AI Outtakes, Vol. 22

There's a lot of activity in moon landings these days! While the NASA/Astrobotic Peregrine Moon Lander wasn't successful, Japan's SLIM lander recently touched down on the surface, making them the fifth country to successfully land an object on the moon.

Space exploration is back as a topic, and naturally AI has some hot takes on it. In this edition we're looking at weird people and creatures to be astronauts on the moon, and weird things they could do while they're up there.

On to the images!

a photo of marilyn monroe, moon landing, astronaut space suit

Another one of those "Image looks good at first glance but DO NOT zoom in on the teeth"

Let's keep with the 60s theme here!

a photo of austin powers, moon landing, astronaut space suit

Probably the first time anyone's ever said "eh - let's just go straight to Pikachu" but...

a photo of pikachu, moon landing, astronaut space suit

Not entirely sure what that patch of something on the forehead is

Generating astronauts as specific characters works decently, I suppose, but what about different eras? Can we get astronauts from the 80s?

a photo of what it would look like if the astronauts landing on the moon had eighties-themed space suits

That went pretty well! Let's try some different decades and see how it does.

What about space suits from the 1970s

I have a lot of questions about the beads

What about space suits from the 1960s

Okay let's go back even a little farther.

What about space suits from the prohibition-era 1920s

But them there's just one regular astronaut in the background?

What about Civil-War era astronauts?

The beards look glued onto the outside of their helmets

Let's go even further back!

What about pilgrims landing on the moon

The sails on the lander are a nice touch, but the space suits are uninspired

Further back!

medieval knights, landing on the moon

So far we've done humans (and one Pokémon) landing on the moon, but what if other creatures got there first?

a photo of turtles landing on the moon

What about banana slugs as the first creatures to land on the moon

Not sure how the stalks are working and these sort of look like actual bananas

What about tardigrades? Their bodies are well-designed for space suits.

What about giraffes? I wonder what a moon lander would look like if it needed to house giraffes.

Okay, we sort of tapped out at giraffe. Still, a good run. We've had fun imagining other creatures as astronauts, but what about imagining astronauts doing unusual activities on the moon? We know they played golf, but what about other sports?

a photo of astronauts playing bocce on the moon