We all have our ideas about what makes Seattle and its people authentic. Have you ever wondered what a Seattleite looks like in the eye of AI? Well, we asked AI to give us portraits of Seattle as people and here’s what it gave us.

If you’re curious, we used DALLE 2 for this fun experiment and it’s a program that you can also use if you’d like to do something similar.

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This is a “Seattleite” in the eyes of AI. No people, just buildings:

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Photo generated using DALLE 2

This is what the program created using the prompt “photograph portrait of Seattle as a person.” In these images, we see a building reminiscent of MoPOP, someone seriously excited about the views and someone gazing out the window patiently waiting for the rain to stop.

Photo generated using DALLE 2
Photo generated using DALLE 2
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Photo generated using DALLE 2

Using the prompt “portrait photo of Seattle as a human”, DALLE 2 created an image of what could be an album cover and perhaps an image of the person taking said album cover.

Photo generated using DALLE 2
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Photo generated using DALLE 2

What does DALLE 2 think a group of Seattleites looks like? Here’s your answer:

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Photo generated using DALLE 2
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Photo generated using DALLE 2
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Photo generated using DALLE 2

There you have it! Which photo represents Seattle the most to you?