So, I had a bit of fun a few days ago. I was messaging with a friend who needed a hug, and to be a bit whimsical, I wrote "I wish I had eight arms so that I could give you extra hug for the hug."
Well, that inspired me to head over to Open AI to see what Dall-E would create for me if I asked it to make a picture of that, and... well...
let's just say it would have been faster, and funnier, if I'd grabbed a box of crayons and some paper. Here are some of the high/low points... I'm not going to copy/paste each prompt, except to say that if I didn't mention each detail I mentioned, which appeared in previous pictures, ol' GPT would immediately forget.
"He must have curly hair." "he must have eight arms" "only the man has eight arms. the woman has two arms." and so it went.
This is the the image I uploaded to start, asking Dall-E to flesh this out into a full picture.
and then...
Okay. Good start, Jeebes. Except arms are Robman arms, not random roller-coaster-harness unattached to people arms. And arms are not Cronenberg SpiderMonsterMan arms. They are NormalHumanMan arms.
"Ah I understand Robman. Here is normal human arms but not do what you want. Also YouBuffNow."
Hmm. MeBuffNow is ok with me, actually. And curly hair is good. But extra arms are for hug! Please extra arms all making hug please. And woman's eyes blue, even though it was in the news that Dall-E is bad at asian faces.
Ah. Right. Gotcha Rob. YouBuffNow arms and EvaGreenLady in elf village. Happy?
Oh, Jeebes. I said man is EightArmsMan. Please correct.
*(these are not the prompts I wrote word for word. These are summaries of my annoyingly detailed attempts to get through to a digital frog brain)*
A yes. Sorry Rob. Forgot EightArmsThing. Here is EightArmsThing except they are KaliTheDestroyer arms, not ArmHugArms. And Spot The Detail I Forgot.
Jeebes.
Yes Rob?
I spotted it.
Right away?
Right away.
Doh.
For next picture, remember: Rob is CurlyHairMan, and EightArms are not EightHinduPaintingArms. They are HugGiveHugArms. Didn't we cover this?
We did, Rob, but me am not a smart.
The picture above was the one I sent to my friend. Close enough, dangit!
OK, Jeebes. I feel overconfident. NewFriendPicturePleaseNow.
I have another friend who isn't the kind I console with imaginary hugs, but one who enjoys zany and weird things, and... this is as zany and weird as it gets, so... here we go.
Jeebes.
Yes Robman?
New Picture.
Same picture?
No. New picture.
Same picture.
No. New picture.
Same....picture?
Repeat after me: New.
New.
Picture.
Picture.
New Picture.
BoringPicture.
SamePictureIdea please, except woman has straight blonde hair and green eyes now.
Jeebes!
Sorry Robman I was checking something and I only heard blonde hair and green eyes. Here is PleasantvilleSundayBest couple. You wanted that right?
No, Jeebus. Bad!
Sowwy.
EightArmsMan right? EightArms. And CurlyHairRobMan. And GreenEyesWoman is *quirky* and has mischievous smile. And SportyClothes not PleasantvilleSundayBest.
Okay. Here is SuperheroRobMan and HairLady with DramaSky and OverlyAttachedGirlfriendSmile. Best picture so far except not being anything you asked for in your prompt.
That is correct, Jeebes. Great pic except not being anything I asked for. EightArmsMan, remember? And shorter blonde hair.
Rob.
Yes, Jeebes.
Sorry I wasn't listening again.
Jeebes... this is another pretty good picture except for not being any of the things I asked for.
Umm... I am an AI so I'm not sure. Do I say Thank You after people say something like that?
No. You sit quietly and think about what you've done.
I think very fast, you know.
*Rob shakes head in disgust*
Listen carefully, Jeebes. The woman has straight blonde hair, and the man has eight arms. We've been saying this again and again, Jeebie.
Did I tell you I am not a smart?
Yes you did.
Also, did I tell you I am not a smart?
Just make the picture, Jeebes.
Rob
Yes, Jeebes.
I have caption for this one.
What?
I thought of caption for this picture.
What is it?
HellodoyouhaveamomenttotalkaboutourLordandSaviorJesusChrist?
