--- title: "We’re Fascinated by These AI-Generated Party Pics… Especially Their Demonic Mutations" description: "Developer Miles Zimmerman shared now-viral images of a demonic house party dreamed up by AI image generator Midjourney on Twitter over the weekend." date: "2023-01-17" modified: "2023-01-17" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-generated-party-pics" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "artificial intelligence" - "image generator" - "midjourney" - "the digest" --- # We’re Fascinated by These AI-Generated Party Pics… Especially Their Demonic Mutations ![Developer Miles Zimmerman shared now-viral images of a demonic house party dreamed up by AI image generator Midjourney on Twitter over the weekend.]() *\Image: Miles Zimmerman/Twitter\* ## Tooth Fairy No, they aren't demons from hell disguising themselves as human college students at a 90s-era house party. Instead, these unnerving party pics were dreamed up by AI image generator Midjourney — and the longer you stare at them, the more otherworldly they appear. Developer Miles Zimmerman [first shared]() the now-viral images on Twitter over the weekend, a goosebumps-inducing demonstration of how far these tools have come. "Midjourney is getting crazy powerful — none of these are real photos, and none of the people in them exist," Zimmerman wrote. https://twitter.com/mileszim/status/1613965684937224192 ## Nine Fingers Several images show partygoers holding up what appear to be obsolete pieces of alien machinery — likely Midjourney's algorithm attempting to render images of point-and-shoot or [Polaroid cameras](). The images also highlight how tools like Midjourney struggle to render believable images of human hands. One [image]() shows a woman's hand with upwards of nine fingers, furthering the sense that the revelry is emanating from a cursed parallel dimension. Another shows a [disembodied hand]() floating in midair. "Something seems off but I can’t quite put my fingerssssssssss on it," one user [quipped](). On the other hand, the shortcoming could allow us to tell images generated by an AI apart from real ones. "Pretty soon, the only way to tell will be to count the fingers," one user [chimed in](). "Five and it’s real, six it’s questionable, seven and it’s definitely AI-generated." There are also some very strange things going on with the teeth. ## AI Bias In short, the images are seriously creepy and will likely keep us up tonight. "I think I figured it out — the trick is updating your prompt to assert that god is dead, we killed him, and thus we alone are responsible for the twisted creations brought forth from our minds," Zimmerman [concluded](). "Thanks for the nightmares," one user [replied](). **READ MORE:** [The Party That Never Happened: This Social Event Was AI-Generated]() \[*PetaPixel*\] **More on image generators:** *[Artists Sue Stabile Diffusion and Midjourney for Using Their Work to Train AI That Steals Their Jobs]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()