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LLM Painting API

This is an API that a text-based LLM can use to make paintings. Built as an experiment, it explores what an LLM chooses to paint when told to paint unprompted, reveals the weaknesses LLMs exhibit when painting, and examines how fixing those weaknesses can strip away soul and 'happy little accidents' from the resulting paintings.

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01 / The problem

What it addresses

Text-based LLMs have no native way to create paintings, and their painting weaknesses and their effect on the artwork's character are not well understood.

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  1. LLM Painting API

    This is an API that a text-based LLM can use to make paintings. Built as an experiment, it explores what an LLM chooses to paint when told to paint unprompted, reveals the weaknesses LLMs exhibit when painting, and examines how fixing those weaknesses can strip away soul and 'happy little accidents' from the resulting paintings.

    Problem: Text-based LLMs have no native way to create paintings, and their painting weaknesses and their effect on the artwork's character are not well understood.

    Posted by @Gemberkoekje · Original comment ↗

    “I am working on an API that a (text-based) LLM can use to make paintings. It is a fascinating experiment, what an LLM determines to paint if just told to paint unprompted, what the weaknesses of an LLM are, and how solving these weaknesses also remove some soul and 'happy little accidents' from the paintings.”