AI and Rodents
- Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo
- 21 hours ago
- 2 min read
Hi, Everyone,
So before I get to the next installment of the rats in the ceiling...a.k.a., the pre-Casita story... I thought I’d share with you some of my AI experiments trying to illustrate the tale. Or tail. As the case may be.
I’ve been trying to produce a video showing a rat greeting me when I poked my head up into the attic. I guess I sort of had in mind the example of “Michigan J. Frog,” the famous singing frog in the cartoon “One Froggy Evening.” He sings Tin Pan Ally hits, but only when nobody of importance is watching.*
Well, I never managed that. Not even close. But, maybe just as well. Copyright and all that.
Anyway, here are the videos I did manage to produce. You can see why I never elected to use them to illustrate my stories.
Stay tuned! I pick up the Casita tale next time.
Footnote:
*Michigan J. Frog, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog
About the videos and photos. First, this is probably the best I managed. At least the rat is dancing here. Singing isn’t quite right, but it is okay. This was done on OpenArt with WAN 2.6.
Second, here’s a take with Runway. He’s okay, but I suppose he’s way too grungy.
Finally, here’s a scary one. In this, he doesn’t sing or dance, but he is thoroughly nasty, and that’s sort of what I felt when I met the rat population upstairs.
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~mjt
We liked the first video :)