adventure-of-penelope
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children's books
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I “wrote” a kid's book with ChatGPT and Midjourney
adventure-of-penelope.vercel.app#ai children's book#chatgpt story#midjourney illustrations#generative ai books
How HN took it
24 positive, 50 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 70 critical, out of 153 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Idea: 9 for, 38 againstExecution: 3 for, 25 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive that AI can produce this now
From 1 comment
It’s obviously not perfect, but it’s pretty darn impressive that AIs can do this now. Something like this was not possible just three years ago. I can’t wait to see what this…
M4v3R on HN
Fun experiment
From 2 comments
A fun experiment but LLM generated stories will never escape the uncanny valley, because they're not novel, they're remixes. I know the critique of that position is "but humans…
weeksie on HNAs an experiment, this is cool. As actual usage? I enjoy making stories up (or misremembering existing ones) for my daughter. The human touch is valuable to me. I also wonder:…
the_af on HN
Objections
AI stories are generic and remixed, lacking an authorial voice
From 3 comments
A fun experiment but LLM generated stories will never escape the uncanny valley, because they're not novel, they're remixes. I know the critique of that position is "but humans…
weeksie on HNI also ain't a big fan of the idea, a few thoughts * (Currently) Most AI generated images have an aesthetic to them, so it's easy to spot sometimes. Typically low-res, smeared…
theden on HNYou didn’t really make anything though.
slowhadoken on HN
Story lacks moral or deeper meaning for children
From 2 comments
Sorry, but the story is missing a very important ingredient for a kids book: I can not identify any deeper moral or social or any idea. While stories "just for fun" have of…
POPOSYS on HNThis is creepy to say the least, and nonsensical at best. It doesn’t convey any values like children stories usually do.
2easy on HN
Illustrations have AI artifacts such as inconsistent characters and odd anatomy
From 3 comments
It's funny how the fairy ended up with three legs in the final frame. I've noticed AI seems to do that - generates an otherwise fantastic image but with one super odd addition.
wnscooke on HNThe main problem in these things are the lack of persistance. In very image the porcupine is different. Any ideas on how to fix this?
shgidigo on HNIt seems the AI doesn't know the difference between a hedgehog and a porcupine. (A quick check shows Stable Diffusion at least knows the two animals on a high level.) Leaving…
biztos on HN
Flood of low-quality AI content will crowd out good books
From 3 comments
A fun experiment but LLM generated stories will never escape the uncanny valley, because they're not novel, they're remixes. I know the critique of that position is "but humans…
weeksie on HNNice idea, probably not long before people start doing this to self-publish "fiction" to clog up Amazon and Wattpad further. Sidenote: Why does Stable Diffusion/Midjourney/Dall-E…
rchaud on HNI hate to be the contrarian voice, but I really don't like where things are headed with these types of assistive tools. I like the idea of using it partially to help complement…
throwaway675309 on HN
Models trained on unlicensed artwork
From 2 comments
I hate this so very much. Automating creativity is so gross. Never mind the fact that these models are trained on stolen artwork and texts.
makoto12 on HNI find it crazy how many people in here still believe these AI's are producing totally original works- the main source images are all ripped from art station and the like.…
geenat on HN
Requests
Use a handdrawn style and a different font
From 1 comment
Change the font and make the pictures look handdrawn; then I think it works.
throwaway4good on HN
Add text-to-speech narration
From 1 comment
Looks good! Add a TTS from https://play.ht on there
cloudking on HN
Questions
Are AI-generated books copyrightable?
From 2 comments
Are books generated this way copyrightable?
gnicholas on HNAll plagiarized and non-copyrightable. What a shame.
NicoleJO on HN
How was the prompt sequence done and how were characters kept consistent?
From 2 comments
how did you do it ? what was the prompt sequence, fine tuning, etc ?
sandGorgon on HNGreat job! Did you use any special techniques for getting the same characters in different pictures/settings?
c7b on HN
Alternatives named
MagicStory
From 1 comment
I did this for my younger daughter with MagicStory[1]. I have told her the story quite a few times at her bed time. She has shown it to her teacher and her friends are "jealous."…
Brajeshwar on HN
Bedtime Story AI
From 1 comment
Hello Daniel! We've been working on a platform/tool for this since September. And it's live in Alpha right now, https://bedtimestory.ai We are working on a lot of feature…
linusekenstam on HN
StoryPanda
From 1 comment
Awesome. I built StoryPanda[1] to do something similar. My daughter, and kids of my friends absolutely love creating a story every night. 1. https://storypanda.ai
obaid on HN