Alex Inglewood, Author at Once Upon an Algorithm

The Bronze Ring, from The Blue Fairy Book

By Alex Inglewood | January 20, 2023February 1, 2023 by Alex Inglewood

This is a public domain fairy tale written by Andrew Lang and published in The Blue Fairy Book in 1889. All illustrations are originals produced by Alex Inglewood, with help from Stable Diffusion. Minor changes were made to make this classic version of The Bronze Ring more appropriate for modern audiences, but some descriptions and subjects may still be disturbing to young children. Parental discretion is advised. Estimated reading time: 15 minutes The Story Begins… Once upon…

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Home at Last: A Dog Rescue Story

By Alex Inglewood | December 27, 2022January 21, 2023 by Alex Inglewood

This is a fictional short story about rescued dogs, written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion. Estimated reading time: 5-10 minutes For Ages 7+ Our Story Begins… A kindly man named Arnold loved dogs. Every day he went out and fed dogs that he saw on the street. His heart ached for these poor dogs with no home, so he began to care for the friendliest ones so that someday…

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How to Train an Embedding in Stable Diffusion

By Alex Inglewood | December 22, 2022March 15, 2023 by Alex Inglewood

If you want to take your AI image generation to the next level in Stable Diffusion to consistently get the same style across many images with different subjects, then training an embedding is worth your while. There are a few situations in which this could be helpful: This tutorial uses screenshots from Stable Diffusion Automatic 1111 v1.5 Web UI under RunPod.io What is an Embedding? The embedding layer encodes inputs such as text prompts into low-dimensional vectors…

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The Patient Tree

By Alex Inglewood | December 20, 2022December 14, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

This is a free and original short fiction work for adults written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion. Estimated reading time: 5-10 minutes Our Story Begins… The small sapling was barely more than a sprout when it arrived at the shop. Despite its size, the tiny sapling captivated on shopper named Ani, who couldn’t help but want to take it and nurture it into something beautiful. They felt an odd…

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GPT3’s DaVinci 3 vs 2 Models

By Alex Inglewood | December 16, 2022December 18, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

Recently OpenAI has released a new model version in GPT3, Davinci-3. This model greatly improves on the formerly most powerful model, Davinci-2. However it also has some oddities that are worth knowing. You can select Davinci-3 in the Model drop down menu on the right side of the Playground web interface. Poetry and the Concept of Rhyming First, the concept of rhyming is much more advanced in the Davinci-3 model, with every couplet having a…

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The Birth of a City

By Alex Inglewood | December 14, 2022December 13, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

This is an original bedtime story for adults written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion. Estimated reading time: 5-10 minutes Our Story Begins… Long ago, there was a small camp of settlers nestled in a forest glade not far from a river. The original settlers were few in number and had a variety of backgrounds. Some came from faraway lands, while others were born there and stayed for generations. Together…

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Goodnight Poem

By Alex Inglewood | December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

This is a short goodnight poem for young kids written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,with help from GPT-3 and Stable DiffusionFor ages 3+Estimated reading time: 1 minutes Tired eyes and a weary head,the girl is getting ready for bed. She grabs her plushy bear tight,as she says goodnight. She looks up to the stars,so many miles away so far. The night sky she can see,while snuggled in her sheets with glee. Her head rested on a pillow soft and…

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Market Day

By Alex Inglewood | December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

This is a short story for kids written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion For ages 3+ Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Our Story Begins… In the small town lived a young girl named Emma. She hated eating any food that looked or smelled funny. All she liked to eat was bread. Bread for breakfast. Bread for lunch. Bread for dinner. Bread for snacks. One day, Emma’s mother took her to the market. There…

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Tale of the Fire Starter

By Alex Inglewood | December 1, 2022November 25, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

This is one of many original, free children’s stories for kids written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion For ages 6+ Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Our Story Begins… Calum had always been a bit of a loner and loved spending time in the forest, exploring its quiet pathways and hidden corners. He had always been a bit of a skeptic of the stories her friends would tell of their magical powers. But one…

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The Bandit Camp Dragon, A Free Short Story

By Alex Inglewood | November 28, 2022November 23, 2022 by Alex Inglewood

This is an original, free short story written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood, with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion For ages 10+ Estimated reading time: 10 minutes The Heroes Puck, Ranger and Mystra are three unlikely heroes who have come together to make a difference in the world. Puck is a young paladin on a quest for justice, Ranger is an expert tracker with a heart for revenge, and Mystra is an experienced mage who always puts…