14 August 2023
In the process of brainstorming for the Summer 2023 fairy tale issue, the editors at Orion wondered: what if AI could help us visualize what fairy tales for the climate crisis could actually look like? What does a drought mean to a mermaid? What does a forest fire feel like to a phoenix? We gave the assignment to our intern Kim Schmidt with one very vague description: AI fairy tale art. Kim quickly discovered that generating AI art, especially on free, widely available tools, is not that simple.