The image above is one more attempt with an AI program to create a Martian habitat. As with the images in my last post, I asked the AI image program Freepik to respond to the following request: “Realist painting, surface of Mars, rocket and habitat in the foreground, ultra detailed.”
The image generated was better than either DALL-E 2 or Microsoft’s Image Creator (DALL-E 3) in terms of a semi-realistic and clearly planned habitat on Mars. Of course, an even more likely habitat would be below the surface, but I do not want to be too picky. But like the Microsoft program, Freepik added a moon that does not exist in the real world (or the real Mars, I should say).
I tried a different request to see it this would continue to happen. My request was: “Martian colony in the year 2400.” In this case, I was more satisfied with the result. In two of the four images, Freepik provided a viable habitat and did not display a moon. One of the images is displayed below. Unfortunately, the other two still has moons.
It will be hit or miss with many of these programs. You will need to know more than the program in terms of context. We are still early in the game and it is likely the AI programs will slowly remove these make-believe elements. But until then, don’t start using these images in any official publications or you will be spending a lot of time explaining yourself.
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