Mitchel Lensink

I use my photography as a reason to explore. Going on long walks is my preferred method of exploration and I report on that through my monthly newsletter Dialogue and my YouTube videos.

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Closer #014 The image shared with ChatGPT as input.

Hey, so, thought: you know how we're already generating AI-images, based on AI-descriptions of real life images, right? What if... we also asked ChatGPT how to properly ask for those descriptions? Would that make it better?

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Closer #012 The image shared with ChatGPT as input.

Imagine a cat behind a closed door, only paws and nose peeking from under the small crack between the door and the floor. Now imagine it again. How different are those results? Quite a lot, as it turns out.

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Closer #011 The image shared with ChatGPT as input.

We all know things can get weird in AI image land. But what if you give it a weird image? Will we get twice the weirdness or will they balance each other out?

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Closer #009 The image shared with ChatGPT as input.

Learning that it's the imperfections of our actions causing things to feel real is one of this week's biggest take-aways. And that's something I think we should ponder on for some time.

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Closer #007 The image shared with ChatGPT as input.

Not to ruffle someone's feathers but a little birdie told me to continue this newsletter until the pecking order between us, beautifully flawed and inherently creative humans, and AI, the ever logical mimicker of life, has been determined. Who comes out on top this week?

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Closer #006 a self portrait of a man in a broken mirror

By popular demand, ChatGPT gets pushed aside to give Midjourney its chance to shine. This is also the first time I'm using a self portrait as the base image. What do I look like according to AI?

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