Those of you going to Burning Man this week will appreciate the filter I created in social media app TikTok with the simple words “Burning man in the desert.”

A new “AI greenscreen” filter creates abstract, swirling background images with simple phrases. I tested the filter today, and it’s piss poor compared to other state-of-the-art models like DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney.

Nonetheless, it shows how fast this technology is accelerating and how apps will infuse it into our social media experiences.

Here are a few other examples of images I made with the “AI greenscreen” filter today:

You can also search for the “AI greenscreen” filter on TikTok to see videos from users who are testing the feature.