![Islay Fun](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/islay-fun.gif)
Recently I’ve read a few articles and watched a few videos about images and pictures created by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some were really impressive and there are concerns about the AI software replacing human illustrators and designers. So I thought I’ll give it a try and put some of online AI image generators to the test and find out how much they know about Islay. The AI image generators ask you to enter a text description of the image you’re after and then go away and generate the image(s):
![9 images of distilleries on Islay imagined by an AI](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-craiyon.jpg)
The description I usually used was “whisky distilleries on the island of Islay in Scotland”. I thought that should give the AI enough pointers to work with, the terms whisky, distilleries, island, Scotland and of course Islay.
As you might expect several of the generators came up with a variety of white washed buildings, often in a coastal setting. What surprised me a bit were the strangely shaped chimneys (?) some included. Was the AI merging the shape of a still with a chimney?
![4 images of Islay distilleries as imagined by an AI](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-deepai.jpg)
However, not all generators went for the white washed buildings, some had different ideas. I found this one quite interesting, I wonder if the design was somehow “inspired” by the big windows at Caol Ila?
![AI generated picture of strange distilleries in a coastal landscape](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-nightcafe-2.jpg)
Yet the same AI image generator also came up with a more traditional white washed building. With a strange chimney or lighthouse (not sure what that’s supposed to be?) on the roof for good measure:
![AI generated picture of a distillery with some weird lighthouse or chimney on its roof](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-nightcafe-1.jpg)
Another one came up with what reminded me of a farm distillery, although it also has some strange chimney/lighthouse/church like tower. At least the surrounding landscape is looking vaguely Islayish:
![A farm distillery with a lighthouse shaped tower generated by AI](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-photosonic-1.png)
And then it started to turn a bit weird. I get the vaguely coastal landscape. I get the vaguely distillery like buildings. But what is that thing on the top of the sunset painted buildings with some weird word on the side?
![Some weird concoction of pictures supposed to be an Islay distillery](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-starryai.jpg)
To close another picture from the same AI. In a way I somehow like it, although I only understand it partially. I kind of like the mixture of weathered buildings combined with what I think is a dram of whisky. But what on earth is that building on the left?
![Some weird concoction of pictures supposed to be an Islay distillery](http://new.islayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ai-starryai-2.jpg)
I hope you found these pictures interesting, fascinating, confusing, disturbing, inspiring, funny or some other term I forgot. Please let me know in the comments what you thought of the pictures, did you like them, which were your favourites, do you think AI images will be a success or any thoughts you have.
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