Failed and bailed by technology...
Failed and Bailed by Technology (with expert human assistance)
A Republic of Letters (emails now, actually) correspondent who had kindly read early drafts of my manuscript on uncertainty had suggested adding illustrations, perhaps using AI. I thought it was an unusual suggestion from a serious Swedish economist (although mainstream, he has written a fine book on Knightian uncertainty), but it resonated. Why not lighten up a geeky tract with whimsical images? I had something like the Little Prince or Curious George illustrations in mind. And as it happens, I cannot draw worth a damn, so using an LLM-interfaced AI that would follow my written instructions seemed like a dream. Possibly, for the first time in well over a year of trying, I might get something useful out of LLMs.
I already had several PowerPoint figures that I thought were “good enough.” What I thought I’d try to generate were images to introduce the four parts of my book, placing the relevant images on the first page of each part.
Additionally, a visual theme emerged through conversations with a Republic of Zoom friend from Ireland. This friend is a broadly read intellectual, entrepreneur, and avid sailor. He suggested a nautical theme (which, given the subject matter, namely uncertainty) made a great deal of sense.
Unfortunately, I simply could not get the several programs I tried to follow my image prompts. Yet rather than add the failure to my long catalog of LLM disappointments, I tried to see if the tech folks at Tufts who had been experimenting with the technology could help.
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