I Used AI To Invent New Superheroes That Fight Your Real Everyday Problems (23 Pics)

In general, I love creating, and this new tech (AI) has improved so much in the past year that I'm basically only limited by my imagination.

I don't really doodle much when I'm bored or thinking about my next work assignment, like many people do, so I find myself playing with AI imagery nowadays. I could get on a creative roll and make a set in just a few hours, or it could be something that I pick away at when I can over a few days or a week. There is a lot of tweaking of the word prompts and "re-rolling", as it's called, to get them how I want to look.

I'm not a fan of "real" superheroes and I don't watch the movies, but there is a need for everyday first-world-problem solvers that can do it in style. I've always been a daydreamer, just as much now as when I was a little kid bored in class. My imagination seems to take me anywhere I want to go, which I love.

My favorite superhero is Teacher Woman, as my wife is an elementary school teacher, and I'm always proud of what she does. She was born to teach. I do like ones that are a bit "out there", so my second choice would have to be Change-For-The-Parking Meter Man. I never remember to carry coins with me.

In the future, I am planning on more series. For now, I just have no idea where it will take me, but the more silly and far-fetched, the better.

People say that these AI creations are not art, and that's a valid argument, but what is art anyway? I don't think it has to be defined by the use of a paintbrush or pencil. All have the same thing in common: imagination. AI prompts are just another tool to express that imagination. I wrote a column recently about this very thing.