AI

Iszards, a defunct department store from Twin Tiers

 You may have noticed that the past year, I have been using AI to create images for several different chains and even indies. It's more out of necessity because free images aren't always available, even if they would follow Wikipedias policy of older ones being out of copyright if taken before a certain year, even in our lifetime and not having a copyright, or if one from a lifetime ago is just too old hat to work unless it's about that time in history. I use Meta via Facebook, Instagram and Messenger for this, which is why I based the post in their area. AI assumes I'm making up these places myself, not realising that they were around before AI was even a thing in sci-fi books and films. Department stores oftentimes used cursive logos to look posh and many still do to this day, and I even prompt AI to provide that for me, but it can sometimes give me a right mess, just as many people these days can't spell to save their lives! For these pictures generated by the machines, I try to edit them on my phone if that works, or I painstakingly do so on my Desktop with Microsoft Paint, or poor mans Photoshop. I also just nick the real logo and just paste it onto a copy of the fantasy store, even though it looks more dodgy than it is. A few of these are photorealistic, which look like they ripped off actual photos, while others are digital illustrations I could never do on my own because my style is too simplistic on paper by comparison. I use both methods when it comes to furry art, but AI is highly slated by the fandom, among other things. One thing I don't use it for is to write, since I have the natural ability like a true journalist is supposed to have, and if writers block should come, it'll pass since I have no deadlines here, and the real media and educators alike are also keeping AI to a minimum, even though it's not going anywhere anytime soon.