Accidentally typed 'wet panther' instead of 'weeping angel' in DALL-E and got the creepiest horror game concept art I've ever made

I was trying to generate a gothic statue for my indie game but my cat jumped on the keyboard and now I have 30 usable enemy designs that actually fit the swamp level better than my original idea, has anyone else had happy accidents with AI art that ended up being better than what you planned?

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adam_lewis28d ago

I mean is it really that deep though? You typed a typo and got some creepy images, cool, but now you're acting like this is some kind of divine creative intervention.

rowan_roberts4928d ago

Actually Adam's not wrong about it not being divine intervention, but acting like it's just a typo misses the whole point of working with AI. The value is in noticing when your tool gives you something unexpected instead of just deleting it and trying again. Half the time the mistakes lead to better results because your brain was already stuck on one path and the AI accidentally shook you out of it.

alicesingh28d ago

Nah I think you're reading way too much into it lol. It's just a computer glitching out, not some cosmic nudge to unlock your creative potential. Sometimes a mistake is just a mistake.