{"id":7523,"date":"2021-12-15T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=7523"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T07:18:09","slug":"20211215-7523","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211215-7523\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-generated imaginary Pok\u00e9mon designs posted by a data scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211215-186035\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2021-12-15 16:41<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Max Woolf, a data scientist at BuzzFeed, has posted images of 192 AI-generated imaginary Pok\u00e9mon on Twitter. These images were generated using an AI program called ruDALL-E, and according to the tweet, Woolf \u201cforced a bot to look at every Pok\u00e9mon and told it to generate its own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I forced a bot to look at every Pok\u00e9mon and told it to generate its own. Here are the results.<br><br>(this isn&#39;t a joke, that&#39;s actually how I made these) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MfJUWJHZoB\">pic.twitter.com\/MfJUWJHZoB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Max Woolf (@minimaxir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/minimaxir\/status\/1470913487085785089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you look closely, you can see that some of the designs have misplaced eyes or don&#8217;t look like living creatures, but overall, the images capture the characteristics of the <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> art style. Pok\u00e9mon with greenish colors have plant Pok\u00e9mon like features, just like the real Pok\u00e9mon. Although they are AI-generated, their design makes you wonder what their Pok\u00e9mon type would be if they were actually in the game.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption>Image Credit: Max Woolf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to Woolf, \u201cThe AI used here is a fine-tuned ruDALL-E on the official Pokemon images.\u201d ruDALL-E is the Russian version of DALL-E, which is an artificial intelligence program developed by OpenAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It creates images from textual descriptions and can even respond to outlandish requests, such as \u201ca baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog\u201d to generate images that match the description. DALL-E understands nonexistent objects and concepts such as place, time, and visual style as well.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211215-186035-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption>\uff0aImages generated by DALL\u00b7E in response to the \u201ca baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog\u201d request<br>Image Credit: OpenAI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The AI was given a data set of Pok\u00e9mon images, so it makes sense that the end results are moderately accurate. It\u2019s as if the AI takes into account the Pok\u00e9mon types and understands how to create creature designs with that distinct Pok\u00e9mon-vibe. It would be interesting to see what would happen if Woolf were to make more specific requests to the AI such as &#8220;make a plant Pok\u00e9mon\u201d or \u201cmake a legendary Pok\u00e9mon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woolf&#8217;s experiment has shown that AI can even reproduce the artistic style of a videogame to a certain extent. Maybe the works of AI artists will become more prominent in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-generated imaginary Pok\u00e9mon designs posted by a data scientist Max Woolf. These 192 designs were generated using an AI program called ruDALL-E. 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