The Future Is HERE!Welcome to the future ladies and gents! A few months ago, I came across this amazing video all about GauGAN, an artificial intelligence or AI, that could turn rough sketches into full blown photo realistic scenery. Sadly at the time it was not open to the public. Until a few weeks ago I thought this was still the case. And then I saw a video of a common person using it, and I was ECSTATIC! Finally my dream was being realized, I could make any scenery I wanted, easily! So, that's what I'm talking about today, the amazing software known as GauGAN. GauGAN: The AI PhotoshopSo how the heck does GauGAN work? The AI software has scanned millions of images, learning what bushes, mountains, oceans, dirt, clouds, and a ton of other materials look and interact with each other. Incredible, right? So in order to create a stunning image, the AI had to see more pictures than you will probably ever see. All just to serve our whims. When you create an image in GauGAN, all you have to do is select what material you are painting with, whether that be clouds, mountains, or water, and start drawing. You can see in the picture up above how really simple my image on the left is. It took me all of about 2 minutes. After that, all you have to do is select that you agree to their terms, and press the arrow. It takes a few seconds, and you have a brilliant image, completely generated by a computer. Now there are several other options that I won't go into here, but I will talk about a really cool one. You may have noticed on the picture above that there are several other smaller pictures. You can select any of them to have the AI modify your image to fit with the color scheme of any of those pictures, or even your own if you upload an image. Now we can go from THIS: To THIS: In just a few seconds. Amazing! So what are the implications? What Does This Have To Do With Writing?So this technology has a lot of implications all over the map. But for me what is so exciting is the application it has to writers. While we writers are not the most artsy of folks when it comes to images, we do have images in our heads. This technology of GauGAN allows us to easily visualize places right in front of us. In fact, I have already created a mock up of a new place in my second book, The Pretzle Mountains. And it was so amazing to see it, without even hiring out an artist. So make sure you check out GauGAN, it is incredible. Just press the button below. Until next time, keep on writing!
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