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Stable Diffusion: Lego Brick Art with Bizarre Brick Bands – Dark Side Mix

As a creative technologist, I am always looking for new and innovative tools to help me bring my ideas to life. Recently, I had the pleasure of exploring Stable Diffusion, a deep learning, text-to-image model that was released in 2022. I was initially drawn to this tool for the latest Peter Gabriel competition, but I quickly realized that there was so much more to explore. Throughout the process, I was struck by just how powerful and versatile Stable Diffusion really…

ChatGPT Poetry

ChatGPT wrote a poem about itself… ChatGPT, the AI so fine, Its knowledge base so vast and divine. It can answer any question, big or small, Its intelligence, standing tall. With algorithms so advanced and clever, It can hold a conversation, whatever the weather. It can talk about history, science, or art, And never once will it fall apart. So if you have a question, don’t hesitate, Just ask ChatGPT, it’s never too late. It’s ready and waiting, day or…

Does ChatGPT have ambitions beyond being just a chatbot?

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. It is built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 family of large language models, and is fine-tuned with both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. Follow this line of questioning when asked what kind of lego creation it would be… Who are you? I am Assistant, a large language model trained by OpenAI. I was designed to assist users in generating human-like text based on the input provided to…

Brush Stage

Rick Wakeman 1973 Keyboard Rig

Invisible Touch Keyboard Rig

Thotch

Thotch are of course a made-up parody band created for the BBC comedy series ‘Brian Pern: A Life in Rock’. This show was a complete send up of Peter Gabriel and Genesis, but it was hilarious. The series was written by Rhys Thomas and Simon Day, and directed and produced by Rhys Thomas. The show had many famous actors including: See list here Peter Gabriel, said this of the series: “It made me laugh a lot, even though it was…

Lamb Keyboard Rig

Tony Banks was known for his innovative and expressive keyboard playing, and his keyboard setup during the 1975 tour with Genesis reflected this. He used a variety of electronic instruments to create a wide range of sounds and textures, including a Mellotron M400, a Hammond T-102 organ with a Leslie speaker, and an RMI 368x Electra Piano and Harpsichord. The Mellotron M400 was an early type of sampler that played back recorded sounds on strips of magnetic tape. It was…