One of the things that people may not know about me is that I collect Teddy Bears. I have a large enough collection of bears that they don’t all fit on one shelf. In fact they take up a significant amount of space in our house. I like teddy bears so much in fact that I’m working on a 3D animation about a little bear that wakes up in an early 1900s Skee-Ball arcade and meets the love of his life. But more on that another time.
What, you might ask, does this have to do with ChatGPT, Dall•E and me? Well I decided to ask ChatGPT to make a list of descriptions of 5 images of Teddy Bears doing silly things, because I really like Teddy Bears being silly. Here is the result of the interaction:
ME: Make a list of 5 descriptions of images of teddy bears doing silly things.
ChatGPT:
- A picture of a teddy bear sitting on a chair wearing a party hat and holding a slice of cake with frosting all over its face.
- An image of a group of teddy bears gathered around a miniature barbecue grill, one bear wearing an apron and holding a spatula, while another bear is holding a plate of burnt sausages.
- A photo of a teddy bear dressed up in a tutu and ballet shoes, striking a pose with one paw extended as if about to perform a dance routine.
- An illustration of a teddy bear sitting in a bathtub, covered in bubbles and wearing a shower cap, with a rubber duck floating beside it.
- A picture of a teddy bear wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses and driving a toy car, with a tiny scarf wrapped around its neck and the wind blowing its fur.
I took each of the image descriptions and presented them to Dall•E for rendering. I’ll be presenting the prompt and the results from Dall•E in individual posts one at a time.
Here is todays image prompt:
An image of a group of teddy bears gathered around a miniature barbecue grill, one bear wearing an apron and holding a spatula, while another bear is holding a plate of burnt sausages.
Below are the four images that Dall•E created from that prompt. The images are clickable so that you can see them in a larger format.
Enjoy and let me know which is your favorite!
About The Author
Thaddeus Cooper is the co-author of Seeking Redemption: The Real Story of the Beautiful Game of Skee-Ball, a deep dive into the history of the game. You can find more information about Thaddeus, and his co-author, and their book, at their website NoMoreBoxes.com. When he’s not writing about Skee-Ball, he writes about his kitchen escapades, documentary filmmaking (which has to do with Skee-Ball, don’t ya know?), current technology trends, and other topics of general interest to him–and hopefully you.