How I used Midjourney and RunwayML to transform Eadweard Muybridge’s photo sequences into high-resolution videos — Background I’m sure you’ve seen the series of images of a galloping horse by 19th-century English photographer Eadweard Muybridge. As a refresher, here is a GIF animation that shows one of his more famous photo series.

How to use the latest language model from OpenAI to help write melodies for new songs — This is the third and final article in my series on using GPT-4 [1] to compose music. My first article covered writing lyrics for songs, and my second article delved into composing chords to go along with lyrics. In this article, after a brief introduction to GPT-4, I’ll show you…

How to use the latest large language model from OpenAI to help compose chords for original songs — This is the second article in a series of three about using the new GPT-4 language model from OpenAI [1] to compose music. In the first article, I explored using the model to write lyrics for songs in various styles. For this one, I used the system to compose chords…

How to use the latest language model from OpenAI to help write lyrics for original songs — I have been writing about the various iterations of OpenAI’s large language models for the last three years, including using GPT-3 [1] to compose music and ChatGPT [2], a.k.a. GPT-3.5, to write poetry. …

Finally, a way to let your pets tell you what they think about your dance moves — Have you ever wondered what your pets think about your questionable life choices? Or perhaps you’re dying to know if they secretly laugh at your dance moves? Well, the day has finally come when our beloved pets can openly communicate with us and even with each other, thanks to the…

How LAION used more data and new ML training techniques to improve image and text embeddings for various applications — I have been using and writing about OpenAI’s CLIP system since it came out in 2021 [1]. It consists of image and text encoding models that can be used for various forms of cross-modal comparison, like using a text query to find the best matching image in a library quickly. …

How the latest language model from OpenAI can help you write children’s books and create illustrations with Midjourney — This is the third and final installment of my series of three articles on using OpenAI’s ChatGPT language model [1] for creative writing. In the first article, I described using ChatGPT for writing prose, poetry, novels, and screenplays. In the second article, I showed how to use the system to…

How the latest language model from OpenAI can help you compose chords for new songs, with music by Band-in-a-Box — In my previous post, I discussed using ChatGPT, the large language model from OpenAI [1], as a writing partner for various types of prose. In this article, I will show how the system can be used to help compose music by generating chords from text prompts. After a brief overview…

How the latest language model from OpenAI can help write poetry, fiction, and screenplays — If you have been reading my posts on Medium, you will know that I have been writing about creative uses of AI since August 2020. I often write about generating digital art, but I occasionally write about using AI for other creative purposes, like writing prose and composing music. When…