Ada and the Panda: even with AI, making a picture book was no child's play
There was the small matter of illustrations — my art skills plateaued shortly after Reception — but AI image generation had advanced to the point where people usually have the right number of fingers.Problem solved.As for actually printing the thing? Honestly, I didn’t think that far ahead.Press enter or click to view image in full sizeFresh copies of Ada and the Panda.A word problemMuch as I’ve loved reading to my daughter from an early age, I must admit to zoning out on occasion. Even the best books bear no surprises on the hundredth reading.
- ▪There was the small matter of illustrations — my art skills plateaued shortly after Reception — but AI image generation had advanced to the point where people usually have the right number of fingers.Problem solved.As for actually printing
- ▪Honestly, I didn’t think that far ahead.Press enter or click to view image in full sizeFresh copies of Ada and the Panda.A word problemMuch as I’ve loved reading to my daughter from an early age, I must admit to zoning out on occasion.
- ▪Even the best books bear no surprises on the hundredth reading.
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Artificial IntelligenceSelf PublishingChildrens BooksAda and the Panda: even with AI, making a picture book was no child’s playLars Janssen10 min read·Just now--ListenShare“I know”, I thought one day, “I could write a book for my daughter!” She was three and a half, so the prose shouldn’t be all that challenging, right? There was the small matter of illustrations — my art skills plateaued shortly after Reception — but AI image generation had advanced to the point where people usually have the right number of fingers.Problem solved.As for actually printing the thing? Honestly, I didn’t think that far ahead.Press enter or click to view image in full sizeFresh copies of Ada and the Panda.A word problemMuch as I’ve loved reading to my daughter from an early age, I must admit to zoning out on…
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