These images were created by Google’s new artificial intelligence and are irrefutable proof of its incredible potential.

Mario Seijas

There has been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence and how it affects the world of design and art. Technology is developing at such a pace that today we can train the car so it generates all kinds of images based on natural language commands. These tools work based on millions of images on the internet and modify them to fit certain parameters.

The operation couldn’t be easier. As users, we just need to write something like “a dog in a red hat is skating”and the AI ​​will do the rest. The scan will run through a library of millions of images until one of the dog, hat, and skate images is selected. Magic occurs when this technology knows how to collect these three concepts in the image, which, unlike other sources, do not exist in the real world.

So far, the best reference has been DALL-E, an artificial intelligence that created images with the simplest of descriptions. The software developed by OpenAI is able to create an almost photo-realistic image of anything you want, which sometimes leads to the most fascinating hybrids. This technology made a splash a few months ago and seems to have seduced one of the industry’s great titans.

Google recently picked up on this technology and introduced Image, its new and revolutionary artificial intelligence. Essentially the image works exactly the same as DALL-Ebut the results are much better. While DALL-E is limited to reassembling concepts, Google Image can create authentic works of art by popular demand.

The complexity of this technology becomes apparent when we start adding more layers to descriptions. When there was too much information, the shortcomings of DALL-E became apparent, as the image was usually distorted or simply not renderable. With Image, these restrictions have been lifted. In the example images they have on their website, you can see the complexity of each design. Remember that all these images were generated by artificial intelligence in the same text order.

The images created with this tool are of impressive quality and although he is still in his first month of life, is already aiming to revolutionize the sector. There are many companies that are professionally engaged in sell image banks. These businesses photograph all sorts of situations, which can later be used by companies or individuals in exchange for an individual payment or subscription.

Well, all these companies are now in danger because of this technology. If Imagen can generate quality images in such a customizable way, stock image banks are no longer needed. But what about designers and designers?. With DALL-E, it was easier to implement the “shortcomings” of this technology, but the result offered by Imagen This is not far from what a person could generate at the level of a digital edition.. Whether AI can create art is another matter entirely.

Nothing is yet known about what Google plans to do with this revolutionary technology, but if it chooses to go mass marketing, the design world will be shaken to its core.