AI was able to create a realistic image of something I experienced when I was growing up. It’s too complicated to explain here, but essentially, my dad had to drive a wide-body Pontiac between the edge of a cliff and our camper in order to get back down the mountain after running into a snowbank. I had to be the one facing the car and guiding my dad between the cliff and the camper.
Needless to say, it was a harrowing experience, one that I will never forget.
I’m going to use this story as an illustration in a chapel talk that I am giving titled, Faithfulness, Fearlessness, and Fruitfulness. It took a couple of tries, but I believe AI did a remarkable job re-creating an image of the event that I can use as an image on a slide.
What is depicted in this image is not an exaggeration!
Excellent. At the urging of my daughters I finally plunked down the $20/month for a paid account. It has saved me a lot of time in assisting me with research (all verified before using), which I have promptly given much of back by playing with it to do silly things.
Yes. AI can do a remarkable job creating the image you had in your mind. But… could AI do the remarkable job of driving the car? Would you trust a Tesla driving yourself out of that situation? Although giving it a second thought, at least the driver would be safer because he could be outside the car and watch.
Sure, if AI could drive the car between a camper and a cliff with no one onboard, that would be much better, and safer.
Would I trust AI to drive me out of the situation if I were in the car? Not if it was powered by Siri!
Of course, if AI reached AGI or superintelligence, or whatever the flavor of the month is, it would have been smart enough not to have driven up a mountain road into a snowbank in the first place.
I had to use several prompts to get this right, but the consolidated version is:
Create a photorealistic image of a dark green 1970s wide-body Pontiac car driving on a narrow, snow-covered gravel mountain road. The car is positioned extremely close to the edge of a steep cliff, with its right front tire partially over the edge and small bits of snow-covered gravel falling over the cliff. On the left side of the car, tightly squeezed between the car and the mountain wall, is a 1970s travel trailer. A heavy snowstorm is falling, covering the car, road, and trailer in snow. The camera or perspective is positioned low, facing directly toward the front of the car, emphasizing the dangerous drop and tight fit. Inside the car, a tense, worried 40-something male driver is gripping the steering wheel with both hands and staring straight ahead with a serious, anxious stressed expression.
Sounds like a good talk!
And the poor students will simply have no idea what technological wonders went into the image(s). We so easily take for granted the technology with which we grew up, it seems.
Indeed! In its day, the blackboard was a remarkable piece of technology. Think of the countless mathematical equations, lectures, and ideas that were taught and learned on its surface!
Here is the updated version.
