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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE DALL-E COIN IMAGESBy now I think everyone has heard about DALL-E, the image synthesis tool that uses the latest artificial intelligence technology to generate images based on text prompts. Here's an excerpt from a recent Washington Post article and an image from an Ars Technica piece. -Editor 
A DALL-E example of "An astronaut riding a horse." Ars Technica Since the research lab OpenAI debuted the latest version of DALL-E in April, the AI has dazzled the public, attracting digital artists, graphic designers, early adopters, and anyone in search of online distraction. The ability to create original, sometimes accurate, and occasionally inspired images from any spur-of-the-moment phrase, like a conversational Photoshop, has startled even jaded internet users with how quickly AI has progressed. Five months later, 1.5 million users are generating 2 million images a day. On Wednesday, OpenAI said it removed its waitlist for DALL-E, giving anyone immediate access. The introduction of DALL-E has triggered an explosion of text-to-image generators. Google and Meta quickly revealed that they had each been developing similar systems, but said their models weren't ready for the public. Rival start-ups soon went public, including Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, which created the image that sparked controversy in August when it won an art competition at the Colorado State Fair.
The avocado-chair image could be key to building AGI that understands the world the same way humans do. Whether the system sees an avocado, hears the word I couldn't resist the urge to try it out with some numismatic prompts. -Editor Buffalo nickel with the legend "This is not a coin" 
I'll give DALL-E a "B" on this one - it at least looks like a coin, has a Buffalo and a legend, just not the legend I wanted. -Editor Pine tree shilling in palm of pilgrim's hand on Thanksgiving 
Um, not even close. There are plenty of well-labeled Pine Tree Shilling images on the web. I'll give this a "D". -Editor large rare gold coin on display in museum with people looking in amazement 
I'll give this one an "A-". Not bad! -Editor Gort the Robot walking through a coin show 
I dunno - a "B" maybe... -Editor Harvey Stack walking through a coin show with a cane 
You aren't allowed to use the names of celebrities or politicians. I was wondering if it would actually find an image of the late coin dealer Harvey Stack. Maybe it's dumb luck, but it did get the suit and tie, grey hair and glasses. I'll give this a "B". Love the cane made out of a stack of coins! Very creative. When The E-Sylum starts selling merch, we'll have to stock some of those. Interesting that the cane comes with a top hat. Wondering what DALL-E thinks The E-Sylum would look like, I tried text from our splash page, http://e-sylum.org/. -Editor history and artistry of coins, medals, tokens or paper money, digital art 
Guess we're kinda creepy... Happy Halloween. -Editor
To give it a try yourself, see:
To read the complete articles, see:
Bonus robot article - Maillardet's automaton:
Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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