Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu

AI-generated images can produce some amazing creations, but who would have thought it could create terrifyingly uncanny images of cosmic horrors.
A series of Cthulhu-like cosmic demons have been posted by users on the subreddit/r/MediaSynthesis. This community is dedicated to artificial images and art.

Here's the Rise of Cthulhu

Reddit: u/MereThoughts

Cthulhus Garden:

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Reddit: u/w0nk0

Cosmic Demon

Reddit: u/MereThoughts

Some even get political, such as Trump fighting cthulhu.

u/Tannon via Reddit

Users have taken their favorite Elder Gods to church with Cthulhu Mythos during the Last Supper.

@goob via NightCafe

NightCafe is an algorithm that turns words into AI-generated artwork. Many of these images were created with NightCafe. The platform uses VQGAN+CLIP, which is a text-to image art creation algorithm that transforms ordinary words into surreal images.

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It begs the question: How can AI create such beautiful images of Cthulhu, though?

It makes perfect sense when you stop and think about it. Lovecraftian monsters are known for their inexplicable colors, bizarre faces, and non-Euclidean forms. It makes sense that an AI and neural network that produces very trippy images could create something similar.

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