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The AI maximalists simply refuse to entertain this possibility. The most interesting thing about DALL-E is its understanding of the prompt, objects, concepts a
by recuter 5y ago
The AI maximalists simply refuse to entertain this possibility.
The most interesting thing about DALL-E is its understanding of the prompt, objects, concepts and scenes. Which has improved significantly but is still very far from perfect.
The rest is a rorschach test that abstracts the flaws away.
I'd be almost as impressed with it if it spewed out stick figures.
In fact I wish it had an unstylized mode, so one can more clearly see and think about the way it composites things.
- simonh 5y agoQuite, focusing on the artistic merit or quality of the visual elements is missing the point. These are collages. What's interesting is the comprehension and interpretation of the prompts, the way the meaning of the visual elements is understood, and that they are composed in semantically appropriate ways. Having said that the way the visual elements are integrated together without painfully obvious seams or blurring is impressive.
- recuter 5y agoMany of the images, which are not as cherry picked as the ones promoted when DALL-E 2 was announced, exhibit obvious seams when looking closely. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't. A lot of the ones that work out actually seem OKish because the obvious flaws could be considered forms of "artistic expression". In art there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
- axg11 5y agoYou're discounting the possibility that this is _all_ that intelligence is: understanding and composition. Arguably, DALL-E has already surpassed the average person's ability to create images. Sure, there are many creatives that could be a better job. The average person can't create anything that comes close though.