This is really fun - @beetle_b ran a variant of my pelican riding a bicycle SVG test using POV-Ray instead and got terrible ray-traced pelicans out of a bunch of different models: blog.nawaz.org/posts/2025/Oct/… and mastodon.xyz/@beetle_b/1154364…
beetle_b (@beetle_b@mastodon.xyz)
A twist on @simon@simonwillison.net getting LLMs to draw pelicans on bicycles: Getting it to do it using a raytracer: https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2025/Oct/pelican-on-a-bike-raytracer-edition/ #llm #raytracing #povrayMastodon
Simon Willison
in reply to Simon Willison • • •Pelican on a Bike—Raytracer Edition
Simon Willison’s WeblogMark Movember Whybird
in reply to Simon Willison • • •“In this work, the A.I.tist explores fundamental absurdity upon infinite, grounded womanhood. The deconstruction of both the pelican itself and the bicycle frame it sits upon reflect the fragmented nature of life, and they in turn are upon wheels that cleverly combine an infinity symbol and a vagina mired waist-deep in the earth itself.”
#Art #ArtCritic #Satire #ArtCriticSatire #AI
beetle_b
in reply to Simon Willison • • •"and got terrible ray-traced pelicans"
A bit judgemental, aren't we?😜
John Manoogian III
in reply to Simon Willison • • •beetle_b
in reply to Simon Willison • • •Figured out what the eggs were - the neck pouch. Weird that so many models had it detached from the body.
I just went and added GPT-5.1 pelicans.