aiTLAS

What is all this?

The images and text on this website have all been generated by artificial intelligence, particularly DeepAI for the text, and Stable Diffusion for the images. This allows us a unique opportunity to see how AI "sees" the world around us.

Consider this a parody of a real atlas, with generated images of maps, food, people, and my surprise favorite: some very unusual animals.

Biases, Cringe, and Outright Racism

There is a lot of controversy about the material AI is trained on. Most of this revolves around copyright, but this art experiment is designed to explore how AI, particularly Stable Diffusion, renders people of different ethnicities. There is a clear American bias, but when it comes to outright racist visuals, the AI succeeds far more than it fails. However, I have left the bad examples in situ so developers can learn how to make AI more equitable.

The Joy of AI

AI is a moving train, and some of its flaws resulted in some really fun images, particularly animals.

Due to the speed at which AI is being developed, this is already out of date as new updated algorithms have been released in the time it took to render these thousands of images. This will likely result in some of the more problematic areas moot by the time you read this. Future AI will have less errors, which won't result in as many of the funny images you'll find in this site.

Climate

Disclaimer:

The maps and text on this page have been generated by DeepAI.org and Stable Diffusion respectively. They should be considered an artistic parody of a real atlas and never be mistaken for, in any way, accurately representing the reality of the world or its people. Please do not use any of what you find here for any serious decision making, excepting, of course, for improving the artificial intelligence algorithms to more equitably represent the people and cultures of this world in all their complexity and beauty. Everything that follows this sentence has been generated by AI.

“The climate of the world is not the same as that of the climate of the planet…”

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The climate of the world is not the same as that of the climate of the planet,” said Jim W. Hartnett from Climate Central, adding that most anthropogenic forcing on our planet’s ice cores now sits at about 1.5 inches. (This figure is based on projections of the amount of ocean water that has been transported via ice. The extent of human impacts on our glaciers will not vary much in much the same way as today, although researchers agree it can be quite substantial.) So as we work to mitigate these impacts, it will be useful to take stock and make sure everyone agrees on the value of the benefits we will and will not get from a climate change deal, he said.

It is now time for Congress to act. House Republicans will need the support of all those working on the Earth system, but have not yet put their concerns to a vote: They want a vote on the resolution, but even in that case it’s not the one they want. House Minority Leader Tom Cole (R-OH) asked for a vote in 2010, but it is too late. Instead, they must be re-elected. He also wanted Democrats to back the resolution, as did Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). As it stands now, it’s hard to say exactly how many Democrats will sign it, but if the measure passes the House it will give the US an extra few hundred thousand to fight climate change for the next decade.

For now,

Maps of Climate