Topic: Generative AI

The release of the first major generative AI models, like Stable Diffusion for images and ChatGPT for text, amazed me. Not since I first learned to program have computers felt so magical. I use generative AI to augment my creativity and speedup my work. My articles about generative AI, how I use it and what I think it is good for, can be found here:

A pencil drawing of a robot inspecting a car. Prompt: A simple color pencil drawing a robot, inspecting a car, holding a clipboard, white background.
Using Large Language Models To Clean Data
Manually fixing messy data is tedious and slow. But thankfully, LLMs are pretty good are piecing together mangled text. Read on to find out how!
An impressionistic painting based on 'Night Before the Exam' by Leonid Pasternak, generated with Stable Diffusion using img2img from the original. The painting shows four students sitting around a kitchen table studying for a exam. Prompt: Impressionistic painting, four men studying at a desk, smoking, looking over papers, window in the background.
Claude Solves SAT Analogies
Word2Vec failed to solve SAT analogies, can modern language models do better? A small test of Anthropic's Claude LLM.
A colorful illustration of a two robots sitting at a desk with with empty paper and books infront of them. One is holding a pencil. Generated with stable diffusion. Prompt: A drawing of a cute robot, color, writing with a pen, sitting at a desk
When Are Large Language Models Useful?
Large language models (LLMs) are incredibly valuable tools, but they're not for everything. Here's a simple rule to know when to use them and when to avoid them.
'A colorful watercolor illustration of a robot sitting at a desk with a typewriter infront of the robot. Generated with stable diffusion. Prompt: watercolor illustration, adorable robot, desk lamp, sitting at a typewriter, chair, desk, clear, straight lines'
How I Write with ChatGPT
OpenAI's ChatGPT is viewed as entertaining but not useful because it makes up facts. But I find it incredibly valuable for writing. Here is how I use it.
An image generated from one of my landscape photos using Stable Diffusion with img2img to make it look more like an oil painting. It shows yellow flowers, with a forest behind them. The Jura Mountains loom behind the forest, and the sky is bright blue with some large white clouds.
AI, Artists, and Technology
AI generated art took off with the open-source release of Stable Diffusion, leaving some artists worried. As an artist and machine learning engineer, here is my take.