I guess it's time for an #introduction: Hi, I am an #illustrator primarily doing #sciArt, mostly for #neuroscience. www.somedonkey.work
If you don’t like #mice probably don’t follow me :-)
I am interested in #neuroscience, #contemporaryArt and #literature. Happy to discuss #graphic design and how to improve #scientificFigures.
Unafraid of #stableDiffusion
@somedonkey I would love to hear your thoughts some time on AI-generated art, why you're not afraid, and whether you think it could be useful or harmful to illustrators like yourself. I've spent some time reading papers on the algorithms, and agree that you have nothing to fear, but I'm curious to learn your perspective.
PS this drawing is beautiful, I love it!
@kristinmbranson Maybe I should qualify - I am not afraid of stable diffusion… yet :-)
I’ve been playing with DALL-E and i find it useful for brainstorming. The results are often creepy (misplaced paws and tails etc.) but they can still serve as springboards for ideas and be helpful in that way.
I rarely find SD images aesthetically appealing, but it's a matter of taste… and perhaps just a matter of time? Right now i am pretty sure i can make better creative decisions than AI, but only because i have more experience. Eventually that won’t be the case.
So far this is all more interesting than frightening. Let's see where it leads...
@somedonkey Interesting that it can help you brainstorm! We did a reading group on generative AI for music, and it seemed like it was also mainly helpful for brainstorming there.
I'm not an artist, but I find it's good at merging two ideas that I would have trouble merging, i.e. interpolating. It's bad at A LOT of things :).
Thanks for explaining, it's interesting to hear how artists think about this.