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Your AI-generated guide to the nativity

AI Weirdness

I asked DALL-E3 (via chatgpt) for "a simple Christmas nativity scene with each element clearly labeled in large capital letters for a child who is learning to read."

It's a sepia-toned cute-style drawing that looks at first glance like a nativity scene, except there are 5 stars and 3 barns. There is also a Trojan horse labeled Mary, a pine tree labeled Staibler, some kind of horse with shopping labeled Josy, and a shepherd with more shopping labeled Joeseph. On the shelves of the main stable there are sheep and presents and candles, and the Joseph and Mary in the stable are also carrying shepherd's crooks for good measure. Oddly the figures labeled Shepher are not carrying shepherd's crooks but wands with stars on the end. Some presents are labeled Jeboe, a horse is labeled Gifts, and a tiny sheep is labeled Sap. Another shepherd and sheep are labeled Hupp. There is a sheep with a horse's mane (unlabeled). The two auxilliary stables are labeled Mogheh and Stap.
"Please generate a simple Christmas nativity scene with each element clearly labeled in large capital letters for a child

Bonus: More DALL-E3 nativity scenes

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Your illustrated guide to Christmas carols

AI Weirdness

Between the two of them, ChatGPT4 can generate the lyrics to Christmas carols, and DALL-E3 can illustrate them!

Throw your old carol books away because this is the only guide you'll need.

12 Days of Christmas

Illustrations in the style of old-timey Christmas cards. Garbled versions of the 12 days of christmas verses accompany the images (Ewe Calling Rings, Two Tresle Doves, 12 Druders Damming, 3 Lods A-Swimming, 14 Event Gold Rings). The illustrations are mostly of unidentifiable birds, most a cross between a dove and a chicken, although there is a cool chicken-budgie in a nightcap and a double-tailed goose. Two of the birds are wearing santa hats which is adorable. There are some Victorian-style people and horses, but it's unclear which verses they are supposed to be. One box is just wall to wall presents.
"Please generate an illustration where each of the 12 days'

Bonus: Jingle all the way

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AI Weirdness advent calendar 2023

AI Weirdness

It's 2023 and the combo of GPT-4/DALL-E3 can generate passable versions of the saccharine Christmas drawings in an advent calendar. They cannot, however, label them correctly. Also sometimes you get sweatermugs. This means the 2023 AI-generated advent calendar is happening!

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