Text to image generators

Midjourney (and maybe other image generators) is truly eye opening - maybe even revolutionary. Until Midjourney, I'd written off AI as 'neat'. It is a distillation of what AI can do that my mind finally is beginning to understand.

As a lover or art, especially abstract art, I've always thought a computer could create art. I've actually tried it, in a primitive way. Programmatically, I created random triangles and circles and thru them on the screen. It almost never created anything coherent. But it was interesting.

What makes Midjourney so special is its 'eye'.

Astoundingly, it seems to understand what makes a great piece of art - which of course would be ineffable to describe - but you know it when you see it. Center of attention, golden ratio, vanishing point - guiding the eye around the piece. I don't know how but it is doing it. It is fun and exciting.

As an artist, we better look at that wave cresting on the horizon and get a surfboard. It will be at least as disruptive as the technologies that, say, allow running Figma in the browser. It is a tool, not a crutch.

PS: Discord as an interface is alright - but it seems like there is plenty of room to make it better.