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I have had the most fun in my recent life by playing with a free program called "Stable Diffusion." It converts text to images or changes an image assisted by text. What it can do is amazing! I took a photo of a famous painting, The Street, by Balthus, and randomly changed it in progressively increasing amounts. Amazingly, the AI retained the artist's style without me even asking it to! This is the original (first), followed by increasingly different results:
The evolution of AI in creating art is absolutely thrilling! The ability of AI to produce visually stunning and intellectually profound artwork by learning from vast datasets is a testament to the boundless creativity that technology can offer. It's fascinating how AI can interpret and manifest artistic concepts that were once solely the domain of human creativity. The key to this incredible capability is data labeling, which involves meticulously tagging thousands of pieces of artwork and styles. This detailed labeling process trains AI models to understand different artistic elements and techniques, enabling them to generate unique and captivating art pieces. It's a brilliant fusion of technology and traditional artistry, opening up new horizons for creative expression!