The guides published here use certain terms, products, or services that may be new to some artists. Here are some useful definititons:
Artificial Intelligence: Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of the thinking, learning, and problem-solving abilities of humans by computers or other machines.
ChatGPT: ChatGPT is a type of generative AI that’s trained to understand and generate human-like text. By learning from billions of sentences, it can have conversations, answer questions, and even write stories that sound like they were written by a person.
DALL-E: DALL-E is an AI image generator model developed by OpenAI. Like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, it can create new images in response to text descriptions or even from random inputs. Think of DALL-E as an artist that can draw a new, unique picture based on a story or description you give it.
Generative AI: Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content, such as images, text, or music, by learning patterns from existing data. Generative AI learns from a lot of examples, figures out patterns within them, and then uses those patterns to create new, original content. For instance, after analyzing many pictures of dogs, it can draw a new picture of a dog that doesn’t exist.
Midjourney: Midjourney is an AI image generator model developed by Midjourney, Inc. Like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, it can create new images in response to text descriptions or even from random inputs. What sets it apart is its proficiency in adapting art styles that can be mixed and matched to create an image.
Prompt Engineering: Prompt engineering is the process of carefully crafting questions or commands (prompts) for AI systems like ChatGPT, with the goal of getting more useful or accurate responses. It’s like learning to ask the AI in the right way to get the best possible answer.
Stable Diffusion: Stable Diffusion is an AI image generator model developed by Stability AI. Like DALLE-E and Midjourney, it can create new images in response to text descriptions or even from random inputs. It can start with a blank, messy canvas (which is called “noise”) and gradually refine it into a new image. In AI terms, this “noise” is just a scramble of random colors and shapes. But over time, the AI slowly adjusts this mess, bringing out details and structure, until a recognizable image forms. It’s a bit like watching a blurry photograph gradually come into focus.
System Message: A system message, in the context of a chatbot conversation like with ChatGPT, is a directive or instruction given at the beginning of the conversation that sets the context, role, or behavior of the AI. This allows the user to guide the AI’s responses and tailor the conversation to their specific needs or objectives.