Richard T. Par
As mentioned in this Blog entry, I used ChatGPT to create other AI illustrations...not because I've forsaken traditional artwork using mechanical pencils and Crayola markers, but to quickly jot out concepts of different things like ships and military vehicles that have been on my mind for a while.
In the two AI images posted here, you see renderings of a hybrid ship that's part cruise liner and part research vessel.
In the sketch I made that's shown directly below (See? I told you that I didn't eschew traditional drawings for artificial intelligence), you can spot three trapezoid-shaped compartments near the top of the structure at the center of this vessel... Those are hotel rooms. I imagine that adventure-seeking one-percenters would book these rooms—which are basically intended to be penthouse suites.
Behind the center structure is a small submarine (specifically, a deep sea submersible that would be used to explore such locales as the sunken Titanic...but designed much better than OceanGate's Titan sub that made headlines in 2023) that could be deployed during the ship's expeditions. The submarine would obviously not be used for a journey to Antarctica or the Arctic region. I envisioned two submersibles being staged on the deck of this ship, but ChatGPT had difficulty rendering the one sub you see in these illustrations!
This ship would be equipped with its own helicopter (whose size is not to scale with the ship in these images) that could be parked inside the hangar that's visible near the stern of this vessel.
I imagined this ship traveling to such distant locales as Point Nemo—a spot in the South Pacific Ocean that's farthest from any land, located 1,670 miles (2,688 kilometers) from the nearest shore. To make such a trip, this ship would be nuclear-powered (hence the absence of smoke stacks)...like U.S. aircraft carriers and such non-military vessels as some Russian icebreakers! Speaking of icebreakers, this ship would also be one, as depicted by the vessel traveling through a field of ice in the two illustrations of this entry.
Speaking of U.S. aircraft carriers, I imagined this ship to be a floating city like the military vessels, and just as long too! Which is why I used ChatGPT to render multiple versions of this ship until it finally churned out the illustration at the top of this entry. As you can see, the vessel is so lengthy that there are not three but five trapezoidal penthouse suites at the middle of this ship! So cool.
How much would it cost to build this ship and who would operate it, you ask? I have no clue! I'm just amused that ChatGPT was able to bring this concept from my mind to the computer screen (and then sheets of paper, as I intend to print out these illustrations) with a properly-worded prompt.
Have a nice day.
Richard T. Par
Richard T. Par
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