AI can make ART from EMOJIS?! - DALL-E 2

Maybe do another episode of "Painting characters EXACTLY as described in the book..." but now dall-e should paint it too.

I wanna test how good Dall-e can be in creating designs for maybe Book characters. Example: A confident young lady with medium white hair that is a bartender I just realized you can experiment with Dall-e and your Arty games that would be so interesting

The character at 14:41 is actually amazing, she has a very striking aesthetic and I like the contrast between the fluffy coat and obviously cold environment with the fiery hair and expression and warm lighting. She looks like a beacon of warmth in like an arctic frigid landscape, just looking at her it feels like she has a story. It's a genuinely good character design and the face and pose are very expressive, if you showed me that out of context I would 100% think it was made by a real artist with intentionality.

I'm not afraid of DALL-E 2 leaving artists without a job, I'm afraid of it being used to create NFTs.

So humans simplified communication with Emojis so an A.I. can turn it into complex artwork. The only thing we need now is an A.I. that turn these artworks into Emojis... lol

It is amazing but also kinda terrifying how good AI is now at creating things that seem so human. 20 years ago, no-one would have thought this was even possible, so I wonder what else could happen in the next few decades

Its like photography when taking pictures was a new thing! Some thought it was going to take over painting, but artists could overcome and use photography as a tool. Can’t wait to see what we’ll take on with this as a new tool

Call me a skeptic, but I do see this as a challenge and a threat to true artists. You said yourself that the barrier between not being able to create has been lifted, so now anybody with an understanding in English can create the same level of art as Joe Shmoe the artist who spent 5-10 years of his life just to get good enough to sell. It makes it so that anybody can be an artist just by entering a prompt into one program, and therefore makes the cut-off for being a real "artist" goes from a challenging career to a very rare profession (if not a nonexistent profession since it would only take minor tweaks to turn a Dall-E 2 image into a truly stunning piece). It is not stoppable now that it's invented, but many controversies will be spawned and many artists will be de-valued because they cannot "adapt" (although, there's no way to adapt when it comes to this situation as skill only grows with practice, and practice gets stifled when an easier method is available). I get that you have to be optimistic as you influence 6+ million people, some of which are aspiring/active artists, but the fact of the matter is that AI will drown out minor talent and lower the value of true talent.

I’d love to see an art challenge where you take prompts, make some quick sketches of a composition you think DALLE will try to go towards and then have it do those prompts and see if you predicted what it would create. Like if you can predict how it’s mind works and what kind of poses it tends to go for.

I belive that the actual design of the emojis has nothing to do with the image produced. I think that because every emoji has a name (I mean text) that the search engine just translates the emojis to text. Could you try again some of them by writing text istead of emojis? If you hover the mouse pointer over an emoji usually a label with its name appears .Use that text instead of emojis.

I do feel a little disheartened when seeing the A.I creating a masterpiece in a matter of minutes, whereas it probably would've taken me days, or weeks to do the same thing. The value placed on an artwork has shifted. It raises the question at least (what makes this valued, why is this valued) is a reality artist and the creative industry will be having to answer and justify from now on.

It’s super helpful for making reference images of certain poses, or reference images for how to render in a certain style. And yeah, it’s not perfect, but that’s why you use it as a very basic reference, you don’t full-on copy it.

Love this idea! The snake skateboard emoji results are amazing🔥

I'm really sad Jazza skipped past 5:47 so quickly, that looks like something I'd have on the wall in my kitchen. I love it!

I could have watched another hour of this. The way Dall-E interprets prompts is so fascinating and I really appreciate your thoughts on Dall-E & it’s art as you experience more of it.

oh I LOVED hearing the conversation about how artists don't need to feel threatened as this is a tool, not a competition. I've seen so many people understandable concerned about this and that take was really refreshing and nice to hear!

As amazing as DALL-E 2 is I don't see it over running current artists while it is still limited to a select group of people, though I understand why it would be because the power needed to output art like that with a decent speed is quite a lot.

While there are elements of this that worry me, I’m also really excited at the prospect of using this as a tool to further my art! I really think it could be useful as a source of inspiration or reference. Not to mention, I think AI art might get big not in place of artists, but alongside them. There will always be aspects of human made art that an AI cannot replicate, like the original intention, the process, the deliberate thought of every decision that goes into a piece. It’s a very exciting prospect and also a big leap for programming and AI in general!

For me this is to the art world as the digital synthesiser was to the music world, as you say it allows greater access to the creation of amazing new art, but I think, like the synthesiser, which in no way detracted from the musicians and their skill with instruments, DALL-E2 doesn't take away from artists working in more traditional ways, like the synthesiser DALL-E2 will simply find a place amongst the more traditional forms of producing art and there by extending the overall pallet of tools available to create art as the synthesiser has in the music world.

Jazza this video has been wonderful. I love seeing you talk about something that you clearly enjoy and think is genuinely interesting. The joy that you truly feel from talking about this and the excitement from the possibilities it presents is clear on your face. Keep creating Jazza, but most importantly keep doing things that bring you happiness.