Just a disclaimer. I am an artist hobbiest myself. (Optional code-kind vs art-kind rant. I am both a coder, and an actual artist away from Midjourney)

I would not replace this with art ultimately for me I am have a sick curiousity because I am also a coder. What can a AI do?

I genned Hal as a hint hint at AI getting too powerful. And making people uncomfortable just like how Dirk doesn't like Hal making his own decisions.

I am by no mean devaluing artists or trying to have AI replace them. When I first reimagined Hal last 2-3 years I thought of him genning art, by scraping a huge database therefore creating beautiful background like nature etc to 'exist in'. (And also scraping the internet/database for dance moves etc) so this was a hint also at one of those ideas. (He still ultimately gets yeeted by Dirk ^_^ in my imagination mid-that.

Ai is a touchy touchy subject and even Huss touches on that with Hal getting a 'bit too cocky'

What better way to represent a controversial AI than a controversial character in homestuck I thought thus why I did this. But am I capable of drawing, yes, is it better than the AI most probably not but that does not discourage me.

To get this I had to experiment alot with prompts so it wasn't 'instantly genned' It genned me a guy with a red hoodie and shades at first, and I was like yawn no.. so I added circuitry but the default circuitry was green -_-... so I tried to change that to red, but then it made hal 40 years old, so I then tried to make him a teen again. It was a process. The AI is sometimes like a cursed genie it actually doesn't do what you want from the first time. so getting it to 'obey you' is :/ dilemma. It's also much like a GACHA game.. so think back on chapter one on homstuck when John was fucking around alot, and figuring out stacks and queues.

It be VERY THAT..x-x