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Where the AI Budget Goes, the Truth Eventually Follows - IMRAN®
I have been thinking a great deal about a question that keeps surfacing in conversations with executives, investors, operators, and advisors. "Where is the enterprise AI budget really going?" Not the headlines. Not the hype. Not the polished stagecraft of conferences and keynote demos. The real budget.
Because that is where serious business and opportunity show up. Hype can travel for a long time on excitement, fear, branding, and borrowed momentum. Budget is less sentimental. Budget has a way of forcing clarity. It reveals what leaders actually believe will matter, what boards will support, what CFOs will defend, and what enterprises think is worth operationalizing rather than merely admiring.
And the picture is starting to come into focus. Some of what looked differentiated a year ago is already beginning to feel interchangeable. Some AI initiatives that once lived comfortably in the land of experimentation are now being pushed to justify themselves in the colder language of operating budgets, recurring value, and measurable return. Some vendors will emerge with real staying power. Many will not.
That is part of why this moment is so interesting. AI is no longer just a story about technological possibility. It is becoming a story about money, discipline, execution, trust, and leadership. The center of gravity is shifting. Quietly, but unmistakably. I will share a few thoughts on that in the posts ahead. Share any questions you feel are not being asked or answered.
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Title: Little Wanderer: A Rainy City Tale
Description: Step into a whimsical micro-world where a small, adventurous mouse clad in denim overalls navigates the rainy urban jungle. This short clip captures the atmosphere of a wet city evening, featuring cinematic bokeh lighting, detailed fur textures, and realistic water reflections. Watch as our tiny protagonist interacts with autumn leaves and splashes through puddles, blending storybook charm with photorealistic animation.
This project is an exploration of the latest capabilities in generative AI, focusing on character consistency and environmental physics.
Technical details: Images generated by Midjourney V7. Video generated in RunwayML. Video editing done with CapCut.
Created in DALL-E 3.
"North Korea is Best Korea!"
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Created in DALL-E 3.
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Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
Another completely fictional sci-fi novel I made up but got convincing results from Nano Banana.
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Created in DALL-E 3.
DALL-E 3 struggles drawing realistic helicopters. Usually, the landing skids or tail rotor has glitches. Or something is amiss with the propeller blades. This one actually came out pretty good though!
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Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
I used to teach geopolitics at two different colleges; this would have been a useful visual aid for teaching some of the concepts.
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Made with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer, formerly known as the Bing Image Creator. Powered by DALL·E 3.
I think that AI image generation is similar in many ways to photography. The camera itself handles all the fine details, but the photographer is in charge of curating the types of images that will be created.
Ultimately, it is all about maximizing the probability that something good will be created.
This is very similar to AI image generation, in terms of the skills involved and what the human does vs. what the machine does.
You can't compare AI image generation to the process of actually making these images from scratch with 3D software or paint/pencils, where the human controls every detail.
However, I think the process really is very similar to that of photography, as I made the case for above. I think that DALL-E 3 is by far the most powerful AI image generation tool currently available.
- Josh
Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
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Made with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer, formerly known as the Bing Image Creator. Powered by DALL·E 3.
I think that AI image generation is similar in many ways to photography. The camera itself handles all the fine details, but the photographer is in charge of curating the types of images that will be created.
Ultimately, it is all about maximizing the probability that something good will be created.
This is very similar to AI image generation, in terms of the skills involved and what the human does vs. what the machine does.
You can't compare AI image generation to the process of actually making these images from scratch with 3D software or paint/pencils, where the human controls every detail.
However, I think the process really is very similar to that of photography, as I made the case for above. I think that DALL-E 3 is by far the most powerful AI image generation tool currently available.
- Josh
Created in Leonardo AI.
"May The Force Be With You"
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Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
See more here: www.youtube.com/@journeymanplayer7459
See my main account for my photography, videos, fractal images and more here: www.flickr.com/photos/josh-rokman/
Made with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer, formerly known as the Bing Image Creator. Powered by DALL·E 3.
I think that AI image generation is similar in many ways to photography. The camera itself handles all the fine details, but the photographer is in charge of curating the types of images that will be created.
Ultimately, it is all about maximizing the probability that something good will be created.
This is very similar to AI image generation, in terms of the skills involved and what the human does vs. what the machine does.
You can't compare AI image generation to the process of actually making these images from scratch with 3D software or paint/pencils, where the human controls every detail.
However, I think the process really is very similar to that of photography, as I made the case for above. I think that DALL-E 3 is by far the most powerful AI image generation tool currently available.
- Josh
Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
See more here: www.youtube.com/@journeymanplayer7459
A contemporary reinterpretation inspired by La Source.
The composition closely follows the elegant neoclassical pose of the original painting, with the model holding an inverted water vessel above her shoulder as water flows downward beside the body. Instead of classical nudity, the figure is clothed in a simple black one-piece swimsuit, creating a subtle bridge between academic art tradition and modern visual culture.
The image was created with the assistance of generative AI using a custom prompt designed to recreate the proportions, pose, and atmosphere of Ingres’ composition while presenting it in a contemporary interpretation.
Created in DALL-E 3.
Hilariously, DALL-E 3 took a short prompt and made up what it wanted to in this ominous image!
The prompt was, "1980s Blade Runner style acrylic painting in the style of Ralph McQuarrie; close-up of a small section of a blue sci-fi steel wall; sci-fi nostalgia and half-tone dithering"
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Created in DALL-E 3.
"Ladies! Attract gearheads with confidence!"
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Impressions from the Session: China and the World: YGLs' Perspectives at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 26 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell
Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
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Created in Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka, "Nano Banana."
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Created in DALL-E 3.
"Take a Bite Out of Crime!"
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Christophe Nicolas, Senior Vice-President and Founder, Kudelski Security; Group Chief Information Officer, Kudelski Group, Switzerland, Tobin Richardson, Chief Executive Officer and President, Connectivity Standards Alliance, USA, Carolina Rossini, Co-Founder and Director for Policy and Research, The Datasphere Initiative Foundation, Switzerland, Aaron Sherwood, Founding Curator and Outgoing Curator, London II Hub, United Kingdom
speaking in the How Can We Trust Our Connected World? session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Briefing Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle
Created in Leonardo AI.
I used a prompt available on the main Leonardo AI splash page for this:
"A serene and intimate narrow trail winds its way through a lush and vibrant bamboo grove, where delicate, dew-kissed green leaves glisten with intricate droplets of water, surrounded by thick, ethereal mist that softly veils the background, evoking a tranquil and secluded Zen garden atmosphere, with each bamboo stalk, leaf, and stone meticulously rendered in stunning 8K photorealistic detail, bathed in soft, warm, and muted natural light, with subtle hints of moss and ferns peeking through the undergrowth, inviting the viewer to step into this peaceful sanctuary."
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