It seemed like a simple request—nope.
I wanted to create a graphic for 3 Easy Ways to Get More Sales This Season. Nothing fancy, just the title with some holiday whimsy. I though it would be fun to start with the words in the title, and then add a Santa hat to the number three. I headed over to Adobe Express to see if I could whip it up in a jiff with AI. I mean, how hard could it be right?
So here’s the instructions I gave the Adobe Express AI generator. It asked me what I would like to create and I typed “The words “3 Easy Ways to Get More Sales this Season” with a festive Christmas look and a red Santa hat on the 3.”
Here’s what I got back…
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When I got done laughing, I headed over to Canva to see if their AI generator could do any better. Canva first tried to steer me toward starting with a template, which I thought was smart, if they weren’t 100% confident in their AI generator’s capabilities. I decided to push the envelope and go straight to the AI generator.
Here’s what I got back…
Kudos to Canva for having real words, but points off for not being anything close to what I asked for. I mean, come on, no Santa hat anywhere. Not nearly as amusing, and also very odd. What is the shape with the glitter/snow supposed to represent? What is the odd broken heart shape with the Christmas tree lot in it? Were there no pics of Santa available? Hat or no hat, I never mentioned either tree or glitter.
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And so it seems that, much like self driving cars, there is a long way to go before we can just tell AI our dream featured post image and have it magically appear.
If you’ve got a great AI fail do share. It’s makes me feel like SkyNet is still a long way off.
