AI or OY?

Table Talk from the desk of Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld
Feb 9, 2023 •  20 Shevat 5783 • Parshat Yisro (Ex 19-21)

The purpose of this blog is to add some natural intelligence to the Shabbat table. Please share.

I wonder if you noticed the image in last week's email about Manna from Heaven.

It was generated by an AI computer to which I had given the following instruction: "Matisse painting of hands reaching down from heaven with bread."

First question for your table: How well do you think the computer followed my directions?

This week, I've been experimenting with the tool to see if it could help us in launching the Torah Health and Fitness program.

Here are some samples:

  

It's a work in progress, but please tell me what you think!

Question for your table: Since I used the AI tool to help me create these images, can I reasonably call myself the artist?

Last question: In your mind, is the AI future utopian or dystopian? Will it make us wiser or dumber?

Shabbat Shalom 

PS - as you may have guessed, the top image above is also from the same experiment. Click on it for a thought-provoking 10-minute video on the potential of AI.


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