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Re: GenChess

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Post by pphysch »

BriggyDwiggs42 wrote: post #24

Wait is this just an image generator? Am I missing something really cool here?

Look how easily they just fabricated 100% of a game's assets, with a consistent, high quality style, and then put them right into the game environment. That's the takeaway IMO. Very tight GenAI loop.

Re: GenChess

#42

Post by tucnak »

runarberg wrote: post #36

I‘m confused. What is this and why is it impressive? It feels like I‘m playing chess at a bar that has mixed peaces 6 different sets and I‘m forced to sit at an angle from the board because of space limitations inside the bar, but without the benefit of having a fun bar chat with my opponent during the game.

They're showcasing 3d sprite generation capability; it's pretty big for game-dev, if it also generalises well.

Re: GenChess

#43

Post by moomin »

ButterWashed wrote: post #12

I'm fascinated by what prompts lead to 'Please try a different prompt.' New Zealand or Australia lead to the aforementioned error, but The Antipodes generates a set. I thought individual countries had been banned for possibly generating offensive content but it works for Great Britain.

It did not like me saying “Bob Dylan”.

Re: GenChess

#45

Post by moomin »

pphysch wrote: post #41
BriggyDwiggs42 wrote: post #24

Wait is this just an image generator? Am I missing something really cool here?

Look how easily they just fabricated 100% of a game's assets, with a consistent, high quality style, and then put them right into the game environment. That's the takeaway IMO. Very tight GenAI loop.

Anyone else note the pawns are often a bit odd?

Re: GenChess

#46

Post by PessimalDecimal »

hemloc_io wrote: post #38

First thing I've seen from Google that gives me that old "Google" feeling of them shipping something cool and fun.

I agree it is cool and fun and nice to see. But the investment here seems minimal. Preexisting image generation capabilities (with a link to Imagen-3...) plus some "prompt engineering" slapped on top of https://github.com/josefjadrny/js-chess-engine.

Re: GenChess

#47

Post by moomin »

digging wrote: post #28

Pretty cool, and also pretty fucking bad. Checks all the AI boxes, I guess. I tried "a classic set inspired by Armored Core". It gave me a typical-looking Armored Core (which would be good except it was supposed to be the king), a Space Marine (which I rerolled into some small mech that's close enough), a Zoid (which it refused to budge from), a tower (which it refused to budge from), and a chess queen with purple li…

My first was “Cowboy Bebop”. Pretty sure it’s not in the training set.

Re: GenChess

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Post by ACow_Adonis »

ButterWashed wrote: post #12

I'm fascinated by what prompts lead to 'Please try a different prompt.' New Zealand or Australia lead to the aforementioned error, but The Antipodes generates a set. I thought individual countries had been banned for possibly generating offensive content but it works for Great Britain.

Apparently my brain is broken because I can generate almost nothing but pink errors, though it seems to be a bit non deterministic:

Taoism

Tibet

Tibetan Buddhism

Wrathful deities

Existential angst

Dantes inferno

Major religions

Australian indigenous

Salvador Dali

Others generated sets but should have generated errors because the results are so uninspiring:

Mandalas

YouTube face

Phallic symbols

Corporate waste

Asymmetric deformities

Corporate propoganda

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