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Dreaming In Isometric: Variations on Midjourney Prompts

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ai-generated art, art, artistic process, cold fusion, experimental fusion reactor, fusion, fusion reactor, isometric, isometric art, isometric rendering, iteration, midjourney, midjourney ai, outpost, queen anne, tokamak, victorian

I’ve been experimenting quite a bit with Midjourney, a generative AI platform that produces images based on text prompts (and

midjourney ai rendering of a light switch

Art & Design Artificial Intelligence

Midjourney: The Imagination of the Sane, the Insane, and the Unseen

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments AI, AI platforms, artificial intelligence, chatgpt, decorator switch, generalized artificial intelligence, generative AI, gpt, Leviton, leviton decora, light switches, midjourney, midjourney ai, midjourney parameters, midjourney prompts, prompt engineering, prompts

Imagining a better light switch may well first require imagining a better outlet. Or not. We’ll see.

midjourney AI image of a house in winter, indicating heat on the inside from a boiler, furnace, or other heating appliance, and pipes, steam; residential energy.

Energy Efficiency Construction Housing

Radiators Vs. Forced Air: Who Will Triumph In Efficiency?

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments afue, air conditioning, are radiators more efficient than forced air, ASHRAE, boiler, boiler efficiency, comparative efficiency, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, heating oil, heating with gas, heating with hot water, heating with oil, heating with steam, HVAC, hvac efficiency, hydronic heat, midjourney, physics, radiator, radiators, residential energy, science, SEER, thermal comfort, thermal efficiency, thermal mass, thermal time constant, ttc

A recent Twitter debate prompted me to think about whether we can’t come up with a better metric to compare the efficiencies of heating systems using radically different methods of thermal transfer. As you can probably guess, there is a better way– but it’s not easy to figure out.

midjourney ai rendering of a walkable neighborhood cityscape

Art & Design Artificial Intelligence

I asked Midjourney To Imagine The Ideal City. It Was… Weird.

April 7, 2023April 6, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments artificial intelligence, chatgpt, imagination, imagination of the city, midjourney, midjourney ai

Shortly after beginning my foray into the world of Midjourney AI, I came to a not terribly surprising revelation: A

midjourney ai comic book art, 1930s style

Policy Data & Analytics Energy Utilities

Can Utilities Be Held Financially Liable For Outages?

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ai generated art, ben dueweke, blizzard, caidi, climate, climate change, climate stressors on infrastructure, CMS, consumers, DTE, extreme weather, investor-owned utilities, maintenance, midjourney, midjourney ai, public utilities, sadie white coat, SAIDI, SAIFI, snowstorm, utilities, utility, utility industry, utility regulation, WACC, walker-miller energy services, weighted average cost of capital

In the aftermath of recent power outages that saw as much as 20% of the population of the state of Michigan without power, this article outlines some ideas on what specific things we should be asking about or thinking about in trying to hold utilities accountable.