And now for something completely different again... look Ma, only the pics are AI here!
AI and humor
Taking off of Medium article "Does AI have a sense of humor?" here. This after a British Library exhibit on 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution here & specifically Lenin's library card here.
This is the prompt Perplexity AI suggested when I asked it to illustrate "Draw Lenin's gleaming scalp in the diffuse library lanterns as he leans over poring over books, as a pretty librarian brings him a stack of books, while a v severe looking wife sizes them up in the distance at the doorway come to fetch him home":
Historical painterly illustration, wide cinematic composition: In the British Museum Reading Room, 1902, Vladimir Lenin—bald, mustachioed, dressed in a dark suit—leans over an open book at a long oak table beneath soft green-shaded library lamps. A young female librarian in Edwardian dress approaches with a stack of books; Lenin glances up. At the distant arched doorway, Nadezhda Krupskaya, severe and plainly dressed, waits with folded arms, watching him. Towering iron-and-glass stacks, high domed ceiling, warm lamplight, dust motes, inkwell and scattered papers. Muted browns, greens, cream, and deep blue; restrained chiaroscuro; realistic period detail; no text or logos.
The AI said however "I can help with images of people, but I can't depict some public figures. Is there anyone else you'd like to try?". So I simply substituted "man" & "older woman" for Lenin & Krupskaya, and presto! The following picture emerged:
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| Drawn with Gemini AI, click to enlarge |
... Enlarge the image, and see if you can you notice something uncanny about the central figure: If I managed to get this by swapping their names out with descriptions to get around public figure restrictions, the cheeky AI knew exactly who I meant & drew Vladimir Lenin just the same, don't you think?
AI the cleaner
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