https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/16\/the-stupidity-of-ai-artificial-intelligence-dall-e-chatgpt<\/a><\/p>\nhe weirdness of AI image generation exists in the output as well as the input. One user tried typing in nonsense phrases and was confused and somewhat discomforted to discover that Dall-E mini seemed to have a very good idea of what a \u201cCrungus\u201d was: an otherwise unknown phrase that consistently produced images of a snarling, naked, ogre-like figure. Crungus was sufficiently clear within the program\u2019s imagination that he could be manipulated easily: other users quickly offered up images of ancient Crungus tapestries, Roman-style Crungus mosaics, oil paintings of Crungus, photos of Crungus hugging various celebrities, and, this being the internet, \u201csexy\u201d Crungus.<\/p>\n
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Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous by James Bridle https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/16\/the-stupidity-of-ai-artificial-intelligence-dall-e-chatgpt he weirdness of AI image generation exists in the output as well as the input. One user tried typing in nonsense phrases and was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"\n
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