Edition: 03B-A3GC & Remaster
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
NA
Parameters
–ar 3:2 –s 20000 –v 3
Midjourney Job ID #
Original :: b02d5a83-e06d-47da-a4c5-30c6acf76fcc
Remaster :: bd7e1a26-eaaa-41f7-b5d9-458ef48ba275
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102149345022857226
Date Commenced
30.12.22
Parent grid
Ruth Gardner – Author’s Response
My broader view of AI generated content and its role in human interactions is that it is mostly an apocalyptic force that will render humans sociopathic.
Initially as a collection of images and using my recollection of what I provided as prompt terms, I thought that the AI bots had it completely wrong. I considered that perhaps my prompts had overtones of this destructive theory as they showed a world up in smoke and that the AI bots had picked up on this.
Perhaps there was a frailty to its digital crafting and just like people, they do not always perform as expected.
I felt a resumed faith in the validity of good old-fashioned human created art – and admittedly, a slight smugness – that AI was seemingly not up to the task of delivering on my requests. Perhaps there was a frailty to its digital crafting and just like people, they do not always perform as expected.
These were the prompts that I had originally emailed through to Mitch:
1. Spirituality is a trauma response
2. The cult of busy
3. One day I will die
Seeing the disparity, I soon returned to the celebratory idea that the AI bots were in fact not as advanced as people were claiming. That the human race still has time to recover and reconnect and pull back. Nowhere in the images could I see these prompts reflected. Huzzah – I had found a chink in the AI armor!
Or, so I thought.
I double-checked my email to Mitch re-reading it to the end to discover I had in fact provided a last throw-away line that Mitch (of course) had chosen to interpret as the prompt:
I hope the bots can work it out …
Looking at these images through this lens, I realise now the bots were in fact correct and quite capable – and let’s agree, quite predictable. It was my frail (human) memory that had caused the glitch!
It made me laugh as I thought perhaps my prompt is the AI version of a self-fulfilling prophecy. And in some round-a-bout way the images have conveyed my apocalyptic view of an AI-driven human existence.
So, maybe the bots really did work it out.
RG 23-06-2023
Edition: 27-A4B
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
Long lens, full body, epic landscape. Glass, leather, metallic and chrome textures. High OctaneRender, trending on ArtStation.
Parameters
–iw 1 –ar 16:9 –s 1000 –c 50 –v 5
Midjourney Job ID #
6da9ae47-cba1-48f3-ae1a-ba8980bcb354
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102286243980652695
Date Commenced
30.12.22
Image prompt
Parent grid
Edition: 20B-A3D
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
Long shot, full body, in steampunk Matrix style. Glass goggles, leather hoods, metallic and chrome textures, high Octane Render, trending on ArtStation.
Parameters
–ar 2:3 –s 1000 –c 75
Midjourney Job ID #
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Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1085820023181955152
Date Commenced
30.12.22
Image prompt
Parent grid
Edition: 02B-A2C
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
NA
Parameters
–ar 3:2
Midjourney Job ID #
8e53f72e-becd-41d9-b98b-ca735fbec451
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102244422894223554
Date Commenced
26.12.22
Parent grid
Slideshow :: Editions 01-A4DB, 01-A1EFC, 01-A1B, 01-A2 & 01-A1EFBE
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
NA
Parameters
–ar 16:9 –v 3
Midjourney Job ID #
Image 01 :: ac67c8b3-44fe-4edc-bc14-52b2179fb666
Image 02 :: 042f972a-9e26-4879-a5ab-0f3ab710d491
Image 03 :: 2be65fcf-c60c-4670-aec2-2a5a738b405e
Image 04 :: 356e25eb-8e32-483e-b053-a7b4eac59665
Image 05 :: 86897643-89ec-41a2-8622-e8c0ae039e53
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
Image 01 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102170895834939392
Image 02 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102173724079292536
Image 03 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102176126199144460
Image 04 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102176825045700689
Image 05 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102178701015261234
Date Commenced
14.10.22
Parent grid (All editions)
Edition: 05-A4I
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
NA
Parameters
–ar 2:3
Midjourney Job ID #
d8733574-0990-4505-9d55-4accc848f984
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102248985533632652
Date Commenced
30.12.22
Parent grid
Slideshow :: Editions 01-A3BB to 03-A4E
Metro Bots
Text prompt
Metro train carriage cyberpunk graffiti with the words “THE BOTS WILL WORK IT OUT”
Context parameters
NA
Parameters
–ar 16:9 –s 3000 –v 3
Midjourney Job ID #
First image :: ac67c8b3-44fe-4edc-bc14-52b2179fb666
Last image :: adb74a4c-8197-4bc2-b9cc-26f45b071b9b
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
First image :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102220407806898297
Last image :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102220109898055720
Date Commenced
14.10.22
Parent grid (Editions 01-A3BB – A1-A3GB)
Parent grid (Editions 02-A1E – 02-A1HB)
Edition: 15-A3
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
Long shot, full body, in steampunk Matrix style. Glass goggles, leather hood, metallic and chrome textures, OctaneRender, trending on ArtStation.
