GentBG - a new experiment to burn STEEM

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by joviansummer original STEEMIT post: https://steemit.com/blog/@joviansummer/gentbg-a-new-experiment-to-burn-steem Hello, this is @joviansummer(witness: @jswit). GentBG(Gentlemen's Burning Gallery) is an experimental project which I came up with while testing image generation AIs. The main purpose of this experiment is to get upvotes and BURN liquid author reward, to influence STEEM price upward by reducing supply. Posts will feature AI-generated images which will usually present Japanese anime style combined with a bit of pin-up girl vibe. Here are the rules: Panels will be removed after 7 days. The number of removed panels will be determined by liquid author reward. Currently it's roughly 1 panel per 1 STEEM. Liquid author reward will be burned(transferred to @null). SP reward will be delegated to @jsup, to get amplified upvotes and burn some more STEEM. I'm planning to conduct this experiment up to 2 months for now, due to limited resource(cost, time). I...

Experimenting with generative AI

by joviansummer
original STEEMIT post: https://steemit.com/blog/@joviansummer/experimenting-with-generative-ai


Hello, this is @joviansummer(witness: @jswit). I may be a stranger to this art community, but hopefully some of you might find this post interesting.

I've been experimenting with generative AI for some time, and it was pretty interesting for me. I didn't use online services. Instead, I directly used open models such as Stable Diffusion and its derivatives combined with UI software such as Forge or ComfyUI.

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The image attached to this post was done by me, with multiple back and forth with AI model, using image-to-image generation.

These are a few things I've found regarding this experiment, but considering that I'm neither artist nor AI expert, it would be better to take them with a grain of salt. Anyway, here they are:

  • Maybe it's just me, but it was really difficult to get what I want exactly with text-to-image generation.

  • AI could generate pretty good images, but there were anomalies sometimes. Especially eyes, fingers, or arms/legs.

  • If I manually draw/paint a draft image and then use AI to revise it, sometimes AI could present brilliant results. If you have specific visual in your mind, you need to draw/paint something so that AI can use it as a reference. Text prompt(text-to-image) was not enough in many cases.

  • Image generation using text prompt only may help artists getting some new ideas/inspirations.

  • You need a powerful GPU for image generation. It's possible to do run image generation AI models with CPU, but it's very slow.

I'm testing an experimental service jsup.GEN to connect Steemit and generative AI. Currently it's limited to text-to-image generation. Maybe I should look into image-to-image generation also.

Personally I don't think AI will replace real artists, at least for now. Instead, AI may help artists speed up their works greatly without compromising visual quality.

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful day!


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