This AI art is the stuff of nightmares

AI art is causing a stir in the art world right now, but if these latest 'art works' are anything to go by it's our stomachs that are being tested. It has been said that AI art generators could threaten the careers of artists and issues with copyright persists with this technology. But that's not the whole story, some of this AI art is just truly the stuff of nightmares.

Not everything created by AI art generators is impressive, and while many creatives are asking 'should designers be worried about AI?', looking at some of the images being made we're not sure they should be too concerned. As the likes of DALLE-2 become accessible and open to all, we're going to get some strange results popping out of these art generators. (There's some fun to be had too, as Marvels Russo Brothers recently 'remade' The Avengers as directed by Wes Anderson, using Midjourney.)

Twitter user Andy Baio has gathered some of the biggest AI art horrors on his feed, pulling images from a Stable Diffusion Discord channel dedicated to 'failed diffusions', and some are just, well… horrible. Scroll down to see some of the best of the worst AI art.

AI art failures: the worst (best)

While everyone's general reaction is to reach for the sick bin, some on Twitter are more lenient, and even view the mishaps of AI generated art as successes. There's an argument these peculiar interpretations of people and nature demonstrate the very AI-ness, the computerised logic, of digital art,

On Twitter, Richard Freedman replied to Baio's post with: "Make[s] me uneasy. But I like most of them. Not gonna say its "good". Certainly not gonna say its "art". It's one of the most interesting things that's happening in this nutty world. That's what it is."

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