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DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by cheschire »

atwood22 wrote: post #63
jiggawatts wrote: post #57

I just got access to the DALL-E 2 beta, and it's a ton of fun to make pictures out of everyday occurrences as prompts. Someone else here on HN observed that everyday people don't "get" how huge this all is. I experimented with asking random acquaintances at a local cafe for prompts and showed them the generated pictures. All but one person was totally unimpressed. If everything feels like magic, then what's one more…

Most people are objective dumb (i.e. less smart than the median/average) so this doesn’t surprise me.

How can most of any quantity be less than average?

Edit: ah, I think I was thrown off by the use of “median/average” as equivalents.

Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by jcims »

I just received a metal print of this image from DALL-E 2:

https://imgur.com/a/Y0abtIP

I spent a lot of time alone on airplanes when I was a young father and there’s something bittersweet about the solitude and beauty in this image for me. My favorite parts about this image are the gradient in the sky, the waning sunlight in the top corner and the very faintly illuminated frame around the entire window.

Very happy with the print. Next time I might get the satin finish though, it’s like a mirror.

https://imgur.com/a/8GBQXw6

Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by pgreenwood »

cheschire wrote: post #71
atwood22 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people are objective dumb (i.e. less smart than the median/average) so this doesn’t surprise me.

How can most of any quantity be less than average? Edit: ah, I think I was thrown off by the use of “median/average” as equivalents.

It is true in every right skewed distribution. Furthermore almost every distribution is skewed.

Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by grammer__ »

cheschire wrote: post #71
atwood22 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people are objective dumb (i.e. less smart than the median/average) so this doesn’t surprise me.

How can most of any quantity be less than average? Edit: ah, I think I was thrown off by the use of “median/average” as equivalents.

The median is the midpoint where 50% of people are above/below the threshold. If there are outliers, and perhaps we can agree there are outliers on the smart/dumb scale, it can skew the average above or below the median.

Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by numpad0 »

jiggawatts wrote: post #57

I just got access to the DALL-E 2 beta, and it's a ton of fun to make pictures out of everyday occurrences as prompts. Someone else here on HN observed that everyday people don't "get" how huge this all is. I experimented with asking random acquaintances at a local cafe for prompts and showed them the generated pictures. All but one person was totally unimpressed. If everything feels like magic, then what's one more…

Someone was describing it "lacks natural depth", "cause grinding feeling in the brain". It also seems unable to generate good manga-styled images. I think what those means is DALL-E 2 lacks syntaxes and contexts of arts.

I agree that People think of technology as black boxes that do inexplicable things, but I think that only matters if boxes interferes with their contexts and scopes. It seems it is understood a threat to digital artists, but at the same time, it is possibly less relevant than Google Search as it is.

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Post by IIAOPSW »

jiggawatts wrote: post #57

I just got access to the DALL-E 2 beta, and it's a ton of fun to make pictures out of everyday occurrences as prompts. Someone else here on HN observed that everyday people don't "get" how huge this all is. I experimented with asking random acquaintances at a local cafe for prompts and showed them the generated pictures. All but one person was totally unimpressed. If everything feels like magic, then what's one more…

I was generating some images of parrots for a friend that's into bird photography when it occurred to me, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and was sentenced to be pecked at by birds. Today is the first day of forever in the infinite aviary. Pictures of birds are no longer scarce. Every bird that ever was, is, or could be is mere key strokes away. When Prometheus stole fire, he couldn't have actually known what fire was before he stole it. Likewise, only a small niche even seems aware of the profound change which is now being ushered into the world. The generation of birds is now the purview of man. Forget selling the rope to hang us, the birds that peck us will be made in our image.

.-- .... .- - / .... .- ... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... - ..--..

Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by IIAOPSW »

cheschire wrote: post #71
atwood22 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people are objective dumb (i.e. less smart than the median/average) so this doesn’t surprise me.

How can most of any quantity be less than average? Edit: ah, I think I was thrown off by the use of “median/average” as equivalents.

Thanks to a few billionaires in a small town, the majority of people living there have a below average income.

Re: DALL·E 2 prompt book [pdf]

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Post by bluehorseray »

drc500free wrote: post #62

30 years ago, my dad and I watched a VGA demo on our IBM PS/2. We were blown away that there was enough color depth and resolution to see what was clearly a photograph, not an illustration. It appeared line by line. Someone had taken a photo, somehow digitized it, distributed it, and we were looking at a representation good enough that we could tell what it was. It felt like we were living in the future - me as a mid…

Shazam was another one for me
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