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[guppiecat]

As you all know, I like new technology and old natural history. I took a bit of time yesterday to combine these together so we can play a game. (I expect I will do there periodically until I get bored with the game.)

Without searching, based on the text below, what do you think early explorers were describing?

Prompt: Can you draw a creature that emits a black and cloudy Liquor to disturb the cunning Angler; the Truth whereof I could never observe; only what was more certainly miraculous, its monstrous Figure: The Body was of a duskish Colour, all one Lump with the Head, without scales; it was endowned with large Eyes, and had long shreds like Gorgon’s Hair, hung in the manner of Snakes, bestuck with snail-like Shells reaching over the body; under these appeared a Parrot’s Beak, two Slits between the Neck are made instead of Gills for Respiration … the Inky Matter is bred in the Stomach.

GPT/Dall-E:




Meta:




MidJourney




Google Bard failed to generate any image at all and just gave me a white square.

Comments

[pauamma]

Octopus, squid, or cuttlefish would be my guesses.

[guppiecat]

Cuttlefish is correct!

[minnehaha]

Someone showed tell AI that "monstrous" had a more subtle meaning back in the long ago before.

K. [has had it up to here with tentacled monsters, thanks]

[guppiecat]

Now I can't get the idea out of my head on training an AI only on data up to 1850 and then ask it for advice on modern problems.

[pauamma]

Can it be worse than what we have now?

[minnehaha]

Extend to 1890 or so, and you've invented steampunk.

K.

[guppiecat]

And the answer is: Cuttlefish