On the other hand, I felt a little tug to get back to a bit of Artificial Intelligence image generation. Our wonderful return-trip cruise to Brazil provided me was a satisfying break from fantasy. So, I've included three of my recent batch here:
Personal computers didn't come to fruition until I was in college. It was an exhilarating time during the 80s and 90s as technology advanced quickly. However, the most recent two decades have been evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The sophistication of the hardware and software grew, but habits and hardware became entrenched. Big companies grew larger but many were less willing to innovate and take risks.
Now, suddenly, it seems to me as if things are speeding up, drastically. The push into AI will rapidly affect every aspect of how we interact with our devices. This is all much more important than my ability to create artwork with nearly no honed artistic skills. AI text generation is reinvigorating things as basic as Internet search. Old, monied corporations are starting to kick things up. I'm sort of happy to see the circle of life coming around for Microsoft. Its consumer offerings could have simply faded to nothingness.
Now, it will be a strange irony if I end up doing most all searches in MS Bing and only ask my Google Assistant to turn off and on our household lights and appliances.Fun times are back if they really ever went away at all!