I had a story in mind when I prompted #MidJourney to create the accompanying image. I have fed a similar prompt to #ChatGPT to see if it can come up with the story. Here’s my second attempt at using #IslamicFuturism via #ChatGPT: The Ottoman Space Empire had been expanding its reach across the galaxy for …
I decided to give #ChatGPT a spin… Prompt Write a sci-fi story where, in 2100, Muslims build colonies on Mars. Result In the year 2100, humanity had made great strides in space exploration and colonization. One of the most ambitious projects was the establishment of Muslim colonies on Mars. After decades of planning and preparation, …
I was bored. So I asked #midjourney to make some Muslim astronauts. I got back a few pictures of generic spacesuits. But most of the spacesuit designs included a hijab, abaya or both. Perhaps spacesuit usage will someday become common enough to allow for this sort of personalisation and outward identification. (Prompts used: “muslim astronaut” …
Malaysia is the first place I have lived where I frequently encounter sizeable lizards, usually scurrying across the road. For whatever reason, I haven’t seen them inside mosques. So I got curious and started working on a series of images of monitor lizards at mosques right before setting up a site for collecting my images.
