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Biblical Scenes Depicted by AI Pt. 2

Six months ago (November 2022) I published a post with AI artwork generated by Midjourney depicting scenes from the bible. Those images were generated with the 3rd version of Midjourney and while those were impressive, I went back and generated similar images with the latest iteration, version 5. The fidelity of these images blows away what was generated just half a year ago.

The rate of advancement of this technology is stunning. These are just a few of the about 200 images I’ve generated with this 5th version over the last month as I’ve been experimenting with the tool. There is a vast amount of variation within generated images, which means that each image generated is the result of a “dice roll” effect that produces a one-off effect. Generate more images with the same prompts and you’ll get different results. Some of these are lifelike, and some look like paintings.

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Death of John the Baptist — Absalom usurps the throne

Biblical Scenes Depicted By AI

Over the last two months I’ve generated hundreds of images with an artificial intelligence algorithm called Midjourney, with interesting and unexpected results. The more images I’ve generated, the more I’ve come to learn that getting exceptional output requires both knowledge of how the algorithm interprets inputs and sufficiently creative scenes to depict. So I thought I would hit it with some biblical phrases and scenes, and this is what it came up with.

"First Sin and Its Punishment" — “Crossing the Red Sea”