I did an experiment with AI. First, I created an image based on my text-only description of one of my favourite places on the Great North Walk (I used Microsoft Copilot). Let me know in the comments your guess where this is supposed to be:
Then, when I was satisfied with the image, I uploaded it to picarta.ai which is a location finding tool that takes an image and gives some guesses as to where the image is.
Fascinatingly, Picarta’s first guess was exactly where my AI image was supposed to represent. Not only that, Picarta also detected that the image was digitally generated.
Spoilers! Here is what Picarta said:
I’m pretty impressed with Picarta, and Microsoft Copilot!
More spoilers: Here is the Google Maps link to the location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WVwkLaqQk2kHrsze6