
The 'AI obsessed' photographer who tricked Instagram
The Hindu
Midjourney and rivals like DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion generate unique pictures by mashing up a vast back catalogue of images they have been “trained” on, which was liberating for Jos Avery, a 48-year-old software engineer and lawyer by training from Virginia in the United States.
Jos Avery was given a camera almost four decades ago, sparking a lifelong fascination with photography.
But last September he found a new creative outlet, one that led him to deceive thousands of people: the artificial intelligence program Midjourney, which generates wild and wonderful images from brief text instructions.
"Soon after starting with Midjourney, I became obsessed with the creative possibilities," Mr. Avery told AFP.
Midjourney and rivals like DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion generate unique pictures by mashing up a vast back catalogue of images they have been "trained" on.
For Mr. Avery, a 48-year-old software engineer and lawyer by training from Virginia in the United States, Midjourney was liberating.
He said it allowed him to create beautiful art without needing to tackle his own social anxieties.













