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“George Costanza with tentacles in the style of ceramic sculpture”

Screenshot: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo)
Screenshot: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo)

Satisfied that DALL-E could spit out works that both kinda did and totally did not portray the lovable stars of the hit 90’s sitcom, I wanted to get a bit weird with it. How far could I tell this machine to stretch a picture of Elaine, or Kramer, or Jerry, before it started looking like someone else?

If Tentacle George is any indication, the answer is pretty damn far. Somehow, in the ceramic figurines that DALL-E produced here, it managed to catch the shapes that make George look like George (at least from the waist up). Tentacle George has tentacles, yeah, but it also has the character’s rapidly receding hairline and famed drip. Even though it doesn’t have much of a face, there’s still the suggestion that Tentacle George wears glasses. All he needs is an iconic answering machine message and some awkward romantic flings and he’d be a dead ringer for the OG Costanza.