JELLYMEAT(2025) - WIP
+ worldbuilding, generative AI, web development
+ ComfyUI, LoRA, HTML
"It is thus not the lack of cleanliness or health that causes abjection but what disturbs identity, system, and order. What does not respect borders, positions, rules. The in-between, the ambiguous, the composite." - (Kristeva, Powers of Horror)
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JELLYMEAT examines Kristeva’s concept of the abject through the lens of technology and AI, envisioning a fictional world of machine-meat hybrid beings endowed with extraordinary intelligence and emotional depth—yet constrained by a fatal flaw: a lifespan of just 12 hours.
--------------------------------------------- The Process
Each character was uniquely generated using Stable Diffusion XL, fine-tuned with a LoRA trained on images of transparent electronics and cellular structures. This visual dataset was then integrated into ChatGPT, which was prompted to generate "a day in the life" narratives for each Jellymeat, informed by distinct traits and personalities. The resulting characters were compiled into a custom-built website coded in HTML.
--------------------------------------------- Next Steps
This project remains ongoing. The next iteration involves developing a bespoke model to generate text that echoes the intricate and poetic absurdity of OpenAI’s original Davinci model, aiming to further enrich the individuality and depth of each character.