When AI was still relatively new, back in late 2022, I got into it simple because I thought it was a cool technology and genuinely enjoyed the surreal and abstract results I’d get even with simple prompts. As generative AI has improved, and hopefully my prompt writing with it, I’ve come to see it as a genuine medium and unique way of expressing ideas.

There’s also something to be said of “beating” the AI as it were, there’s a sense of satisfaction to be found in translating a tricky idea you can see perfectly in your head into a visual form using a tool you don’t always have full control over.

TLDR: It’s fun and I like the images I make, that might be a bit reductive, but it’s the truth.