Thursday, December 07, 2023
Our First Test of Meta's AI Image Generator Was a Flop
gizmodo.com: Meta released a standalone AI image generator on Wednesday that will convert your text-based queries into fantastical, high-resolution images in mere seconds. The free tool, Imagine with Meta AI, is powered by Emu, the company’s image foundation model.
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This article was very funny to me. Not that I always hope for Meta’s downfall… but there is a certain level of, you and your company have done far too many questionable things to not have a scrutinizing eye placed on you at all times through every move that you make. I find text to image generation quite fascinating and I think a good software and algorithm can produce some really beautiful images. No AI is not going to replace human artists, at least in my opinion. I feel that a human artist will always have more valuable artwork. However, I can absolutely see a future in which graphic design becomes more text to image generative AI based. I enjoy playing around with text to image generation, but what has annoyed me recently is that they have changed their setup from a beta test to pay to use which is very sad because I was going to generate some images as evidence for my research paper on AI and its application to Theatrical Design but now I can’t.
I have found AI images to be an interesting development in AI. While I have not played around with them all that much I have dabbled with them a little bit. I have mostly found them to be strange or unhelpful. They rarely seem to generate an image that makes sense with what you have asked it to generate. I may not be using the correct key words but I do tend to rephrase my text a few times before ultimately giving up. Which is obviously one of the problems Meta is having. I also have seen a decent amount of AI work and honestly do not find it very impressive. But to me I do not think that anything will ever replace work done by hand. There is just something beautiful in its imperfection. Overall I think AI art could be helpful but it has a long way to go before it gets there. It just is so fake looking and often the elements in the drawing are not all the same style which was all too evident in the touring production of The Wiz I saw recently. I was very disappointed in their AI backdrops as were many others. In the end, I think that AI art has a long way to go, especially METAs, but it may be helpful for concepts in the future. However, I believe that it should never replace the human touch.
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