Generally, when I want to insert an image into a blog post on here, I have a few options. Upload it from my phone, upload it from my laptop, share it from a URL or select it from my media library. That last one assumes that I’ve already uploaded it into the library the first place, of course.
But now there’s a new option:
Do I need this? Probably not, but:
It’s starting to feel a little like AI everything, everywhere, all at once.
And yep, it’s there and it’s free, so I thought I’d give it a go.
Here’s what I asked it to do:
Imagine the most South African image you can. Lots of different African wildlife wearing Green and gold shirts. They are at a braai at sunset time. Table Mountain is in the background.
And here’s what it gave me:
I’m actually quite impressed. Yes, there are tigers. Yes, there’s a huge Eland/Kudu/Alien beast on the left, and a terrifying “thing” next to the central tiger, and the lion’s legs on the right don’t join up with the rest of the lion, but otherwise… not bad.
Is this now my image, or does it belong to WordPress? Or some third-party AI provider?
I doubt that anyone will want to steal it, anyway.
I can make two of these images, apparently. I’m still not quite sure if it’s two per post, two per day, two per month or two: ever. I’m also not sure what I will ever use it for.
But you’ve got to have a bit of AI in your stuff these days – it’s the rules – and here’s mine.