Friday Eye Candy: 20 AI-Generated Cityscapes

AI-generated images are creating new landscapes and cityscapes, capable of inspiring awe or fear.

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March 17, 2023, 5:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


A futuristic version of New York City, with plants growing neatly on top of modern skycrapers.

via Chris Steins / New York Reimagined

Planetizen founder Chris Steins recently published a Medium post collecting 20 AI-generated images of cities that push the boundaries of imagination.

For the uninitiated, Steins helpfully provides this description of how AI-generated images work:

An AI image generation service creates images using a machine learning technique called Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). To create images of cities, the AI is trained on images of cities, and then it can generate new images of a future city based on a prompt — a set of words or phrases provided by the image creator. The AI algorithm uses a feedback loop to improve the images it produces, making them increasingly realistic.

The post, linked below, showcases 20 images, varying from a “Cyberpunk Barcelona” to versions of New York that replace rooftops and streets with trees.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Chris Steins via Medium

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