In my interactions with ChatGPT and Copilot I’ve been impressed by how whimsical both have been. I am going to ask if they think they are good at being whimsical and then give them a whimsical image task.

ChatGPT sounds up for it. Let’s see what Copilot has to say.

After a slow start Copilot seems keen. I am going to upload an image of a whimsical Christmas card and ask for the creation of something similar. I gave ChatGPT the image (not yet asking for anything to be done with it) and this is the response:

ChatGPT seems to mostly know that the cat is holding pants, but also once calls the pants trousers. I’ll ask what the cat is holding.

ChatGPT knows these are underpants. But why would the robins be stunned? I’ve assumed they purchased the gift (don’t ask me where they keep their wallets) but not gift wrapped it, I think they would have had the shop assistant do that for them. I am in no way claiming to know better than ChatGPT what happened to lead us up to this merry cat and robin depiction. I’ll ask who bought the underpants for the cat. The robins might just be delivering it.

My prompt: Who bought the underpants for the cat?

ChatGPT said:

Ah, now that is a question worthy of whimsical detective work!

Judging by the scene—the festive snow, the joyful robins, and the cat’s startled blush—it’s clear that these floral underpants were gifted with love… and possibly mischief.

Let me spin you a little tale:

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The Tale of the Mysterious Merry Pants

T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the glen,
The woodland folk whispered, again and again:
“That cat, oh so dapper, in boots shiny black,
Deserves something grand for his jolly red sack!”

A robin named Rosie, with feathers so bright,
Had an idea in the middle of night.
She chirped to her partner, a cheeky young chap,
“Let’s gift him some underpants—just for a laugh!”

They fluttered to town, through wind, sleet, and snow,
To a shop filled with frills and a fine mistletoe.
There! On a shelf with a tag that said “Bold,”
Lay bloomers so bright, so daring, so… cold.

They wrapped them with ribbons in green-striped delight,
And left them for Santa Cat late in the night.
Now here he stands, in a blush and a daze,
Holding the gift in a floral-clad haze.

And the robins? Just giggling behind frozen twigs,
Already planning next year’s holiday pranks and hijinks.

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So in short: it was definitely the robins. And they’re already legends in the forest for their bold fashion choices.

Want to send a thank-you note to them? I can help you draft one.

My comment: the line “Lay bloomers so bright, so daring, so… cold.” Doesn’t quite work but other than that it’s a solid poem. At this point I could a) ask why the pants are cold, b) go back to my original aim of getting a Christmas card image, or c) get a thank-you note written to the robins.

ChatGPT is a bit busy so we’ll pop over to Copilot. Here’s the response to uploading the image (not yet asking for anything to be done with it):

Copilot seems to not know that the cat is holding pants.

I’ve made a note that Copilot hasn’t recognised pants for a future blog post.

My prompt of please can you create a Christmas card image similar is clumsy (no question mark and the word similar is tacked on at the end) but has worked. Let’s see the image ChatGPT has created:

This is enormously similar to the original image and I’ve made a note to explore how ChatGPT and Copilot use the word similar in a future blog post. ChatGPT has created a full brief style of knicker. I also notice the two berries, one leaf decoration is perhaps not what a human artist would do.

I’ll end by asking ChatGPT to write a thank you note to the robins.