After a long time writing blogs, more and more e-books and a few attempts at vlog and podcast creation too, I’ve decided that its time to shake things up a little and start by changing my approach.
A new approach required looking at the images I use on posts and I finally decided that it was time to cross the rubicon this morning and see what would happen if instead of using a picture gallery online, I just stepped over the imaginary bridge and tried out image generating AI.
Being suspicious of anything that wants you to sign up or try a free offer, my digging around soon led my to Microsoft’s own version ‘Microsoft Designer’, and I have to say that I am admittedly stunned by what I have found.
I was writing a blog post or rather editing a page from a recently published book to put on my main blog this morning and wanted to see if I could illustrate the point about politicians only dealing with the effects of problems whilst ignoring the causes, and thought a ball of used band-aids or sticking plasters outside the Houses of Parliament might be just the thing. (You can see the result!)
WHAT KIND OF WIZARDRY IS THIS!!!
I confess, this shit is amazing – and the fact it’s available from Microsoft for free does bring with it some reassurance too, given that we should all be a little careful when giving away information that any sign-up requires from companies we have never heard of or don’t actually know.
The trouble is, the ‘wow’ response we are all having to using AI – in whichever form we are using it, is blowing minds everywhere, and we aren’t then giving our use of it or the implications of using it another thought.
Adam Tugwell 