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dall-e v3 w/ minor post-generation mods. Prompt: A robotic solicitor knocks on a home’s closed front door with his right fist knuckles. The robot is dressed in a suit which has a large corporate logo on it and holds a tablet in his left hand.

I know managers love that term, but I think I’ve come to hear it as an insult… Sorta like being called an unprofessional “jack of all trades” budget handyman that does everything mediocre…

without you ever knowing about it, as well as (perhaps) swapping in a cheaper-to-operate model some percentage of the time, perhaps as request loads peak, hoping you’ll just roll the dice and try again.

This is my attempt to recreate an image from one of my friends who is an artist. After generating the image, I modified it in gimp to better capture the feel of the original artwork....

dall-e 3; prompt: “The Linux computer system that every nerd can only dream of owning.”

dall-e v3. Prompt: ‘Photorealistic. Walking off the edge of the world.’

dall-e 3; prompt: “Photorealistic. A futuristic alien stands before you holding a spear-like weapon in a non-threatening manner.”

Workflow: I asked gpt-3.5 to describe in meticulous visual detail a single panel from “BLAME!” where Killy is firing his gravitational beam emitter (GBE) in only one paragraph. I think I used the phrase “as if to a blind person” because it kept wanting to give me a narrative. I then handed that paragraph to dall-e-3 and...

dall-e 2; prompt: A homeless cyberpunk is scavanging parts from his pile of broken robots. A futuristic male police officer walks past him disinterested.

dall-e 3; prompt: Inside a parking garage where many of the slots have been converted into permanent dwellings, even alongside the vehicle ramps.

Prompt: Sisyphus pushing the world up a hill. The Earth looks photo realistic as it would be seen from space, and resting on the slope. The sky is pitch black with many stars and galaxies. The mountain slope is a constant incline.