This is a partial list of groups I belong to that focus on Generative AI art: Facebook creates community. I use BING as a kind of Generative AI university: BING U.  I prefer the role of student, so my job is to find good teachers. Think of me as the guy who shows you around the campus and knows his way around, but he's a student himself. Microsoft BING is free and very powerful. It's an excellent way to learn Generative AI and a standard tool that everyone in my imaginary school has. The way to find a teacher is to see their work in a Facebook group. Then, save the picture that caught your eye in a Word document (or document editor of your choice). For example ... Joe McIntosh What we have found here is not only the prompt for the picture but a teacher who shares the prompts for all his pictures. Look for artists who work primarily with BING. Don't get distracted by other platforms or techniques. Learn to do one thing well before shopping for better tools. The best Facebo...

This post gives me a glimpse into a typical morning with half a dozen AI tools at my elbow. The theme is "partnership": a flow of ideas and information back and forth between me, my human contacts and AI assistants. Grammarly made this paragraph a bit more readable. Grammarly is a writing assistant that is now so common we forget that its ability to "understand" and improve English would have been regarded as "AI" two years ago. Once such things become familiar, the goalposts are moved, and Grammarly is no longer considered "AI". In the following, Grammarly constantly corrects and re-words every sentence, hopefully for the better. I spend some time learning from a member of a Facebook group I moderate, tweaking his prompt: "a woman with a contemplative expression,. Her gaze is directed downwards, and she seems to be lost in thought. The background is a complex tapestry of intricate designs and patterns, blending both organic and geometric sh...