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Snowflake Nightmares

my first AI video!

Bet you never expected me to write anything like the title of this post, huh? Fear not. I have not tired of snowflakes. Don't think I ever will. But I am really growing tired of AI renditions of snowflakes.

I sometimes create AI snowflakes, such as smiling or animal crocheted snowflakes, as inspiration for upcoming patterns. MidJourney gives some acceptable results. Sometimes.

NightCafe often breaks my heart. Sometimes it feels like a waste of precious time. They recently came up with a new way to try to keep people like me (who can't consistently achieve desired results) coming back. Users earn points daily to "pay" for their creations without having to cough up coin. I've been doing that all along. I've never paid. (So why in the heck do they even care if I come back???) Now they have a new daily challenge. I earn bonus credits for doing a new image each consecutive day. I had quit using it altogether because it just wasn't helpful in generating art to illustrate my blog posts, now that I can't get out and set up actual photos for everything I write about. I thought the new challenge might be a great way to document just how poorly NightCafe performs for what I need. And boy, was I right! My daily prompt is "smiling crocheted snowflake".

Thankfully, I can set the phone down after each attempt while I wait for the program to render. I keep trying because I've earned more than 2,000 credits now and because every once in a while, I get something I might be able to use as real crochet inspiration. I keep hoping!

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