AI image generator births the horrific 'first cryptid of the latent space'
As the AI image generation trend continues unabated, so too grows the lore. It appears there are stranger forces at work here than we first anticipated as, in the wake of this new creative wave, a cryptid is born.
She is known only as Loab.
Created accidentally through a series of negatively weighted prompts, Loab's macabre facade has persisted across countless image iterations, even when the AI is asked to move as far away from the subject matter as possible.
Just so we're all on the same page, a negatively weighted image prompt is that which «instead of creating an image of the text prompt, the AI tries to make the image look as different from the prompt as possible,» Supercomposite explains. Supercomposite is the AI image generation artist responsible for this cryptid's existence, and will henceforth undoubtedly become known as the mother of Loab, which I'm sure she's delighted about.
And in case you're not familiar with the concept of cryptids, these are entities such as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster which are not generally recognised by science, but whose image is recognised through multiple supposed sightings.
Loab is supposedly the «first cryptid of the latent space,» though there's some (albeit insubstantial) debate(opens in new tab) surrounding those claims.
Feeding the AI the prompt «Brando::-1» was how it all began, says Supercomosite. The logo for an imaginary company arose, the contained text of which she fed back to the AI. «I typed 'DIGITA PNTICS skyline logo::-1' as a prompt. I received these off-putting images, all of the same devastated-looking older woman with defined triangles of rosacea(?) on her cheeks.»
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