Artificial intelligence -vs- pinball machine

[VeeMonroe]

My older son wanted MidJourney, the image AI, to draw him ’Attack from Mars pinball machine’.

An earlier version of MidJourney didn’t even know what a pinball machine was. It thought it was some kind of weird arcade machine. MidJourney 5.1 has realised what a pin is, but not how ramps and wireforms work… (or how to spell, a long-standing problem).

So, here, presenting to you… ATTACK FROM MARS! As you’ve never seen it before.

 

[Kelsbells]

Very interesting I was thinking recently about how companies may use AI going forward to help them design better games which will in turn create superior revenues. AI Is clearly going to impact every area of life and pinball will be no different . The power of a million Elwins working as one !

 

[VeeMonroe]

Very interesting I was thinking recently about how companies may use AI going forward to help them design better games which will in turn create superior revenues. AI Is clearly going to impact every area of life and pinball will be no different . The power of a million Elwins working as one !

Image AIs like MidJourney and Stable Diffusion can’t do technical drawing right now. All you can do is put in a text prompt. For technical drawing, you’d need concept images and such-like. You can already model ball paths using a VR pinball tech (and, presumably, can code an AI to optimise ball paths).

Below is me trying to use MidJourney to prototype a dodecacopter (12-rotored helicopter). Absolute rubbish.



On the upside, it’s great at doing tropes…

 

[Calimori]

Is Elwin on the code for this?
I heard Steve Richie designed the legs before they started them again from scratch.

There is an interesting thing we can learn from these endeavours. We hold things dear that may no longer be function and just remain in form. Most pins have a very similar cab and backbox shape, yet they don’t need to. AI could help to point out our closed loop thinking.

 

[VeeMonroe]

And some more…

Some of them look quite convincingly 80s, including the bizarre artwork and off-the-wall themes. AMARATKA and MATKALA don’t look any weirder than Embryon (although I’m unconvinced by the pop bumpers). MICAMI, going by the font, seems like a early 80s music pin.