Pablo Xavier, 31, a utility worker and longtime Chicagoan, told the Tribune he had been high on mushrooms Friday when he began playing around with Midjourney, an AI art tool. In a flash, inspiration struck as he typed his prompts: Catholic Pope Francis. Balenciaga puffy coat. Streets of Paris.
“As I put in the prompt, and popped up, I was just like, ‘Yeah, this is it,’” he said.
Pablo said he posted the images to a Facebook group and a few Reddit forums where people share AI-generated art, so he didn’t have the intention of fooling people into thinking the pope images were real. He said he was banned from Reddit shortly after his post went up.
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