Source: The Verge
Summary
Meta announced a new AI-powered text-to-image model called Make-A-Scene. The model allows users to create art by typing a phrase, and it uses a combination of natural language processing and computer vision to generate an image. Meta said the model is still in its early stages and is being tested with a small group of users. The company also emphasized the potential of the technology to enable new forms of creative expression.
Our Reading
The announcement sounds ambitious.
Meta’s Make-A-Scene is a text-to-image model that promises to revolutionize art creation. Because what the world really needed was more AI-generated art. The model is still in its early stages, because that’s what we always say when we’re not quite sure what we’re doing. Meta is testing it with a small group of users, which is just a nice way of saying “beta testers.” And of course, the company is emphasizing the potential for new forms of creative expression, because that’s what we always say when we’re trying to justify the existence of a new AI model.
Familiar Script
“We’re exploring a different set of tradeoffs.” Yeah, sure, because that’s not something we’ve heard before. It’s not like every new AI model is just a rehashing of the same old ideas with slightly different buzzwords.
The Usual Suspects
Meta’s Make-A-Scene is just another example of the tech industry’s obsession with AI-generated everything. Because what could possibly go wrong with relying on machines to create our art for us?
The Verge of Hype
The Verge is already breathlessly reporting on the “potential” of this new technology, because that’s what tech journalism is all about: hyping up the latest shiny object and ignoring the potential pitfalls.
Tradeoffs
We’re always “exploring a different set of tradeoffs” when it comes to AI, but somehow those tradeoffs always seem to involve sacrificing a little more of our humanity and creativity.
Make-A-Scene
And let’s be real, the name “Make-A-Scene” is just a nice way of saying “make some noise and hope nobody notices that this technology is still in its infancy.”
Author: Evan Null
