Ammaar Reshi, a product design Manager from the San Francisco Bay Area, published a children’s book written by AI. He was working with the Open AI chatbot ChatGPT when he decided to develop the book. 

 The feat, which Reshi publicized in a viral Twitter thread, is a testament to the incredible advances of AI. The book ‘Alice and Sparkle’ has renewed a fierce debate about the ethics of AI-generated art. Many argue that technology preys on artists and other creatives, using their hard work as source material while raising the sector of replacing them. 

 The illustrations for the book were created using Midjourney. The AI-generated illustrations were not perfect. Some fingers looked like claws, objects were floating, and the shadowing was off in some areas. Illustrations in children’s books normally go through several rounds of revisions. However, that is not possible with AI-generated artwork, especially with Midjourney, where the results are produced based on prompts. 

 Alice and Sparkle follow a young girl who builds her own AI robot that becomes self-aware and capable of making its own decisions. The author has sold about 70 copies through amazon since December 4th. 

Generative AI is a major trend today. There are number of artists from India and across a world who are using AI algorithm for creating artworks. Riya Srivastava, an AI artist from India became popular recently with her artwork which was built around the concept of ‘Sone Ki Chidiya’ (The Golden Bird).

Similarly, Tapan Aslot is a creative director turned AI artist, who is experimenting in this field, and his work is mesmerizing. According to Tapan, AI provided him a broad canvas to project his thoughts and ideas.