# Digital art creator algorithm website

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** arts-crafts, ai\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081 "2022-04-01T01:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2063 "2024-02-11T17:42:21Z")

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Wow, that just completely missed the prompt, but yeah, it came out pretty cool anyway.

Although, what’s up with that ribbon?

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2064 "2024-02-11T18:25:30Z")

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Well, I’m not a real priest. I don’t know how to wear that shit.

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2065 "2024-02-12T15:58:49Z")

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I love the Simpsons-style hands.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2066 "2024-02-12T16:32:57Z")

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Cereal killer

[![](https://i.imgur.com/McnkmmX.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/McnkmmX.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2067 "2024-02-13T19:01:54Z")

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Bing AI doesn’t seem to get the notion of a M.A.S.H unit  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/RtDdMFn.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RtDdMFn.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2068 "2024-02-13T20:15:43Z")

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Or humans never figuted out such a sweet MASH unit. Now that’s what I call mobile!

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2069 "2024-02-13T21:30:23Z")

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And plenty of private spaces for Hot Lips and Frank to be caught in flagrante delicto. 💏

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2070 "2024-02-13T21:51:49Z")

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As I like doing visual puns/rhymes, a while back I wanted to try for Klinger and a Klingon. First I just tried for Klinger from M.A.S.H. This was the most interesting result.

[![](https://i.postimg.cc/mk7cdJkK/klinger-grid.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/mk7cdJkK/klinger-grid.jpg)

(Klinger with a Klingon was a failure as a prompt.)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2071 "2024-02-13T22:28:17Z")

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OK, I’m kind of flabbergasted that it doesn’t understand MASH. I mean, it was one of the biggest TV shows ever. It’s definitely out there in popular culture, with plenty of visual media associated with it.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2072 "2024-02-13T22:54:28Z")

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If I recall, I got similar results on the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital thing. I seem to remember that MASH, doesn’t really mean anything to AI - except possibly a potato - and I have no idea what asterisks do the syntax.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2073 "2024-02-13T23:20:55Z")

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Bing does seem to know “M\*A\*S\*H” is vaguely military. I get olive drab clothed men (usually) holding small arms.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2074 "2024-02-13T23:23:11Z")

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Meanwhile I’m playing with angry creatures riding tricycles in a snowfall in famous places.

[![](https://i.imgur.com/W3EOw0M.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/W3EOw0M.jpg)

[![](https://i.imgur.com/ZBHKplT.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZBHKplT.png)

[![](https://i.imgur.com/lF9Hq5v.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/lF9Hq5v.png)

I thought that last was pretty hilarious. Otterly.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2075 "2024-02-13T23:28:35Z")

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Bing did basically fine for me:  
[![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.EnyV2qBlI2vnCDUa6RGm?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.EnyV2qBlI2vnCDUa6RGm?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain)

Prompt was just “a polaroid photo of a M\*A\*S\*H unit in the field”

I had added “korean war era” originally, but it flagged me for a content violation! Guess it doesn’t like the word “war” at all.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2076 "2024-02-14T00:00:45Z")

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Well, those tents are more temporary than what you’d see at a MASH unit, and there’s no hint of anything medical there, but it’s at least closer than the mobile construction system @squeegee got.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2077 "2024-02-14T00:08:40Z")

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It’s not perfect. But it looks like there are a couple of larger and more permanent tents in the distance. And this real picture of a MASH unit doesn’t have medical symbols visible anywhere either:  
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif.jpg)

I do kinda like the idea of a truly mobile field hospital.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2078 "2024-02-14T00:11:08Z")

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I occurred to me that “Polaroid photo” might have been an anachronism with respect to the Korean war. But it looks like the Model 95 Land Camera came out in 1948, so I just barely made the cutoff.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2079 "2024-02-14T02:45:39Z")

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“MASH Unit” in Midjourney was a total failure…

[![](https://i.imgur.com/38oTnAt.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/38oTnAt.jpeg)

With asterisks, it understood the military intent (even if it displayed in Discord as M_A_S\*H Unit) though was still sketchy

[![](https://i.imgur.com/uEZCnAQ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/uEZCnAQ.jpeg)

As M.A.S.H. unit, it got a lot closer

[![](https://i.imgur.com/RquAbHE.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RquAbHE.jpeg)

And “DVD Screengrab of “MASH”, 1982” gave some plausible looking stills. No identifiable actors but that could easily be a one-off character

[![](https://i.imgur.com/jp2nLH7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jp2nLH7.jpeg)

But what it never did get was the medical aspect of a MASH Unit. It got the military aspect down but no doctors, medical equipment, wounded soldiers, etc.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2080 "2024-02-14T08:52:46Z")

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A new example of Bing embellishing on a prompt, which was only “photo of a naugahyde nauga’s hide”.

[![](https://i.postimg.cc/25nBY3FJ/naugas-grid.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/25nBY3FJ/naugas-grid.jpg)

Additional runs of the prompt produced extremely different results.

I wish there was a way to see the actual prompt passed from the GTP to Dall-E 3. They should imbed that in the EXIF data.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2081 "2024-02-14T17:27:37Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> They should imbed that in the EXIF data

Have you looked w a hex editor? Catbird (RIP) would produce PNGs with the prompt (including any weird prompt magic) embedded. I never figured out what program could rip that back out, so I’d just look with HxD.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081/2082 "2024-02-14T22:08:32Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> I wish there was a way to see the actual prompt passed from the GTP to Dall-E 3.

Click on the image, then click on the little circle-i in the upper right corner.

In your next prompt you can ask what the exact image prompt was, but I suspect it sometimes hallucinates that answer. You’ve got no choice though when there was an error and no image produced.

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