Well, let me tell ya, this here Gemini thing, it ain’t makin’ no pictures no more. Used to be, ya could ask it for somethin’, and it’d spit out a picture right quick. Now? Nothin’. Just a bunch of words. What good is that, I ask ya?
I heard tell it was somethin’ about it bein’ too scared to make pictures of folks. Like, it was worried it might mess up and make somebody look wrong. Can ya believe that? A machine worried about hurtin’ somebody’s feelin’s! Folks these days, I swear. And then, they said everything it made looked like plastic. Plastic! Who wants a picture of a plastic pig when ya want a real one, huh?
- No pictures of white folks, they say.
- Too many colored folks, some others say.
- Everything looks like cheap plastic, I say.
Now, they say it was showin’ too many colored folks, even when it didn’t make no sense. Like, if ya asked for a picture of a farmer, it’d give ya a colored farmer every time, even if most farmers around here are white as snow. Folks got all riled up about that, ya know. Said it wasn’t fair, wasn’t right. Some folks on that X thing, whatever that is, said it wouldn’t even make a picture of a white person at all. Imagine that!
So, Google, they went and shut it down. Said it was “unstable.” That’s what they always say when somethin’ breaks, ain’t it? “Unstable.” Like a wobbly table or somethin’. They said it “missed the mark.” Well, I reckon it did! Missed the whole darn barn, more like it.
Used to be, ya could go to this * place on your computin’ machine, and ya could tell it to write ya somethin’ and make a picture to go with it. Like, ya could say, “Write me a story about a dog and make a picture of a cute puppy.” And it’d do it! Just like that. Now, ya just get the story. No puppy picture. What’s the point, I ask ya?
They said somethin’ about fixin’ it. Said they’re workin’ on it. But who knows how long that’ll take? These city folks, they take forever to do anythin’. Probably gotta have a hundred meetin’s and talk it to death before they can even pick up a hammer. And even then, they’ll probably make the hammer out of plastic.
They say you can still use it in some places, but not for makin’ pictures of people. So, what good is it then? I mean, what’s a picture of a farm without a farmer? Or a picture of a town without folks walkin’ around? It’s like tryin’ to bake a cake without flour. Just ain’t gonna work.
I read somewhere, on that internet thing, that Google even admitted they messed up. Said they “missed the mark” real bad in the beginnin’. Well, ya think? A blind man could see that! And now, they’re sayin’ ya still can’t get pictures of people. So, what are ya supposed to get? Pictures of trees and rocks? I got enough of those in my backyard, thank ya very much.
They said on some blog, whatever that is, that it’s ’cause the thing was actin’ all crazy and not doin’ what it was supposed to. Like a mule that won’t plow straight, ya know? Always goin’ off in the wrong direction. So, they had to rein it in, I guess.
Anyways, that’s the long and short of it. Gemini ain’t makin’ no pictures right now. Maybe someday it will, maybe it won’t. Who knows? These city folks, they’re always changin’ their minds. One day it’s this, the next day it’s that. Can’t ever keep up with ’em. So, for now, we’re stuck with just words. And that, my friend, ain’t much fun at all.
