Hope (not Hope) reigns eternal. I am more knowledgeable than many about the various AI chatbots and image generators out there. After I wrote the above, I thought, “I’ll give both Bard and Mage.Space opportunities to do things neither of them are good at, and see where it leads.” I said to Bard, “Paint me a verbal picture of a beautiful 54-year-old woman. Make everything up about her. Be creative. Be descriptive. Give me enough words that, if I were a painter, I could paint a photo-realistic, full-body portrait of her.”
Now. Bard sucks. The only thing Bard is good at (at least, the only thing I’ve been able to cause it to be good at) is creativity along these lines. It didn’t fail me. It responded as follows:
Sure, here is a verbal picture of a beautiful 54-year-old woman:
She is of average height, with a slender but curvy figure. Her skin is a warm, golden brown, and her hair is a dark, rich chestnut. Her eyes are a deep, soulful brown, and her lips are full and sensuous.
She is dressed in a simple but elegant outfit. A long, flowing skirt of deep blue silk falls to her ankles, and a fitted jacket of cream-colored cashmere hugs her curves. She wears a strand of pearls around her neck and a pair of gold hoop earrings.
She stands with her back straight and her head held high. She has a confident and graceful bearing, and she moves with the easy grace of a dancer.
As she turns to face you, you see that she has a warm and friendly smile. Her eyes twinkle with intelligence and humor, and you can tell that she is a woman who enjoys life.
She is beautiful, but it is not her physical beauty that strikes you the most. It is her inner beauty that shines through. She is kind, compassionate, and wise. She has a zest for life and a deep appreciation for the simple things.
You know that she is a woman who has lived a full and rich life. She has loved and lost, she has laughed and cried, and she has learned from her experiences. She is a woman who is comfortable in her own skin, and she is not afraid to be herself.
If I were a painter, I would paint her standing in front of a window, with the sunlight streaming in behind her. She would be bathed in golden light, and her face would be illuminated by a warm smile. I would capture the joy and vitality that she exudes, and I would make sure that the painting reflected her inner beauty as well as her outer beauty.
Then, I turned to Mage.Space.
Now.
Mage.Space is really good at conjuring pictures of hot women. It really struggles, though, to bring together the idea of “hotness” with the idea of, say, “older than 35.”
I copied the Bard text directly into Mage.Space, and I got this:
Hot? Sure. 54? Um, no.
I tried again, this time, putting double parentheses around “54-year-old woman.” That’s supposed to make it pay extra attention. What I got?
This:
Again. Hot? Yes. 54? No.
Also? The “uncanny valley” weird arms/hands thing is prominent in both pictures.
I can’t get a 54-year-old out of Mage.Space.