951 Topic by William

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952 Topic by William

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Some time ago I enjoyed trying Bing Chat AI to produce images, trying unusual prompts to observe what would be produced, including one in the impressionist style

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3876#p3876

one in the style of Claude Monet

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3899#p3899

one in the style of Van Gogh

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3901#p3901

and some just trying to explore what could be produce.

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3902#p3902

Recently, I tried to produce some more impressionist style pictures and Bing Chat AI  does not seem to want to do it.

However, I think that I produced those pictures using another computer, which I think was a Windows 10 computer and this is a Windows 11 computer.

So, those pictures were then on another computer, and my attempts now are now and on this computer.

So, is anyone at this time able to get Bing Chat AI to produce an original impressionist style painting please?

I am wondering if perhaps Bing Chat AI has been reset and relearnt its skills on a different, maybe restricted, set of content.

William

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953 Reply by William

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William wrote:

Two nice surprises!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4HoHt621bM

William

If one is quick and pauses the video at 4 seconds in, the text of part of her identity card is displayed on the screen.

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954 Reply by William

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What you need to know about Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in under 5 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-CMRENm2k

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955 Reply by William

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Yet it also featured on the evening local news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m … s-12092024

Starts a bit after 9 minutes in.

Expires tonight 6:58pm

That has an interview with a lady about AI that was not in the lunchtime bulletin.

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956 Reply by William

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I have found it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m … s-12092024

Starts a bit after 4 minutes in.

However, it has

Expires today 1:45pm

So only available for less than 2 hours from the time of posting this note.

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957 Reply by William

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Well, at the time it was live on iPlayer, or still on that day, and if the News broadcasts are put on iplayer for the longer term, it is not immediate.

I'll have a look now.

William

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958 Reply by William

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Alfred wrote:

You’re very fond of including the word ‘interesting’ in your posts and topic titles, aren’t you, William!

Indeed.

Alfred wrote:

Quite apart from its being a given that we find our own topics interesting, it would help to provide context to the thread if you were to say why a particular topic piqued your interest.

I introduced it like that in the hope that readers would enjoy the surprise rather than me putting a spoiler comment before the viewing.

Alfred wrote:

What two things surprised you in the linked clip, and what did you find nice about them?

I thought it rather splendid how each of the two ladies were presented as looking like the lady featured in a famous painting, with a pastiche of the painting with the image of the lady removed, as if she had gone for a walkabout.

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959 Topic by William

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Two nice surprises!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4HoHt621bM

William

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960 Reply by William

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Companies involved

https://www.notquitepast.com/about/

Digital Ceramics at Longport

Is it these at Tunstall?

https://www.digitalceramics.com/about

rome2rio.com has Longport and Tunstall a few minutes apart, so possibly yes.

Less than a mile away is Middleport pottery where Burgess and Leigh are still using a technique dating back to 1851.

An item shown seems to have the name Burleigh on its base.

https://www.burleigh.co.uk/pages/our-history

William

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961 Topic by William

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I have a few minutes ago seen on the BBC1 lunchtime news, today, Thursday 12 September 2024, the local news for the Midlands region, a feature about AI being used to design original Delft-style ceramic tiles.

I do not know if readers other than those in the Midlands area can access the item on iPlayer, by changing the region setting on your computer temporarily, but I am posting to draw your attention to it.

I will try to produce another post by having another viewing and posting the names of the businesses that were stated in case there might be websites available.

William

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962 Reply by William

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GB wrote:

Search Dusty Springfield mother's pride advert, and you will see that clip.

Ah yes. Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pu8E-KCEik

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963 Reply by William

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An interesting article. I feel I have learned some things about art.

I noticed this within the text.

> Certainly, a few contemporary AI “artists” have never experienced any level of critique, until they posted their “work” on social media.

One thing that I have never done is purport that I produced the art generated by Bing Chat AI. I have always stated that the image was produced by Bing Chat AI. i have stated that I authored the prompt for that particular artwork.

I would be interested to know what readers, some of whom may be professional artists, think of four images referenced here by links to another thread in this forum, perhaps by reference to the comments about the art quality of AI images made in the article to which Alfred posted a link.

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3876#p3876

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3899#p3899

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=3901#p3901

https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=4273#p4273

Clicking on an image enlarges it, clicking again enlarges it further,

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964 Reply by William

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At just after 5 minutes 10 seconds in, is the lady who is singing a well-known singer from the 1960s, perhaps before she was a star?

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965 Topic by William

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This popped up on YouTube and started playing.

I remember some of these.

British T.V. from 1950s/60s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFGQbt7Ktrc 8 minutes 18 seconds of clips.

At least one of them is available on YouTube.

William

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966 Topic by William

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The Design Store of the Museum of Modern Art in New York is selling some posters that advertised art exhibitions, some many years ago.

There are 48 posters on offer and there are illustrations and descriptions.

https://store.moma.org/en-gb/collections/rare-posters

William

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967 Reply by William

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GB wrote:

Maybe it was simply doing a Windows update. This can take several, even many, minutes.

Thank you.

I did recently get a message saying that it was unable to update I think it was Microsoft Edge.

So maybe related as I was writing in this thread, viewing in Microsoft Edge, when it happened.

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968 Reply by William

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Ah, thank you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_screen_of_death

So a feature of Windows, not a virus or similar.

William

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969 Reply by William

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32 views thus far.

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970 Reply by William

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I had the computer on for a while, did some of the Duolingo Welsh course, then turned off the computer and was doing other things for around two hours.

About five minutes ago I turned the computer on, came to this forum, then I got the blue screen with the message again, but it had 100% and went off after literally just a few seconds and the computer rebooted and so I came to this forum and I am posting this note.

William

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971 Reply by William

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On for a while now with no more problems ... yet.

William

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972 Reply by William

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So, I am wondering if it will crash again.

Has anyone met this phenomenon please?

William

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973 Reply by William

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But back to the first post and follow on from there.

So after that I tried again, several times, getting just a light screen one time maybe two times.

Then I got a screen with the hp logo and a curved line went from 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock but seemed to freeze.

So I tried again and I got the hp logo and then a start up.

Nothing about needing to restore Windows.

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974 Reply by William

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Does anyone know what is going on please?

I was typing a followup post and suddenly the keyboard jammed.

So I did the hard switch off and tried again.

A couple of times just a bright screen.

Then an hp logo (this is a Hewlwett Packard computer) and it seems to be working again.

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975 Topic by William

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This computer seems to be working now.

This morning, Saturday 7 September 2024, I was looking at the news pages and suddenly the screen went blue with yellow lettering, but it was not totally crisp, a bit funny looking in places, with a message that my computer had a problem and needed a reboot and data was being gathered.
0%

Well, the 0% did not increase, and wondering if this was genuine or some sort of virus, I turned the computer off with the old time way of holding the switch down for 30 seconds or so and trying again. The screen was black but a light on the caps lock button was flashing slowly 1 2 3 4-5 repeatedly.

Posting to start the thread in case it crashes again.

Edited to add SOMETIMES to the title in view of what happened afterwards.

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