Pineapple on Pizza is Bad, Vague Prompts in AI Art are Worse: A PSA
Beyond "Cyberpunk Pizza": A Guide to Cooking Up AI Masterpieces You Never Dreamed Of
So you want to throw on your lab coat and create an AI masterpiece. Cool beans, fellow mad scientist. But before you hit "create", I want you to think about how you order a pizza.
You wouldn't waltz into a pizzeria and demand, "Gimme pizza.” (Unless you're in a Christopher Nolan movie.) You might get thrown out, and the pizza could be anything with dough and maybe not even sauce or cheese.
Instead you'd paint a picture with specifics: deep dish crust, red sauce, extra cheese, pepperoni, but only on one half. Maybe you’d even add (shudder) some pineapple. (Eww, why? Fight me in the comments.)
Same goes for ordering up an AI creation: If you toss out a vague prompt like "Cyberpunk pizza" you might end up with a neon nightmare straight out of a fever dream, featuring sentient pizzas wearing tutus. 😱
The solution? Picture yourself as training an AI sous chef to whip up the best creation you could possibly imagine.
Use lots of adjectives to select your ingredients: Don't just say "mountain." Do say "towering, snow-capped peak kissed by alpenglow, reflecting in a glassy glacial lake."
Plate your creation: Ditch "futuristic city" for "sleek, chrome skyscrapers piercing a vibrant nebula sky, neon rivers slithering through concrete canyons."
Add a fun topping: Throw in some "cybernetic pigeons cooing on neon rooftops" for good measure.
The more specific you are, the more the AI understands your artistic language. The clearer the recipe, the tastier the result.