Fiction
Ghost in the Machine
An unexpected guest visits an AI Designer
I need a set of images for this. Something spooky.
The campaign had been on his mind for some time. It would be a promotional campaign that could run across multiple social platforms with a branded set of complimentary images and professional typography. The client was an up-and-coming novelist who wrote an awesome suspense thriller, and the artist thought some spooky images of a suburban neighborhood would be a good place to start.
He sat down at the keyboard and began typing a prompt.
Suburban neighborhood at sunset.
The software generated the image.
The result from his AI art assistant was good, but could be better, he thought.
A little bit mundane.
He edited the prompt.
Spooky suburban neighborhood, dusk, attractively lit by house lights and street lamps.
He lived alone and the house was dark and quiet other than his studio. The computer whirred softly under the light of his desk lamp as the software…
