- Is this the shortest time between [speculative fiction](https://pharmapsychotic.com/tools.html) and [robust job market](https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/2/23326868/dalle-midjourney-ai-promptbase-prompt-market-sales-artist-interview) and [retail presence](https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly/status/1562562459281420289) and [backing visuals](https://twitter.com/itsclivetime/status/1586814556059316224)? Or go one more level and share [the detailed internal state](https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1568655679883460610) instead of just the prompt. - Should we think of this as artists manipulating [different instruments, each with a distinctive sound?](https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1561019187451011074) [The lonely searching for mechanical succor?](https://twitter.com/abcdentminded/status/1561211951161569280) - No matter how you feel about it, [it's just getting easier](https://twitter.com/dystopiabreaker/status/1563365795735908352) and [easier](https://github.com/divamgupta/diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui). - Just be careful you don't get [Loab](https://twitter.com/mattskala/status/1567300206969982979) by mistake. - If you thought it was just pictures, [think again](https://twitter.com/nearcyan/status/1567569044047384576). Well, at least [3d is far...oh](https://twitter.com/MartinNebelong/status/1575738803935141888). Well, at least it's [cute](https://twitter.com/jon_barron/status/1575582899197267968). Video will be a while though, [right?](https://twitter.com/nearcyan/status/1577722823006597121) Shirley this will have no effect on [video games](https://github.com/emomilol1213/Unreal-Diffusion). - Maybe [human coordination problems will save us](https://twitter.com/chrisalbon/status/1567688342124503040). - It's certainly not restricted to [Human languages](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1568644275247923206). - Surely this genie will only give you [the wish you meant to ask for](https://twitter.com/goodside/status/1569128808308957185). Surely, when it doesn't, [the results will remain comical](https://twitter.com/leastfavorite_/status/1570475633557348355) or [adorable](https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1570598156160897024). Surely nobody will [expose the trick](https://twitter.com/theNFTexplainer/status/1570586576794841089). How do you [escape ... concepts?](https://simonwillison.net/2022/Sep/12/prompt-injection/) (h/t John). - I am forced to admit that this...[is art](https://twitter.com/GlennIsZen/status/1578711355754176512). (nsfw?) - [It's hard not to see this as spellcasting](https://twitter.com/Suhail/status/1580577281415659520) - [You don't always get what you want](https://twitter.com/DeltyThe73rd/status/1581127306386427904) but [sometimes, you get what you need](https://twitter.com/JanelleCShane/status/1581327808936411139) - I suspect [asking *humans* to think step by step would also work](https://twitter.com/goodside/status/1581868987952300032). - Just like human dreams, [AI generated images can tell you things about their childhood](https://cyberneticforests.substack.com/p/how-to-read-an-ai-image). - Sure, why not, [add AI to spreadsheets](https://twitter.com/shubroski/status/1587136794797244417). What could go wrong.