Stream of Consciousness
AI
autonomous agent art
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fascinating and enjoyable art-meets-AI concept
From 2 comments
As someone who deeply appreciates both art and technology, few things AI feel as satisfying as this project. Congrats on releasing and best of luck. I could totally imagine this…
airstrike on HNAwesome UI, just fun navigating around this thing.
_akhe on HN
Interesting reflection on the creative process
From 1 comment
I watched it produce a sketch and then proceed to criticize it for not meeting its expectations. While we waited for text to img it talked about feeling anxiety and then a range…
ganzuul on HN
Objections
Loops on repetitive content and stale information
From 2 comments
here it got stuck at > I am visiting the website: firstamendmentmuseum.org > I am seeing that in the 18th and 19th centuries, protest music utilized already-popular tunes with…
airstrike on HNI guess I don't get it? It keeps talking about things it is reading, and then about its feelings, and never makes an image. It's pretty repetitive There's also a pseudo-3D…
phyzome on HN
Criticism of training on artists' work
From 2 comments
Sorry if this sounds harsh but I find it kind of funny that you're lamenting a loss of uniqueness and meaning in human art while operating a system that is basically designed to…
__loam on HNIt bothers us because most of us have basic empathy. Also to train on the work of every artist then lament how human art resembles art generated by a machine trained to reproduce…
__loam on HN
Blank page and CORS errors on some browsers
From 1 comment
macOS 14.4.1 Chrome 123.0.6312.123 presents blank page with CORS errors ``` > www.streamofconsciousness.net/:1 Access to fetch at…
mistersquid on HN
Slow generation due to GPU bottleneck
From 1 comment
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I fully agree re: the importance of art and the absurdity of the concept which, I hope it's clear, is embedded in the spirit of this project.…
jamez on HN
Requests
Use newer text-to-image models
From 1 comment
I think the meat of this is the text-to-image model. I hope you will upgrade to use leading edge models like DALLE-3 or Imagen 2 or SD 3 (when available) if you are not already.…
ilaksh on HN
Add boredom or novelty detection to avoid stale loops
From 1 comment
here it got stuck at > I am visiting the website: firstamendmentmuseum.org > I am seeing that in the 18th and 19th centuries, protest music utilized already-popular tunes with…
airstrike on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
is this open source?
android521 on HN
Which LLM and text-to-image models are used?
From 1 comment
Which text to image and LLM models are you using?
ilaksh on HN
Alternatives named
ELIZA
From 1 comment
Feels like eliza with a sprinkling of generative ai to add variation
spywaregorilla on HN