Parameters
–ar 2:3 –s 1000 –c 75
Midjourney Job ID #
b02d5a83-e06d-47da-a4c5-30c6acf76fcc
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102255386209296454
Date Commenced
30.12.22
Image prompt
Parent grid
Slideshow :: Editions 11d-A1D, 18-A2BB, 14-A2, 18BA2C & 21-A4CC
Bots
Text prompt
I hope the bots can work it out
Context parameters
Long shot, full body, in steampunk Matrix style. Glass goggles, leather hood, metallic and chrome textures, OctaneRender, trending on ArtStation.
Parameters
–ar 16:9 –s 1000 –c 75
Midjourney Job ID #
Image 01 :: 280d8905-d0f8-47ba-bada-b9a1acb5a70b
Image 02 :: c0084e1e-39c6-475a-b8d9-05c12ea84f41
Image 03 :: b9da5c4f-68eb-4728-a0aa-4ae0224b2e21
Image 04 :: 2c743d91-d2ab-4b40-9b29-19dbfd79676d
Image 05 :: 33a79332-829d-4098-bcd2-bfbe243f2250
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
Image 01 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102274295754919976
Image 02 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102276535546826782
Image 03 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102277262587474070
Image 04 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1085812608340332625
Image 05 :: https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102289333370769519
Date Commenced
30.12.22
Image prompt
Parent grid (Edition 11D-A1D)
Parent grid (14-A2)
Parent grid (Editions 18-A2BB & 18B-A2D)
Parent grid (All editions)
Edition: 03-A4EB
Metro Bots
Text prompt
Cyberpunk graffiti with the words “THE BOTS WILL WORK IT OUT”
Context parameters
NA
Parameters
–ar 16:9 –seed 1999 –test –creative
Midjourney Job ID #
b02d5a83-e06d-47da-a4c5-30c6acf76fcc
Prompt Author
Ruth Gardner
Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1026654573076676648/1026654573559037984/1102278691448430613
Date Commenced
14.10.22
Parent grid
Production Contact Sheet
The Bots series
Production Details
Image production dates: 10-04-2022 to 17-03-2023
Editions :: 266
Parent Grids :: 46
First Discord instance:
Image series citation:
Gardner, R., Goodwin, M. & Midjourney, “Ruth Gardner – Bots,” in Slow Down Time, Goodwin, M. Ed. Melbourne: Word Press, May 1, 2023, http://slowdowntime.com/ruth-gardner/
Production Contact Sheet
The Metro Bots series
Production Details
Image production dates: 14-10-2022 to 18-08-2023
Editions :: 84
Parent Grids :: 4
First Discord instance:
Image series citation:
Gardner, R., Goodwin, M. & Midjourney, “Ruth Gardner – Metro Bots,” in Slow Down Time, Goodwin, M. Ed. Melbourne: Word Press, May 1, 2023, http://slowdowntime.com/ruth-gardner/
Slow Down Time 