When AI Art Goes Wrong
The dark side of artificial intelligence
AI-generated art is all the rave right now.
And, as someone who dove headfirst into the deep end of the AI art pool, some of the results are mindbogglingly beautiful.
But not all AI art is stunning. Some of it is downright dark and creepy — the stuff of your literal nightmares.
Case in point: the disturbing cover image for this article.
Here is what happens when AI art goes wrong.
Don’t mind me, I’m just spraying water from my armpit while pulling my bunny girlfriend by our conjoined arm.
Nothing to see here.
Sir, why do you have a foot in your mouth?
I have no idea what’s going on with Mr. Two Mouths. Both of you look too happy to be this grotesque.
For the record, I only wanted a laughing man image.
Not these cannibal, Hills Have Eyes, monsters.
Oddly, my prompt for this image was: Dean Koontz cartoon, detailed, magical, fantasy, 4k, 8k, digital art.
I don’t know why Jasper Art portrayed Dean Koontz as a Troll carrying a severed head but I’m terrified.
So terrified.
This must be in the Addam’s Family universe because I swear there is a severed, sentient hand working on that laptop.
Not to mention the hand resting against her chin is slowly merging with her face.
Yet, she seems so calm, sitting there in her brick prison staring out of the window at what looks like another brick wall. I have so many questions.
Many images from AI look pretty damn good (like this one) until you look a bit closer.
Can you spot the problem?
It’s not her fiery red hair, the laptop, or the lights outside despite it being during the daytime.
It’s her arms — or should I say “arm” — singular, with that bracelet.
How the hell did she get that bracelet on?
Nevermind. I don’t think I want to know.
What in the double-face, chin-flap nose is going on in this image?
Honestly, if I wasn’t so horrified, I might actually like this art.
Final Thoughts
Ok, now a few good images to show you that AI art isn't all bad.
Here is another one:
AI art is only as good as your prompts.
It takes some testing and experimentation to get better images, especially of faces and hands.
But the end results are most definitely worth it.
Related posts:
- My Jasper Art Gallery: 10 of My Favorite AI-Generated Images
- How Bloggers Can Use AI Image Generators To Crush The Competition
- The Founder of AI Killed Himself Because of Gay Hate
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