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.
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.
"I just want a frog please!" Writes creator SurprisingPancake in the Discord feed. If you're not a fan of eyes or suffer from Ommetaphobia, scroll now… fast.
What prompts were used for this mess of limbs and branches? "Jibberish," says its creator in Discord. The description reads "squirming determination of worms" and "cereal fungus". Quite.
Where does this yoga figure start and end? Which is their front and back? Anatomy is not Stable Diffusion's best quality. I'm disturbed. But also, I can't not look.
According to its creator, 'Hydra', these prompts put a masked face on a woman's hips: "1girl, reaper, overwatch,, alternate costume, facepaint, crop top hoodie, thong panties, solo, highres, midriff, small boobs, thighhighs, art by artgerm and greg rutkowski and alphonse mucha, punisher mask."
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."
Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creativebloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and leading video game title Official PlayStation Magazine. In his early career he wrote for music and film magazines including Uncut and SFX. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on AI, digital art and video game art and tech, and more to Creative Bloq, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5. He's also a keen Cricut user and laser cutter fan, and is currently crafting on Glowforge and xTools M1.
