Why does nobody talk about the art show at the Portland library that changed my mind on AI?

I saw a piece there made with Midjourney that looked like a photo of a forest fire, but the artist explained they wrote over 200 prompts to get it right. Now I think the real art is in the directing, not just the final picture. Does anyone else feel that way after seeing AI work in person?

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olivia_chen352mo ago

My friend Sam spent like 80 hours on one AI animation for class. He said writing the prompts was harder than any drawing he's ever done. It totally changed how I see that stuff too.

margaretf402mo ago

Ask Olivia_chen35, did Sam say what made the prompts so hard to get right?

wesleyjohnson2mo ago

Yeah, that's the thing people don't get until they try it. Typing "pretty forest fire" gets you junk. You have to learn how the AI sees words, like using "cinematic lighting" or "aerial photography, smoke plumes" to steer it. It's less like painting and more like being a really picky film director. The artist's skill is in knowing which tiny word change will fix the whole image.