I tried AI art generators and the results are delightful and terrifying

After reading an article recently about the emergence of AI art generators like Jasper Art and Dall-E-2, I decided to try two of them out for myself.

In some specific cases, they actually did do a pretty great job (I’ll get to those in a bit).

But let me tell you, some of the other results were pure nightmare fuel.

It may be that, as AI art generators increase in popularity and get more sophisticated, they’ll be able to consistently pop out useable content.

For now, the results are decidedly hit-and-miss.

Let me walk you through my first attempt at testing the systems.

Prepare to be delighted — and terrified!

The ugly

When you first sign on to sites like Jasper Art and Dall-E-2, they provide some examples of searches you can attempt with their art generators.

One example they give is “an avocado in an armchair” or like “a robot eating an apple in a cyberpunk future, digital art.”

Stuff like that.

To test out the systems, I tried a mix of just random stuff that popped into my head, as well as some theoretical art ideas for blog posts, children’s books, etc.

Let’s start with the stuff that really didn’t work.