Chris Giddings

Chris Giddings

Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Crazy about video games, tea, technology, baseball, and learning things.
Nov
07
An image of me, generated by MidJourney using this post's title as the prompt.

OpenAI Introduces GPTs, Personalized ChatGPT Instances

There's a lot to unpack with the announcement, and many exciting developments await us with GPTs. Which part is most exciting to you? What might you create a GPT for?
4 min read
Nov
06
An image of me smiling in front of a sprawling city with lots of hot air balloons. As envisioned by MidJourney.

Book Review: Happy City by Charles Montgomery

In this post, I provide a review of Charles Montgomer's 2015 book "Happy City."
3 min read
Nov
01
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Let's Try: Character.AI (Tricks & Limitations)

In this post on Character.AI, I will cover some tips and tricks, as well as notes on system limitations at the time of writing.
5 min read
Oct
31
A spooky creature lurks in the forest. Generated by MidJourney using text from this post's story.

Spooky Day Fun With MidJourney & Bard

9 min read
Oct
31
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Generative Horror

In this post, I share some of the thousand-plus images I generated for Halloween, along with the prompts used to create them in MidJourney.
8 min read
Oct
30
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A Look Back at Event Horizon

I had no idea at the time that I would spend the next twenty-five years actively avoiding the film, which became one of my darkest fear triggers. The film feels more creepy than scary to me now.
3 min read
Oct
27
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MidJourney Adds Upscaling

In this post, I review MidJourney's recently launched native upscaling of images to 4k resolution depending on the aspect ratio.
5 min read
Oct
26
A close up shot of this episode's antagonist, the fire oni Kagotsuchi. Generated by MidJourney.

The Secret Arboreal Fan Club - Episode 2

In this week's episode written by ChatGPT and illustrated by MidJourney, The Secret Arboreal Fan Club battles the fire demon Kagotsuchi to save a forest.
18 min read
Oct
25
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My Top 4 ChatGPT Plugins

This post covers my top four ChatGPT plugins, with features critical for extending ChatGPT's capabilities.
3 min read
Oct
24
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Let’s Try: Character.AI (Advanced)

This post is the second of three in my Let's Try: Character.AI series. In this one, we take a deeper look at some more advanced functions within the Character.AI system.
8 min read