Geminightmares
It's no secret. We survive, not thrive. So after I recently abandoned all hope, I decided what better time to go full Skynet and subscribe to Google Gemini Pro.
We've been using Gemini as part of our Workspace for Education license at work for over a year now. I use it so often, my entire daily workflow has changed. Rather than being catapulted from one task to the next, never being afforded the time to close out the near completed previous project, all the paperwork essentially does itself. Between a few Flows and Gems, the mindless, monotonous time sinks backfill themselves. I think of this as AI for right.
Don't get me wrong, it's terrifyingly fascinating and fascinatingly terrifying. Now that the curtain has been pulled back on all of our greatest fears, where the world is being led by generational wealthy, criminally insane pedophiles, who the fuck cares, am I right? It's not like they don't already have every bit of dirt on all of us. They're just too dumb to know what to do with it. Just recently big gov announced a partnership with ChatGPT, and my first thought was "How the shit does the government not already have this technology??" I mean, they were literally involved in the creation of the internet.
And don't get me started on art. AI has no business in art or in pursuits to replace artists with uninspired recreations of everything we've already seen a thousand times over. That said, I'm guilty, as I do enjoy generative image creation for some personal pursuits. Not for profit, of course, unless you too profit from the much needed abdominal workout laughing to tears will net you.
I should also mention I'm artistically challenged. In third grade, I was sent home with a note from my art teacher, Ms. Bartick (book matches the cover), with concern regarding my ability to color correctly. Like using crayons and such. No joke. So any help I can get is greatly appreciated.
Back to the gooey goodness of using AI generative art for giggles. Doom-scrolling yesterday early morning, I came across a clip of an unusual looking golden retriever enjoying a professional bath. It made me laugh, so I paused the video on my Galaxy, did the ole quick sticker, and sent it to ta Muffin. Smiles all around.
The Grape Sitter was sitting nice, so I was finding this dog head sticker to be increasingly rib-splitting the more I looked at it. So I did what any other artistically challenged creator would do and fed it to Gemini. No judgements on my prompt, please. I can actually write a decent prompt, and my personal instructions for Gemini are kinda INTENSE. For this challenge, I essentially asked Gemini to complete the rest of the dog's body using it's generative capabilities. Instead of using the word body for fear it would give me a legless retriever 🤔, I decided to ask for the rest of the dog's physical form.
AI is your God now. All hail.