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I didn't, it is AI generated. I wasn't sure if I'd re-use them after the Memory Allocation post, but they've proven to work really well and people like them. I'

by samwho 3y ago

I didn't, it is AI generated. I wasn't sure if I'd re-use them after the Memory Allocation post, but they've proven to work really well and people like them. I've been considering getting proper, consistent sets commissioned. One of the things I want to do in future is make it so you can pet them, which could require some animation work. Open to artists reaching out to me about this. :)

nhggfu 3y ago
article about a related app - that some guy created in 30 mins to allow people to "pet" virtual animals: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/15/stroke-of-genius-how-one-developer-created-a-hit-game-in-just-30-minutes https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/15/stroke-of-geni...
gwern 3y ago
DALL-E 3? I've seen some similar images out of it while trying for more pointilist views. (DALL-E 3 has a certain obsession with regularity & centering.)
- samwho 3y ago
  Midjourney! The prompt for the puppy with his head cocked to one side was: “playful happy cartoon huskie puppy asking an insightful question looking at the camera, question mark above, muted colors, block print.” Never could convince the model to give me that question mark.
  - gwern 3y ago
    Ah. A little surprising, MJ's tend to be messier and more textured. But yeah, I too know the sorrow of getting MJ to generate specific text in images - funnily enough, I too wanted a question-mark for my cat image (for https://gwern.net/review/cat https://gwern.net/review/cat thumbnail ) and I just couldn't get MJv5 to do it and had to settle for making the entire cat a question-mark: https://gwern.net/doc/cat/psychology/2023-11-04-gwern-midjourneyv5-cat-linocutofblackcatshapedlikequestionmark.jpg https://gwern.net/doc/cat/psychology/2023-11-04-gwern-midjou... It looks cool and I'm satisfied with it, but it wasn't what I had been going after. In MJ's defense, MJv6 (c. January 2024) is considerably better at text, and you could probably get that question-mark now with some prompting & maybe region-inpainting.

by samwho 3y ago

nhggfu 3y ago

article about a related app - that some guy created in 30 mins to allow people to "pet" virtual animals: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/15/stroke-of-genius-how-one-developer-created-a-hit-game-in-just-30-minutes https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/15/stroke-of-geni...

gwern 3y ago

DALL-E 3? I've seen some similar images out of it while trying for more pointilist views. (DALL-E 3 has a certain obsession with regularity & centering.)

samwho 3y ago
Midjourney! The prompt for the puppy with his head cocked to one side was: “playful happy cartoon huskie puppy asking an insightful question looking at the camera, question mark above, muted colors, block print.” Never could convince the model to give me that question mark.
- gwern 3y ago
  Ah. A little surprising, MJ's tend to be messier and more textured. But yeah, I too know the sorrow of getting MJ to generate specific text in images - funnily enough, I too wanted a question-mark for my cat image (for https://gwern.net/review/cat https://gwern.net/review/cat thumbnail ) and I just couldn't get MJv5 to do it and had to settle for making the entire cat a question-mark: https://gwern.net/doc/cat/psychology/2023-11-04-gwern-midjourneyv5-cat-linocutofblackcatshapedlikequestionmark.jpg https://gwern.net/doc/cat/psychology/2023-11-04-gwern-midjou... It looks cool and I'm satisfied with it, but it wasn't what I had been going after. In MJ's defense, MJv6 (c. January 2024) is considerably better at text, and you could probably get that question-mark now with some prompting & maybe region-inpainting.