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The butter cow reimagined
Friday, Aug 19, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller * John Amdor has been playing around with a new AI image generator this week…
* Amdor and I are in a couple of group text chats together and I sent this pic Isabel took at the Illinois State Fair Dairy Building to one of them…  * So, John asked the AI app for images of a sculpture of the Illinois State Capitol made out of butter… 
* And because he’s a bit on the, um, odd side, he asked for “a sculpture of the Illinois State Capitol being attacked by dragons made out of butter”…  Any suggestions?
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- South of Sherman - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:42 am:
A giant Pritzker and Bailey in mortal combat over the Capitol?
Butter optional.
- ChrisB - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:45 am:
No suggestions. That last pic is perfect, and nothing else will ever top it.
- This is ridiculous - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:48 am:
I agree with ChrisB. Perfection.
- Commissar Gritty - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:49 am:
John Amdor is a national treasure
- Baloneymous - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:56 am:
The Great Red Butter Dragon and the Illinois State Capitol by William Blake Amdor.
- A Well-Regulated Commenter - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:56 am:
A giant Abraham Lincoln protecting the Illinois State Capitol from attacking dragons
- Blue Dog - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:57 am:
I’m starting to wonder what’s in those slushees.
- twowaystreet - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:58 am:
Chicago Alder Burke landing a butter tuna
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 10:58 am:
If Amdor had done this ten years ago, I would have suggested a butter King Kong atop the capitol building, with MJM’s head on it.
- twowaystreet - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:02 am:
Pritzker, with dragons, defending the capitol building from Rauner on a motorcycle and Bailey in a tractor, all in butter.
- very old soil - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:03 am:
Which one is Madigan?
- 47th Ward - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:04 am:
===he’s a bit on the, um, odd side,===
Lol. Odd in a good way.
- Elijah Snow - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:05 am:
Is that an app? Which one did he use? The AI art app I have used in the past always produces the most abstract version possible of what I ask for. I’d like to try this one.
- Arsenal - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:07 am:
Someone’s gotta do a Butter Lincoln someday, right?
- The Ford Lawyer - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:09 am:
These are great! How about a sculpture of Darren Bailey tilting at windmills made out of butter?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:09 am:
Say, how about a 9 foot tall butter Oswego Willy?
- John Amdor - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:12 am:
Most people would probably consider describing as “a bit” on the odd side to be an understatement but I appreciate the discretion.
For what it’s worth, openAI.com does not allow you to edit or generate images of real people, specifically prohibiting the generation of deceptive political content. Which is probably prudent.
So while you won’t see images of the former governor or speaker duking it out on the Capitol steps, the real fun is in trying to think of prompts that make Illinois politics and government even weirder than it is in reality.
- Lurker - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:13 am:
John is the kind of odd I can deal with because I have had enough of the Mary Miller and that ilk of odd.
This is great stuff from the butter sculptures and this AI stuff is cool too.
- twowaystreet - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:24 am:
==For what it’s worth, openAI.com does not allow you to edit or generate images of real people, specifically prohibiting the generation of deceptive political content. Which is probably prudent.==
That makes sense and probably for the best. However, I would like to amendment my original comment to:
1920s pinstriped suit mafia gangster landing a butter tuna.
- StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:28 am:
==Pritzker, with dragons, defending the capitol building from Rauner on a motorcycle and Bailey in a tractor, all in butter.==
He’s also protecting the Capitol from the ghosts of Madigan. The dragons are also protecting, alongside SOS Police, the Capitol from those who have been banned from the premises (e.g., former Representative Jack Franks).
- Chito - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:28 am:
George Lucas and Disney wanted to name their *Star Wars* character after John but he humbly demurred the honor, so they went with “Andor” instead. True story (probably).
- StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:34 am:
==Pritzker, with dragons, defending the capitol building from Rauner on a motorcycle and Bailey in a tractor, all in butter.==
The Governor, with dragons, is also sending a subtle signal to the likes of Rauner and Quinn: “Go away.”
- StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:36 am:
==So while you won’t see images of the former governor or speaker duking it out on the Capitol steps==
Or images of a former President and former Treasurer hooping and dunking it up at the old Springfield Y building.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 11:54 am:
Illinois House chambers with dragon legislators - made out of butter, of course.
I’d suggest an Illinois Senate AI image, but nobody would care /s
- Bruce( no not him) - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 12:04 pm:
This kind of thing never happened before marijuana was legalized.
Thanks Gov. Pritzker.
- StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 2:27 pm:
===This kind of thing never happened before marijuana was legalized.==
Are you implying that some of those artists probably hit the MJ a little too hard before they created their sculptures?
- Rich Miller - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 2:44 pm:
===1920s pinstriped suit mafia gangster landing a butter tuna. ===
- Rich Miller - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 2:46 pm:
“Couldn’t get a good one of butter dragons in the House. But here is ‘a cartoon dragon wearing a suit putting out a yard sign for his campaign for state representative’”
- StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME - Friday, Aug 19, 22 @ 2:55 pm:
Pat Quinn: “Those aren’t dragons–that’s Squeezy the Pension Python.”