About Dante, Michelangelo, and Stable Diffusion- Reimagining the Divine Comedy with AI
This is how AI reimagines the best Dante quotes, as Michelangelo would do.
Every day, new Artificial Intelligence algorithms that convert text to images (and video) astound us but last week, with Stability.ai announcing the public release of the AI art model called Stable Diffusion, something really important just happened.
I believe we are experiencing the new state-of-the-art generative AI model, and it may herald a new era for creative work.
So, to get a true sense of Stable Diffusion’s’ artistic mastery, I’ve’ spent every free moment I’ve’ had since the AI model’s launch developing a conceptual art project that explores an idea I’ve’ had in my head since the early 2000s, when I lived for many years immersed in Renaissance culture and inspiration in Florence, Italy.
The idea is to combine Dante and Michelangelo’s talents to reimagine some of my favorite “La Divina Commedia” quotes, and thanks to AI, it is finally possible for me to achieve it, so I am sharing the first results here.
But first, allow me to provide some context…
