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ChatGPT image weirdness

About a year ago, I asked ChatGPT “Based on what you know about me, draw a picture what my current life is.” It came up with this:

A ChatGPT-generated image of a room in London near to the Westminster clock tower. Bare wooden floorboards are ringed by shelves and giant stacks of books. Vinyl records are on the floor. A small wooden desk, chair and reading lamp are in a bay window.

Aside from the fact that it has that typical AI feel about it, I was intrigued by the elements it contained. Last week, after another year of interactions, I wondered what that picture would look like now. The results weren’t quite what I was expecting:

A ChatGPT window showing a prompt that says "Draw a picture based on what you know about me." The output is a south Asian man with short haircut and a beard, in a blue polo top.

I figured that I must have got the prompt wrong, so I tried again:

A ChatGPT window showing a prompt that says "Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like." The output is a smiling woman sitting at a MacBook, holding a young baby.

I have no idea what is going on, and can’t figure out what inputs I’ve given the system that resulted in these outputs.

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