AI Image Manipulation

[Jim Easterbrook]

I'm sorry this thread became a little dark, not the intent.

Good comedy is often on the edge of dark thoughts.

The thread has been very thought provoking, as well as being the first time I've seen some "AI" photos without the usual faults like people with 3 arms or 6 fingered hands. (That'll be the "Norfolk'n'Good AI".)

[Newportnobby]

As stated, it's a bit of fun, but it has pushed me to look into it. As a result, I'll be taking a 4F, BG coach and snowplough to the club on Wednesday with a view to creating a view of the club layout which I can add snow to and make an e Christmas card to send out to all our members.

[Malc-c]

Granted its all been a light hearted bit of fun, but what if rather than tutu's the instruction was to make the group in the photo naturists and remove all clothing...possibly with genitalia blurred as its a family forum... It might make a few people chuckle, but those "victims" in the image might think otherwise..

What's concerning me is how quick AI is progressing now that its freely available.  Soon it will be designing the next level of data centres to take AI to a new level.. some of those sci-fi films like I-Robot could well become reality.

[Southerngooner]

As I said in my posts with the James Street snow pics I'm a Luddite with regard to AI. However, I do think it is possible to go a bit over the top with complete rejection of it. Yes, it COULD make you naked, it COULD be used for harm, but so can a car, a gun, drugs, social media, war, etc, pick your own choice of harmful things that we have become accustomed to. Keep your head down, don't go broadcasting your life on social media and try to avoid getting whipped up into a frenzy by click bait headlines on TV, internet or newspapers.......thats my recipe for a better life!

Dave

[Bealman]

As they said in the excellent Full Monty movie, "Just think of the most boring thing you can think of"

A Dire Staits double album!

[chrism]

As they said in the excellent Full Monty movie, "Just think of the most boring thing you can think of"

A Dire Staits double album!

Heathens 

[LASteve]

A Dire Staits double album!

See what happens when you use AI spellcheck? Not to be trusted ...

[Bealman]

Ooops, it's worse than that - that was my own doing, completely unassisted by spell check or AI!

[icairns]

In a possibly vain attempt to get this thread back on track, here is a photo of LNER Class J72 number 68736 that I took at Newcastle Central Station back in the winter of 1962 when I would have been nine years old. 

This locomotive acted as station pilot at York before transferring to Newcastle in 1961.  It has been painted in NER green and carried both the NER emblem and the BR crest. 

Dapol is planning to release this model in the same livery and I have already got mine on pre-order. 

Thanks to AI, I have been able to colourise this photo to remind me what the prototype looked like and I will probably make a print of this colour photo for my railway room.  This is what I see as one of the benefits of AI. 

It is a pity that I did not manage to get the entire loco in the photo.  Well, I was only nine! 

Ian

P.S.  I did specify that the loco be colourised in NER green but the result is possibly a little dark.  But I still like it!

[LASteve]

Nicely done! Which AI tool did you use? It's interesting to compare the merits/demerits of each.