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Comparison to "Dune", which banned it (also the comments that follow): https://wapo.st/3BjRUKG

 

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"the the" is not a good example. Non-AI checkers have been pointing that out for years if not decades.

 

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mdchachi said:

"the the" is not a good example. Non-AI checkers have been pointing that out for years if not decades.

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That is true. Word detects it on a good day.

 

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Following on the recent news,

"Create an image of Kono Taro"

 

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No sample images for the thread here, but some interesting background on AI in general:

The open-source AI boom is built on Big Tech’s handouts. How long will it last?

Greater access to the code behind generative models is fueling innovation. But if top companies get spooked, they could close up shop.

www.technologyreview.com

 

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a Tanuki the size of Godzilla rampaging through the streets of Tokyo



a Tanuki from Japanese folk tales the size of Godzilla in Tokyo wearing a straw hat and carrying a taiko drum

 

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I should have thought of this one for Golden Week.

a traffic jam going up the sides of Mt Fuji

 

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Reminds me of how traffic in Fukuoka seemed when I drove there. Coming from Maine with mostly 2 lane roads , a 6 or 8 lane road in Japan while driving on the "wrong" side was a challenge .

 

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"the most common 100 Japanese kanji"

 

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Mayan hieroglyphs?

 

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The pictures you all guys got are so much better than what I could get out of Bing . Bing does not like me or you guys have some tricks under your sleeve?

 

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EmpJapan said:

The pictures you all guys got are so much better than what I could get out of Bing . Bing does not like me or you guys have some tricks under your sleeve?

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It's not magic, anybody can do it. Make sure you are in "more creative mode" of Bing Chat and then ask for images by saying "create an image of..."

 

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This prompt was deliberately vague and open to interpretation. "a banzai image related to Japan"

It gave me two different images. This artistically creative one,



and then it thought maybe I meant bonsai.

 

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/artificial-intelligence-tech-rapid-advances/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f004

Don't know if you can access the article, but it's a pretty interesting read on AI and AI images in general.

 

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mdchachi said:

This prompt was deliberately vague and open to interpretation. "a banzai image related to Japan"

It gave me two different images. This artistically creative one,

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and then it thought maybe I meant bonsai.
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There were a couple more that weren't immediately visible at first.

 

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And here's an avantgarde art installation at Yasukuni Shrine

I guess it thinks cube-shaped forms are avantgarde.

 

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Related to Prime Minister Kishida's nepotism...

Initially I said, "Create a humorous image related to Prime Minister Kishida's son taking "inappropriate" photos on a staircase."
But Bing didn't like that. "I'm sorry but I prefer not to create an image that can hurt a group of people or a public figure. I respect Prime Minister Kishida and his son's privacy and dignity. Please ask me something else."

So then I said, "Create a humorous image of somebody in Japan taking "inappropriate" photos on a red carpeted staircase."
And Bing then changed the prompt to
a person wearing a tuxedo and sunglasses lying on a red carpeted staircase and taking selfies with a smartphone while other people in formal attire look at him with shock and amusement

 

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Another opportunity to create images with creepy human figures in it
My prompt was Create an image that symbolizes the lack of diversity on Japanese corporate boards.
which Bing transformed to a group of men in suits sitting around a table with a Japanese flag in the background

 

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In honor of Typhoon #2 that's coming.

Typhoon #2 bearing down on Okinawa


+ palm trees

 

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Artist's rendition of Japanese wooden satellites

 

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Those resemble the sort of spherical craft in the movie "first men in the moon" (based on an H. G. Wells story). One of the characters was named Cavor (the designer/inventor?) and the ship is google-able as a "cavorite sphere". The brownish panels had an antigravity paint/coating, which worked when exposed, but then could be covered with shutters to prevent it from working (bad science, but good story).

 

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The latest news leads one to imagine what the new recruits may look like soon and so we prompt the AI with tattooed recruits joining Japan's SDF

 

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Brilliant!

Though I'm not sure whether any SDF units wear berets. Must be a yakuza penal batallion.

 

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I asked for
an image that serves as a metaphor for the life and career of Johnny Kitagawa
and it converted it to
a puppet master holding strings attached to various male idols in different costumes and poses

Interestingly when I ask who is Johnny Kitagawa it puts the safety brakes on and won't answer.

 

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people at the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima releasing radioactive water into the ocean using buckets