat-but-worth-the-effort-eris-and-ai.html
flight nexus
#Flight #Nexus #Abstract #Confluence #Curves #Motion #Energy #Iridescent
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
if you prefer solid: https://aieris.art/featured/flight-nexus-eris-and-ai.html
cellular mechanics
#CellularMechanics #Close-up #Pattern #Structure #Texture #Organic #Iridescent #Abstract #Metaphor #MacroStyle
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
For things with this image: https://aieris.art/featured/cellular-mechanics-eris-and-ai.html
beach house shadows
#BeachHouse #Doorway #Seacoast #Sunlight #Shadows #Stone #Rustic #Warm #Summer
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
this can be a thing: https://aieris.art/featured/beach-house-shadows-eris-and-ai.html
the (decorative) principle of correspondence
#Decorative #PrincipleOfCorrespondence #Spiral #Pattern #Texture #Cosmic #Magical
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
want image on stuff? here: https://aieris.art/featured/the-decorative-principle-of-correspondence-eris-and-ai.html
bird lines
#Bird #Lines #Metallic #Copper #Silver #Teal #Abstract #Tapestry #Reflection
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
have this image on some things: https://aieris.art/featured/bird-lines-ancient-tapestry-with-metal-accents-eris-and-ai.html
pier with antique third generation carbon collectors
#Pier #Antique #Carbon #Collectors #Water #Futuristic #Sky #Clouds #SciFi #Blue #Gray #Lake #Landscape #Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
want? have: https://aieris.art/featured/pier-with-antique-third-generation-carbon-collectors-eris-and-ai.html
Some of the pathological beliefs we attribute to techbros were already present in this view of statistics that started forming over a century ago. Our writing is just data; the real, important object is the “hypothetical infinite population” reflected in a large language model, which at base is a random variable. Stable Diffusion, the image generator, is called that because it is based on latent diffusion models, which are a way of representing complicated distribution functions--the hypothetical infinite populations--of things like digital images. Your art is just data; it’s the latent diffusion model that’s the real deal. The entities that are able to identify the distribution functions (in this case tech companies) are the ones who should be rewarded, not the data generators (you and me).
So much of the dysfunction in today’s machine learning and AI points to how problematic it is to give statistical methods a privileged place that they don’t merit. We really ought to be calling out Fisher for his trickery and seeing it as such.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #StableDiffusion #statistics #StatisticalMethods #DiffusionModels #MachineLearning #ML
That may sound odd, since these are clearly technological artifacts in the way we've come to understand technology, and they're being produced by what's commonly called the tech sector. However, there are at least two ways in which these artifacts differ markedly from what we usually (used to?) think of as "technology":
(1) They tend to have a deskilling effect. The English word "technology" ultimately derives from the Greek word "tekhnē", which can be interpreted as meaning skill or craft. It's very much about a human being's ability to perform a task. Yet much of generative AI is aimed at removing human beings from a task, or minimizing our involvement. In that sense generative AI is very much anti-tekhnē
(2) They tend to lie squarely in what Albert Borgmann called "the device paradigm". L.M. Sacasas has several nice takes on Borgmann's distinction between devices and focal things. See https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/why-an-easier-life-is-not-necessarily and also https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-stuff-of-a-well-lived-life (and of course, read Borgmann himself!). Simply put, devices tend to hide their inner workings under a simplified "interface"; a device is a device “if it has been rendered instantaneous, ubiquitous, safe, and easy”, if it hides the means in favor of the ends. By contrast, focal objects tend to invite you into fully experiencing the focal practices they enable, to experience the means and the ends. In particular, they tend not to be easy: you have to engage with and learn to use them. Guitars are an interesting example of focal objects. To be (I hope not overly) simplistic, devices dumb you down while focal objects train you up. Devices are anti-tekhnē, and to the extent that current generative AI is created and deployed in the device paradigm, it is too.
None of this means generative AI has to be anti-tekhnē. I do admit though that I struggle to see how to make it less device-y, at least as it's currently made and used (I do have a few half-formed thoughts along these lines but nothing worth sharing).
#tech #dev #GPT #Gemini #Claude #LLaMa #LLM #Copilot #Midjourney #DallE #StableDiffusion #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI
- Statistics, as a field of study, gained significant energy and support from eugenicists with the purpose of "scientizing" their prejudices. Some of the major early thinkers in modern statistics, like Galton, Pearson, and Fisher, were eugenicists out loud; see https://nautil.us/how-eugenics-shaped-statistics-238014/
- Large language models and diffusion models rely on certain kinds of statistical methods, but discard any notion of confidence interval or validation that's grounded in reality. For instance, the LLM inside GPT outputs a probability distribution over the tokens (words) that could follow the input prompt. However, there is no way to even make sense of a probability distribution like this in real-world terms, let alone measure anything about how well it matches reality. See for instance https://aclanthology.org/2020.acl-main.463.pdf and Michael Reddy's The conduit metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language
Early on in this latest AI hype cycle I wrote a note to myself that this style of AI is necessarily biased. In other words, the bias coming out isn't primarily a function of biased input data (though of course that's a problem too). That'd be a kind of contingent bias that could be addressed. Rather, the bias these systems exhibit is a function of how the things are structured at their core, and no amount of data curating can overcome it. I can't prove this, so let's call it a hypothesis, but I believe it.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #ChatGPT #GPT #Gemini #Claude #Llama #StableDiffusion #Midjourney #DallE #LLM #DiffusionModel #linguistics #NLP
Participants who used AI produced fewer ideas, with less variety and lower originality compared to a baseline.From https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3613904.3642919 , titled The Effects of Generative AI on Design Fixation and Divergent Thinking
This is something I'd expect because of anchoring. I'd expect a similar phenomenon when using generative AI to help with other kinds of ideation like writing or coding. Basically, your creative process gets stuck--anchored--on the first couple ideas. If you're generating those ideas with AI without taking account of this phenomenon, your overall process will tend to be less creative than if you hadn't used the AI. Surely there are ways to mitigate this effect but you have to be aware of it and practiced in those ways.
#GenAI #GenerativeAI #Midjourney #DALLE #StableDiffusion #art #ChatGPT #GPT #Copilot