More AI fun

And it is fun in a scary way

So, the latest AI craze is using AI to generate self portraits using the following prompt:

“create a caricature of me using everything you know about me”.

In chatgpt, the system asked for more information to better render the final picture…

I’d love to do that — but to make a caricature that actually looks like you, I need a photo to reference.

Could you upload a clear picture of yourself? Once you do, tell me:

• 🎭 The vibe you want (professional, superhero, cartoonish, exaggerated comedy, etc.)

• 🖼️ Style preference (digital painting, comic book, Pixar-style, ink sketch, etc.)

• 🎯 Any specific elements to include (props, background, hobbies, inside jokes)

So, I uploaded a masonic headshot from my installation as Worshipful Master, and added the following text:

“the vibe should be comedic comic book, adding masonry, motorcycles, firearms, retired veteran, patriotic, bourbon and a sexy curvy blonde female by my side”.

The result:

This is utterly stunning. There is so much detail included. It even added a tattoo of the S&C which is a great touch. It artfully added every detain I asked for, and the end result is so much better than I expected.

OK, chatgpt was a clear winner, let’s see how googles nano banana version of art generation. I used the prompt:

“create a caricature of me using everything you know about me. the vibe should be comedic comic book, adding masonry, motorcycles, firearms, retired veteran, patriotic, bourbon and a sexy curvy blonde female by my side”.

This time, google didn’t prompt me for a photo, it just went to town…

Ummmm…..ok, nice try.

While chatgpt understood the masonry reference, google decided, nope, it’s bricks. Lots of bricks. Even the paint job on the bike is bricks. And who the heck is riding the bike? And what the heck is that rear fender/wheel on the bottom left doing? Not to mention the person who is supposed to be me looks nothing like me, and I have never worn a porn ‘stache in my entire life. I could only dream of having that jaw line. The blonde behind me must be 7 feet tall.

Swing and a giant miss. It didn’t even ask me if I wanted to change or add anything. I gave up on this one, it’s terrible.

So, lastly, I tried Microsoft’s copilot using the same prompt as google.

OK, still wrong, and it added a rogue 3rd hand to boot. It didn’t ask for a photo to reference, but it did prompt me if I wanted to change anything.

“make it a more intense detailed comic book style, but remove the 3rd hand you added that is holding the glass of bourbon”.

Made it more detailed, and removed the 3rd hand like I asked, but also removed the bourbon reference and again thinks I’m talking about bricks.

So, to try and make it more fair, I asked it to make changes using my headshot photo to make it look more like me…

It sorta looked like me, I guess it took the whole comic book thing to heart.

For reference, here is my headshot I used…

You can see where the first picture from chatgpt was the most faithful to my likeness out of the others because it was the most faithful to the photo - because it asked right away.

I have to hand it to chatgpt, they were arguably the first major player in AI, and is still leaps and bounds better than anyone else. To be fair, supposedly google’s nano banana is great - if you pay for the premium version, which I won’t ever do.

Has anyone else played around with this latest AI fad?