Your sub-headline leads me to wonder about the difference between the prompt “Sailor Moon making a salad” vs “Sailor Moon tries to make a salad”. Former is relatively straightforward vs-a-vis symbolic mode you discuss but latter perhaps begins with a right-brain judgement about the nature of “trying” which human artist may better capture than AI.
That's a good question. How to tease out the difference between the two? However, I wonder if even a human artist would be able to replicate, in an image, the subtle distinction in those two phrases. What would be different in a picture of "making a salad" vs. "trying to make a salad"? (FWIW, after I read your comment I got on Craiyon and used the "tries to make" version of the prompt, and the result looked indistinguishable from the image I put in the essay.)
I’m not really an artist but in the “trying” scenario it seems there could be something like a more tedious effort rendered through a slightly more focused expression. (Looking back through your post, some of the images already did that I guess, but it does seem like a worthwhile distinction although I suppose it’s a tad academic.) Or even a more extreme case of a humorous take where it’s a total failure, like excessive dressing or lettuce all over the walls or something.
It’s very interesting to hear that the AI didn’t register a difference.
Your sub-headline leads me to wonder about the difference between the prompt “Sailor Moon making a salad” vs “Sailor Moon tries to make a salad”. Former is relatively straightforward vs-a-vis symbolic mode you discuss but latter perhaps begins with a right-brain judgement about the nature of “trying” which human artist may better capture than AI.
That's a good question. How to tease out the difference between the two? However, I wonder if even a human artist would be able to replicate, in an image, the subtle distinction in those two phrases. What would be different in a picture of "making a salad" vs. "trying to make a salad"? (FWIW, after I read your comment I got on Craiyon and used the "tries to make" version of the prompt, and the result looked indistinguishable from the image I put in the essay.)
I’m not really an artist but in the “trying” scenario it seems there could be something like a more tedious effort rendered through a slightly more focused expression. (Looking back through your post, some of the images already did that I guess, but it does seem like a worthwhile distinction although I suppose it’s a tad academic.) Or even a more extreme case of a humorous take where it’s a total failure, like excessive dressing or lettuce all over the walls or something.
It’s very interesting to hear that the AI didn’t register a difference.