Thread by @djbaskin

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is one of my most favorite train routes in the world. We're so lucky that this is our public transit. 🪄🚄

DALL-E 2 x BART #dalle #dalle2

I love watching the fog roll in through the train windows when I take BART to Sausalito. #dalle #dalle2

I'm so glad we decided to convert the Golden Gate Bridge to train tracks in the late 1970s. Especially since the bridge is not that nice for walking, biking, or driving. Makes commuting to Marin County so much better. #dalle #dalle2

But seriously, I love seeing those train lights in the foggy haze of the Bay.
🪄#dalle #dalle2

More photos through the window as the train rolls into the Presidio, overlooking Marin in the distance. You're extra lucky if you're traveling during sunset.

Sausalito is also such a beautiful and walkable city, close to public transit. I can get there in like 23 minutes from 16th St. BART. Love to visit my friends' apartment. They're on the 9th floor. #dalle

It's great that Marin County constructed all these high-rises in the 1970s. ✨ #dalle2

Those views during twilight, heading back into San Francisco, with glowing windows of skyscrapers in the distance. 😍 (Okay, this DALL-E is a little off geographically... but I love it.)

(I'm also crying that this is only a dream.😭)

To generate these images with AI, I wrote specific prompts like:

an eye-level photograph looking straight down Golden Gate Bridge with a silver smooth passenger train on the tracks, at dusk

And other atmospheric instructions

.@OpenAI's DALL-E 2 is sooo good at fully visualizing alternative (and better) timelines.

I also experienced the wistful "This could have been us!" after the first render. *sigh*

Maybe converting dreams quickly into vivid images can convince more people to pursue them.