Member Review Using Ideogram

[TerryB]

I tried out the free AI version of Ideogram the other night and asked it to generate "Confederate Soldier." I got some decent results, but failed to save them. These I generated just now, adding 1863 to the request. They are terrible compared to the other night, which certainly needed a few changes in uniform and weapons.

 

[TerryB]

I actually like #3.

 

[TerryB]

I would caption #4 "Gobble, gobble, gobble."

 

[7thWisconsin]

Yeah - those are awful. The AI seems to have been fed a steady diet of European 20th century images. The first soldier is clearly wearing a German tunic - the pocket detail is distinctive. The second is highly reminiscent of Great War German and Austrian clothing. The last one is straight up Commonwealth. Napoleon in rags - IDK where that stuff came from. None of the belted accoutrements are remotely similar to anything worn between 1861-1865. But I want that hatchet AK that the first soldier has - it´s like a light saber shearing through his wrist. Jeepers is he tough or what!

 

[TerryB]

I've been using one called Tangra which is pretty good, but apparently I'm limited in how many I can generate.

 

[Story]

Did you also ask for "muskrat perched on head" for #3?
Between that and CONFIDILL WAR ERA I 8663 in #2 and the Tredegar Iron Works thingamagig in #1, the surrealism is strong.
I think you should keep pushing until that AI program has a nervous breakdown.​

 

[TerryB]

Here are a few generated using Tangra.

 

[TerryB]

They look like the sources were Currier & Ives prints. Also, it's always clones of the same guy!

 

[TerryB]

One more...

 

[TerryB]

Notice the errors on the buttons and the weird buckle. It sometimes generates people with three arms or legs and things like that.

 

[TerryB]

When Lt Dan emerged from the medical tent, he found that not only had his wounded leg not been amputated, the surgeons had actually sewn a third, matching leg onto his torso. (I used Tangra on this one. It's so bad a platform that I deleted my account.)

 

[7thWisconsin]

Those are hilarious! They look like cut scenes from the ¨Gods and Generals¨ video game! (Which, BTW, was universally panned.) The odd buttons and vague, sorta like a carbine weapons in the August 12 post are amusing.

 

[TerryB]

I've been using one called Tangra which is pretty good, but apparently I'm limited in how many I can generate.

Tangra not so good after all.