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Hands-on with ChatGPT's powerful new image engine (www.axios.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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In the day that I have had access, I gave the new model a wide range of tasks.

  • A friend asked me to make a memorial image of her recently deceased cat along with two favorite toys. It crafted an image that looked like a highly personalized sympathy card.

  • It elegantly took two photos from my wedding and made it appear as if they were in an old-style photo album with photo corners.

  • My colleagues suggested a poster for a fictional event. I decided to create a Mike Allen look-alike contest in Washington Square Park this Sunday. (Of course, it's only fictional if no one shows up.)

It also made a handy infographic making "the case against candy corn" which I used unsuccessfully to convince two colleagues that the treat, which is neither candy nor corn, is also not good.

The full pages it designs are scary good. I'd go so far as to say this is definitely a shot across the bow for design work.

If you're used to absurd lettering and poor design decisions, the output included in the story suggests otherwise.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People who are not writers think AI can replace writers.
People who are not translators think AI can replace translators.
People who are not developers think AI can replace devs.
You think AI is "a shot across the bow for design work" since you are not a designer.
Everyone thinks AI can do other people's jobs because they're not experts in those areas.

I wonder what your profession is, and whether you think AI could replace you and deliver the same quality of work.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I spent two decades as a newspaper writer, editor and designer and have won national awards for all three. Try again.

Also, it doesn't matter if it's 100% as good as what I can do. Corporate will readily settle for 80% for a fraction of the price and time.