Alfred's Serif Users' Forums — AI and self-portraits of itself.

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (GB) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:24:08 +0000

Yes, I had noticed the tautology! But apparently AI did not. It did not say the real reason it could not produce a self-portrait of anything but itself.

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (Alfred) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:52:09 +0000

GB wrote:

Try asking for a self-portrait of someone else and see where that gets you!
I did!
Request: produce a self-portrait of William Overington
Reply: As much as I wish I could help you, I'm unable to create images of real people. However, if you tell me more about William Overington or share a photo, I can describe what he might look like. How does that sound?

LOL, Geoff! My point was, of course, that the words ‘of yourself’ are (or should be!) redundant. By definition, the subject of a self-portrait is the artist.

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (William) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:40:40 +0000

Clicking the picture then clicking the result produces the original at full size.

William

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (William) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:37:24 +0000

Alfred wrote:

William wrote:
Please paint a self-portrait of yourself.
Try asking for a self-portrait of someone else and see where that gets you!

{I prompted using the following.]

Mariposa Prynter is a fictional female character in a novel that is available free to read on the web. Mariposa Prynter is an amateur artist. Please produce a painting that is a self-portrait of Mariposa Prynter.

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (GB) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:23:56 +0000

Try asking for a self-portrait of someone else and see where that gets you!

I did!

Request: produce a self-portrait of William Overington
Reply: As much as I wish I could help you, I'm unable to create images of real people. However, if you tell me more about William Overington or share a photo, I can describe what he might look like. How does that sound?

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (GB) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:19:46 +0000

It's interesting that AI seems to believe it looks like a human, but is unsure of its gender.

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (Alfred) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:31:49 +0000

William wrote:

Please paint a self-portrait of yourself.

Try asking for a self-portrait of someone else and see where that gets you!

Re: AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (William) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:03:13 +0000

[So, today, Monday 23 December 2024, I will try the same prompt again, as a New Topic. I wonder if the pictures will be the same as previously or different from them.]

Please paint a self-portrait of yourself.

AI and self-portraits of itself.

null@example.com (William) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:13:28 +0000

The title stated is as follows.

> AI has drawn a self-portrait for the very first time revealing what it thinks it looks like

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/arts/visual-a … r-AA1wbFQY

Hmm.

However, on Saturday 21 December 2024, that inspired me to prompt Bing Chat AI as follows.

Please paint a self-portrait of yourself.

Four pictures were produced.

Yet i am wondering, is that the AI responding to the prompt as an AI as usual, or did the programmers set that up as an exception in some way?

William