Alice and Sparkle

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Leaning on the Fourth Wall: The creation of the book was meant to put a spotlight on the kind of storytelling that can be done with AI, and the plot of the book is about the good and bad that can be done with AI. Ammaar Reshi, 28, has been fascinated by technology since he was a child. “I was always curious, and my dad let me play with his computer when I was 5 years old,” he said. He grew up in Pakistan before his family moved to the UK, where Reshi studied computer science in London. A job at Palantir Technologies led Reshi to Palo Alto, California, and since 2020 he’s worked at fintech company Brex, where he’s now a design manager. Reshi is aware of the controversy that his book caused and discussed the risks of AI-generated content:

Then there is actually the other problem which is that both AIs are using the works of human artists to create “their” works. So shouldn’t those human artists be credited for this work at the very least? One could possibly think of this in terms of the way artists are under influences from other artists, but of course AI is in a very different situation to human artists, as humans have to eat and sleep and basically live, while AI can scan artworks constantly 24/7. This is a story about a young girl named Alice who discovers the magic of artificial intelligence. She creates her own AI, named Sparkle, and together they go on adventures and use their combined knowledge to make the world a better place. The story explores the incredible abilities of AI and the importance of using them for good. It is a tale of friendship and exploration, filled with magic and wonder. I spent the weekend playing with ChatGPT, MidJourney, and other AI tools… and by combining all of them, published a children’s book co-written and illustrated by AI!Since December 4th, it has sold about 70 copies. Reshi will donate the rest of the copies to his local library. Alice and Sparkle is a 2022 children's book published by Ammaar Reshi. Reshi created the book using artificial intelligence in one weekend, which sparked controversy among artists.

There are serious, incredibly valid concerns from artists and writers about all this technology. Their emotional responses are fair, we should listen and instead should ask: To the creators of these tools at OpenAI & MidJourney: how do we ensure protections for artists / train models on consent? Their talent, skill, hard work to get there needs to be respected." Art Shift: The artstyle ranges from the chibi-inspired style on the cover to a more realistic look . This is a story about a young girl named Alice who discovers the magic of artificial intelligence. She creates her own AI, named Sparkle, and together they go on adventures and use their combined knowledge to make the world a better place.

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Overall, he’s seen the experience as a learning one — and a chastening one. “I am grateful that it’s publicized a very critical debate and discussion that’s to be had,” he said. “I’m honestly just saddened by how that debate has played out. The hateful rhetoric and the abuse is really not fun to read."

His detractors called the book “cheap” with little to no artistic values or integrity, especially with how the machine learning process means that Alice and Sparkle’s entire art style and the story is generated from a compilation of other works. Alice and Sparkle is a children's picture book about a young girl named Alice who creates an artificially intelligent robot named Sparkle. The two go on an adventure where they learn about both the potential benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence. The children's book covered in The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, Le Figaro, NBC News, and media worldwide. The debate has heated up even further with the announcement of Alice and Sparkle, created by design manager Ammaar Reshi. He completed the entire children’s book within a weekend using ChatGPT, MidJourney, and other AI tools.Reshi, a product design manager from the San Francisco Bay Area, gathered illustrations from Midjourney, a text-to-image AI tool that launched this summer, and took story elements from a conversation he had with the AI-powered ChatGPT about a young girl named Alice. “Anyone can use these tools,” Reshi tells TIME. “It’s easily and readily accessible, and it’s not hard to use either.” So shouldn’t ChatGTP and Midjourney have had their names on the cover? Perhaps, and perhaps not. Perhaps one should look at this like a ghost written work. Ghost writers get paid for the work, but don’t get credit. Still that doesn’t cover it either? Reshi told the world ChatGTP and Midjourney wrote and illustrated this book. Not much “ghost” about that, and they didn’t even get paid. With AI and machine learning tools used in its writing and illustration, Alice and Sparkle is said to be the first book of its kind to do so. Not only that, but the entire story’s plot also centres around the young protagonist creating her own AI companion. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.