It’s been a little over a year since ChatGPT was introduced to the world, but in that time, generative AI technology has changed so rapidly that even those of us who work with real-world technology can’t keep up. Chatbots are revolutionary, but many people are surprised to see AI image services. Of course, it’s difficult to understand the entire field of AI imagery in one article, but I hope this article will give you a very basic overview of the basics. As part of digital transformation, AI transformation is relevant to everyone in the modern world, and I hope this article will help you understand the concept a little better.
The rise of artificial intelligence
Starting with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s CoPilot, Google’s Gemini, and many other AI services are flooding the market. It has already been reported that AI is not going to take away our jobs anytime soon, but in the future, many jobs will be threatened by AI, especially for white-collar workers. I agree with this sentiment, and it’s certainly true.
However, if I think about this context a little deeper, I think that those who are good at using AI will likely replace those who are not. It is not too far away that being good at work will mean that you need to be good at using AI just like you are now with computers and various office programs. It is a rapid change, but it is good to think about it and apply it to real work one by one.
AI image examples
Artificial intelligence is already exceeding our imagination. Take a look at these AI-drawn images, and you’ll see that many people are already using AI image services that are indistinguishable from the real thing. You can easily utilize Midjourney, OpenAI’s DALL-E, and even Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator. It seems that the field of creating photos and graphics is one of the fields that can be replaced by people using AI. However, creating a good AI image is not possible with one or two prompts, but requires specialized knowledge and experience.
What do you think of the image above? Can you easily tell if it’s an AI image or a real photo? Take a look at the next image, which is an AI image of historical figures taking selfies. Isn’t it amazing?
Take a look at the following AI images: if you were to shoot these images in real life or create them in computer graphics, they would probably be of a quality that would require a lot of expensive equipment and hours of computer work.
AI image generation sites
Generative sites that allow you to create artificial intelligence images have gotten a lot of attention lately.
1) Midjourney
This is one of the highest quality AI image generators out there, but the downside is that it’s no longer free to use. However, it’s the poster child for AI images, so it’s worth checking out.
If you use ChatGPT, you’ve probably heard of DALL-E at least once, and while it used to be a separate service, it’s now available by default when utilizing GPT4. When prompted to create an image, the DALL-E model runs under the hood and creates the image for you.
3) Microsoft Copilot GPT – Designer
It’s part of a feature in Microsoft’s co-pilot called Bing Chat Image Creator. It too makes it easy to create images.
4) Playground
Currently, they say you can create 500 images per day, and you can use it commercially. There is a paid model, which you can check out on the site.
5) Canva
Canva’s AI image generation tool can be used for a variety of design tasks, including logos, posters, social media content, and more. It features a user-friendly interface and a wide range of templates. You can work on your logo or create a variety of images based on different templates.
Adobe, known for Photoshop, is no stranger to AI imagery. They’ve got plenty of inspiration and easy-to-use services that show how real graphic designers can work with AI. Adobe’s Firefly is a powerful AI image generation tool for professional graphic designers. It integrates with Photoshop to make your work even more efficient. As with many of these services, you can use prompts to generate images, AI fill in gaps in your images, remove backgrounds, create images from sketches, and so much more!
7) freeflo: When you’re wondering how to create generative AI
Whenever you see an image created by various AI image services, you may wonder how it was created, but there is a site where you can share these images and see the prompts. This is the freeflo service, where you can search for the mood of the image you want through the site, see the prompts, and then enter them directly into the various services to see the results.
There are many other popular image generation services, including Stable Diffusion, but picking one that suits your purposes and using it frequently will help you understand this field of AI, especially generative AI. One final tip for creating prompts for generative AI. You can find them in places like freeflo, which you saw a moment ago, but it’s also a good idea to utilize an AI service that talks about images.
For example, you can ask ChatGPT to describe a specific image and then feed it into another AI image generation site to get something similar. This is a quick summary of some of the most intuitive image generators in the AI space. Check out each of these sites and see for yourself.