lol! OMG, that image is disturbing on so many levels!

It's appears that I've been ritualistically flayed and displayed on a horror-inspired birthday cake!


Don't lose sleep over it. Neither of those numbers are especially accurate anyhow. ;o)

-- Ryan

Happy Belated Birthday to you! Celebrate all week long!

I was a little scared to follow that link given the part you decided to quote. Could it be even more disturbing?!!

But that picture was pretty cute. =)

-- Ryan

Good, glad you liked it. I thought you deserved a little love, 'cause I do have to admit, though I'm sure it was sent with the best of intentions, that first pic was a little disturbing!

^{Finally, after all these years, I found a good use for WassaText!}

Plus, that turtle looked like it had a Locust Valley lockjaw - I've met Ryan, he does not talk like Thurston Howell the third!

Im not sure.. he looks a little menacing with his smile and underlit candles. and those claws!

SO I had to give it a try too. does AI think animals cant spell? cute

oh and I think we are birthday twins!

A.I. has the example of a cow from a certain company.

Turtle blowing out twenty candles on a birthday cake.

Apparently, Meta A.I. cannot count. Other than that, it did pretty well.

AI is infamous for not actually being able to spell or count. It just tries to "predict" what should come next, but it doesn't actually do any math or spelling or fact checking, etc.

That's why if you ever use AI for anything more than fun and games, you really need to double check everything that comes out of it. You cannot believe anything from AI unless you fact check it first.

It's also one of the reasons that AI is infamous for not being able to put the correct number of fingers on a person. It can't count. It's more like it squints at the photo and just keeps adding fingers until the hand looks more-or-less the correct size. =)

That is cute, though. It appears that the letters on the background are completely random as far as I can tell. At least the words on the cake actually looks like they might be real words. =)

-- Ryan

There must be more to it than that. As an experiment, I asked Meta AI to draw a human hand 25 times in a row. I got 25 different hands - sometimes holding something, sometimes not - at various angles, and every single time it got it right, 5 fingers.


Well, one thing came out of it, from now on, on those occasions, I am going to wish people "Happy Yeath", and not explain it. Just let them wonder...

Also, it spelled it "Happpy".
Which, in this particular case, would be VERY dangerous for Ryan. I can totally picture him, when someone asks for a slice of cake with extra frosting, saying "Go ahead, take a P on my cake!"

Could be disastrous...

So true! We asked ChatGPT to recommend some scenic and historic places we could visit along a route we were driving in Switzerland. It included some fictional locations. 🤦‍♀️

Why AI Generators Can't Get Hands Right

AI has and will continue to improve, so maybe the problem is less common now. Maybe it depends on the AI or the prompt that is used. A single hand is probably easier to generate than a more complex image with hands in the background.

But I tried typing "draw me a hand" using Dall-E and it gave me this monstrosity, so I think it's safe to say that AI still has trouble with hands. Hands are to AI what letters are to carvers... Hard! =)

-- Ryan

Ha ha, I think you could also say, 'Hands are to AI, what hands are to carvers... ' .

This thread reminds of a drawing I saw once (I believe it's by Terry Gilliam), I bet there are some here who could relate - I sure can.

Yes, I have also noticed the problem with hands. AI also seems to stumble when making images emote correctly, often with amusing results! My attempt to image a happy laughing turtle resulted in this:

https://www.atlasquest.com/images/gallery/16/62/166234lg.jpg

With any artistic tools there is a learning curve. Perhaps my prompts are too simple. AI image generation is fascinating with really great potential.

Oh lordy, lordy! That needs to be nuked from space!

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Ryan on his latest trail adventure. I won't tell you where we were as he is keeping the exact trail a secret for now, but I can you there will be some awesome pictures on W4F.

He's just saying that because he knows that he's in one of the photos, and he's looking quite handsome. ;o)

-- Ryan

World's largest gathering of Ryans

And I missed the 2025 meetup which was YESTERDAY!!!! In a city where my cousin lives so I would have even had a free place to stay!

-- Ryan, not the one and only....

Very cool- I sent the link to my nephew, Ryan : )

Fun!
Shelly

I saw that on the news...lol.

Holy cow, you're half a century! EPIC!

DoubleSaj

Happy birthday Ryan!

Also, why does 'This Day in History' say that you are 21?? I know I didn't change that!

TG

I don't know for certain, but I suspect Wassa might have something to do with that. *nodding* Probably something about "50 being the new 21"... or something.....?

Thanks, everyone! =)

-- Ryan, officially old now

Hmmmm... honestly, I don't remember doing this. But seeing as I am in my 30s now, my memory is starting to slip a little.

I hear you big guy! I keep thinking I'm in my 40s but family keeps saying I'm 70. Looking at it this way GT, 50 doesn't seem old at all.

Happy birthday 🎂 🥳

condo

I keep telling people that I don't look a day over 49. But with God as my witness, I really am two whole days over 49 now!

-- Ryan

Somewhere I have a great pic I took of Ryan with this kookie hat on. I intended to post a link to it but sadly I couldn't find it. ☹️

But regardless, happy milestone, turtlehead. I hope you had a great birthday!

DZ

Or 21 in Turtle years.