A few months ago I got an e.mail from WordPress suggesting it would be best to sign up for a 2 year deal and to check out the prices , that there were big improvements coming to the site and I would benefit from them. One of them is I assume AI imaging. I renew my WordPress subscription annually at Christmas ( I suspect I originally set it up as a Christmas present to myself).
Anyway I had a look at the 2 year offer and it turned out a lot more expensive than my annual subscription, so the offer was of no use to me and I continued on my existing plan. To be truthful, if they are going to charge me what they are offering at Christmas I will have to call it a day, as I simply cannot afford it.
I was surprised after receiving the e.mail and indeed not signing up for any additional costs that when I selected an image for a block that it now gave me the option of choosing an AI generated image . Was this part of the offer? It’s worked out quite well for me as I suppose I use the AI images that are generated and they match quite well what I’m blogging about and they are included in my existing package.
The images have given me ideas to write frightening stories. eg. The one above has a three legged girl, the image I asked AI to generate was ” Children Playing.” Other images had children playing with quite scary zombie like faces. I have noticed that other bloggers have actually quite impressive artwork on their images, I assume though they look as if they are AI generated but that they aren’t and that really they are airbrushed artworks which they have made themselves.
The AI images I have generated via WordPress are useful and I try and match them to what I’m blogging about. They can be good if you are talking about a famous person eg. The late great Muhammad Ali (see below)
What an amazing likeness for Muhammad Ali, but not so Robert Redford (below)
How about Marilyn Monroe?
No looks like a different woman….how about A Poltergeist?
Yes , impressed , sufficiently scary.
I used one of “George Orwell ” in one of my blogs and was very pleased with the image, and I do like searching the images and seeing what they will come up with.
If these AI images are part of the creative package, then I think they are very good and do help with making blogs more interesting.
In the meantime until Christmas comes I ‘ll keep using the images for my blogs and hopefully use the quirks of AI to my advantage too. I love seeing what they generate and of course , presumably the generated image is not copyrighted as it’s a conglomeration of a number of images, so they are free to use. Correct me if I’m wrong, does this have implications for copyrights of photos?
As I said it has given me some ideas for scary ghost stories and perhaps some mysteries
Although definitely not one that will include a three legged girl or children with zombie faces.
I’d love to hear from others about their experiences with AI .
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I use AI to create all my images. I started very modestly with Bing Copilot, which I still use on a regular basis.
But for the extra mile, I use Deep Dream Generator with a subscription. It has a great community, we support each other, the artwork some of them create is mind-blowing, pure art, I’m not kidding.
I admit it’s addictive to see where the AI creation with a prompt can lead you. And with DDG, I can modify my image, process it, add depth, high scaling, it’s semi professional image processing. Stellar.
I used to work with graphic designers for years, so I’m quite comfortable with all these technical tweaks.
Lately I create images and like you write/create my own stories, because Im so inspired by the images.
I can’t imagine not working with AI anymore.
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Thanks Chris for sharing
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