Found time to play with some of the new AI platforms for generating images – there are so many and new ones every day so I am finding it hard to keep up and no idea how you judge which are good or bad? Seems we are jumping head first down this rabbit hole without any debate or pause.

drawit.art – basically do a sketch and choose a style (street art) and it will generate images

I found this one particularly fun – huggingface.co – ai-comic-factory – similar principle to first one where you describe the image rather than sketch it and choose a “style” for it to render and it will create a bunch of panels for you. Could you create a whole comic using it?

And inevitably there is bias in the current AI offerings which missjourney.ai is trying to counter “If you ask AI to visualize a professional, less than 20% are women. This is not ok. Visit missjourney.ai to support a gender-equal future.”

An AI alternative that creates artwork of exclusively women. With the aim of actively countering current biased image generators and ensuring we build inclusive digital realities – right from the start.
MissJourney marks the start of the year-long TEDxAmsterdam Women theme; Decoding the Future.

And finally Deep Dream which you can upload your own image and tweak it using many different parameters. Same base image with different modifiers and styles applied.

Artificial intelligence (AI) image generation is a rapidly developing field with the potential to revolutionize the way we create and consume images. AI image generators can generate realistic images from text descriptions, and they are becoming increasingly sophisticated and capable.

One of the most advanced AI image generators currently available is Google’s Imagen. Imagen is still under development, but it has the ability to generate high-quality images that are indistinguishable from human-created images. Imagen can be used to generate images from a wide range of text prompts, including images of people, animals, landscapes, and objects.

Google has not yet announced a public release date for Imagen, but it is expected to be released in the next few months. When Imagen is released, it will be available to a wider range of users, and it is likely to have a significant impact on the field of AI image generation.