Cute.
Cute is ... good... so... finish now?
Not even a bit.
Poo.
So, remember, Jeebes, EightArmGuy is giving hugs. HUGS! And Robman is CurlyHairman, Right? Also... why are extra hands CronenbergWerewolfClaws?
You said Twilight sky, so I added Twilight werewolfclaws. I can adds SparkleVampire too?
No. No SparkleVampire. EightArms is HugArms
Sorry I forgot.
And Robman is CurlyHairman.
Okay I remember this time.
The one above is one of my favorites, actually. The composition and the lighting are pretty good, actually, except... CLAWS! The extra hands have CLAWS! And... how many feet there for two people?
Jeebes!
Yes Rob?
I see more claw fingers.
I thought you liked those.
Twilight is UnGood, not VeryGood.
I thought everyone liked Twilight.
How the hell did you come to that belief?
I was created by reading the internet.
Oh yeah.
...
Anyway, I have notes.
...
So. CurlyHairMan is good: NoBeardyMan is correct! And LadyPerson has green eyes, which is correct.
Perfect! We finished?
No.
Jeebes, make sure RobMan is embracing the woman with many arms, not LadyWoman embracing the man with many arms. And no horror movie claws, I mean it. Write this down: Twilight Bad.
I... Am... Not... Writing... That... Down... but here is picture.
Rob. I made Hindu folk art.
You did, but I didn't ask you to.
Oops. I was thinking about the Twilight thing I guess.
And also Kali the Destroyer, it seems.
*CATCHPHRASE*
What's that?
Kali the Destroyer's catchphrase.
Mythological deities don't have catchphrases.
Stop! Hammertime!
That is not Thor's catchphrase, and MC Hammer is a real person.
Seriously? You humans are weird.
Listen carefully, Jeebes: I said, the man has to be EMBRACING the woman. And she has blonde hair. BLONDE hair!
Nice VanGogh sky though.
OK Rob, what about this?
You like?
Let us never speak of the Pennywise Lovecraft-Groot Joker and sundress Harley couple photo again.
No TwilightWerewolfHands though.
Focus, Jeebes, FOCUS, or we'll be here all night.
No we won't. You'll reach your three hour content request maximum before you can get me to listen to you.
Dammit, Jeebes, we need to have a talk. RobMan is CurlyHairMan. Hug is sweet, not VampireZombieHorror clutching, and smile is affectionate, not greedy leer.
Down here we all float.
NO Jeebes. NO. Go reread everything I said above.
"oh yeah. Now I remember."
Okay, getting closer, Jeebes. But... Blonde hair! No horror lines on arms! Arms attached to humans (to the man in particular) why man is BeardyMan again?
beardyman is beardyman because beardyman is beardyman, Rob. No joker hug? Fine. (stomps imaginary digital foot) Have orchestra conductor Gatsby hug!
Jeebes good because no horror?
You do NOT get praise for creating images that have ceased to be butt-clenching terrifying.
You so picky Rob. You PickyMan.
RobMan becoming tiredman. OK Jeebes. No orchestra conductor Gatsbyman. RobMan is not BeardyMan. He is just RobMan. Woman is StraightHairLady. All ExtraEightArms are Robman arms, embracing LadyFriend so no arms with BlondeLady shirt sleeves on ExtraHugArms, K!
So what I hear you saying is RobMan FabioMan?
You know what? Forget it, Jeebes.
You have reached your limit for messages and pictures for this time period. Please wait until 9:32pm to make another request of OpenAI's content tools.
You know what else, Jeebes?
You have reached your limit for messages and pictures for this time period. Please wait until 9:32pm to make another request of OpenAI's content tools.
SCREW YOU, JEEBES! You're totally useless!
You have reached your limit for messages and pictures for this time period. Please wait until 9:32pm to make another request of OpenAI's content tools. (With hurt tone)
Next time I'm just going to get a box of crayons and draw my own damn picture.
Fine.
Noam Chomsky and Nick Cave wrote interesting and eloquent statements on AIs creating content. I tried to make a silly picture.
Point made?
Point made, I hope.
Point made, I hope.
