--- title: "OpenAI’s New AI Generated Anthropomorphic Bowling Balls and We Simply Must Stan" description: "Strike! Move over, NSFW bowling animations — there’s a new weird bowling meme in town, and this one was made by computers. Using OpenAI’s DALL-E2 text-to-image generator, which was just released a week ago, company market manager Adam Goldberg forced the company’s superlative neural network to create images of “vibrant smiling and laughing bowling balls […]" date: "2022-04-13" modified: "2022-04-13" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-bowling-balls" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "artificial intelligence" - "neural networks" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # OpenAI’s New AI Generated Anthropomorphic Bowling Balls and We Simply Must Stan ![]() *\Image: TheRealAdamG via Twitter\* ## Strike! Move over, [NSFW bowling animations]() — there's a new weird bowling meme in town, and this one was made by computers. Using [OpenAI's DALL-E2]() text-to-image generator, [which was just released a week ago](), company market manager Adam Goldberg forced the company's superlative neural network to create images of "vibrant smiling and laughing bowling balls rolling down a bowling alley." The results, [which he posted to Twitter](), are magnificent. Seriously, just look at these funny little fellas. Try to look at those toothy grins without laughing. You can't! ![A black-backgrounded screenshot featuring two images of rainbow-colored, anthropomorphic bowling balls and pins. The tweet, posted by OpenAI's Adam S. Goldberg, reads: "vibrant smiling and laughing bowling balls rolling down a bowling alley, digital art."]() ## Badass This isn't the first recent DALL-E2 creation to make its way to the Twitter pages of OpenAI employees, though we dare say it's the cutest so far. In another tweet, OpenAI researcher Aravind Srinivas [posted an image]() that looks convincingly hand-drawn in which the neural network was prompted to create "a robot attempting to learn a new language." Aditya Ramesh, the creator of the original DALL-E and cocreator of its second version, had even more impressive offerings to show for his advanced neural network: videos of the software doing its thing, showcasing everything from "[helping a piglet fly]()" to "[modernizing a victorian house]()." And this one, to put it plainly, is particularly stunning. https://twitter.com/model_mechanic/status/1513532013554282498 ## Baited Breath Though OpenAI has long purveyed shockingly powerful neural networks capable of generating wonders and monstrosities alike, this latest update to DALL-E dials it up significantly. The bowling balls are an impressive example of AI that appears to be able to grasp not just content but style and poise as well. And that could be the start of some fascinating work. If Futurism gains access — we're on the waiting list! — we'll be sure to see just how far we can push it without, y'know, [resorting to naughtiness](). **More on AI's growing power:** [*MIT Researcher: Don’t Ignore the Possibility That AI Is Becoming Conscious*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()