Hi all, This website, AI Envisions, is about how AI can impact the placemaking nexus: that group of actors, including regular people, involved in interpreting, responding to and re-making place in any form. You may not know, but I also write about place more...
Will AI Take my Job?
Is AI going to take my job? Is this actually an interesting question? Perhaps in a sense no, although I feel I would have to take a stab at answering it to explain why. First of all, terminology. I'm talking specifically about generative AI here, not AI in general;...
Controlling Midjourney using Remix Mode and Variations
Today: How prompt terms affect other things too Remix Mode Varying Region Varying Whole Image Image Prompt from Collage I want to combine several concepts together. I want a character who's an elderly lady, who's smartly attired in a business setting, and I also want...
Some Wild Polemicism about Cherry Blossom
In the following post, ChatGPT and I have worked together to create a bombastic and overblown argument that something quite banal is in fact extremely important. I hope you find it informative. Cherry blossoms, the iconic symbol of life's ephemeral beauty, possess the...
Midcentury Car and House Studies
I've been interested by the outcome of these recent studies in midcentury modern architecture in combination with cars. As you'll probably be aware from the emerging content of this website, my two passions are placemaking and cars, and one of these things I've found...
Modernist Car World Masterpiece
Welcome to the fusion of classic car sales and the organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Inspired by the balance of forms and volumes, light and material, inside and out inherent in Japanese architecture, Lloyd Wright was one of the most influential architects...
Maybe Orange is the Warmest Colour?
What suggests a comfortable space to you? Is it more a matter of its appearance or of the behaviours it facilitates? Or, is the latter in fact predicated upon the former? I think that depends on the purpose of the room. A space that is for a very clearly defined...
Anodyne Unreality
Minimalist interior design is all about simplicity, elegance, and functionality. It's a design philosophy that focuses on the essentials, eliminating anything that's unnecessary or superfluous. The result is a clean and uncluttered space that exudes a sense of calm...
