Imagine releasing a technology that Promises to change the world to make AI Open and accessible to everyone emad Mostacc the Oxford grad is doing just That but are we creating a faithful Servant or engineering our own cruel Master after receiving 100 million Dollars of funding they’re valuing his Company’s stability at one billion Dollars emad’s dream is AI by the people For the people a Battle Cry that serves Well for a modern day technological Crusade but who is The Man Behind stable Diffusion perhaps an unlikely figure to Forefront the head of creative AI born In Bangladesh mustak was raised and Educated in the UK having graduated Oxford the degree in mathematics and Computer science mostacc worked in Finance before becoming a hedge fund Manager he said I spent most of my Career at making rich people richer Mustache now heads the company behind Stable diffusion called stability as CEO Articulate and affable with the Sometimes disheveled mop of black hair Mustak might not be who you would Picture as a leader of A.I for the Free World but what has he done stable Diffusion released a text image Generator to the world they are allowing Anyone to create stunning art like this In seconds unlike the competition stable Diffusion is open source meaning it’s
Free and can be easily Modified by Anyone it also has no content Restrictions allowing for the creation Of adult content it only needs 8 Gigabytes of RAM so it can be run on Your own machine whereas other Competitors run in the cloud these Features also bring with them inherent Risks of mass information manipulation Deep fakes for all and opportunity for Nefarious individuals to create infinite Library Of illegal sexual content Google and Meta have both been working on similar Technologies though they’ve chosen to Keep both of these Under Wraps until now Citing societal concerns and these are Valid are we opening a Pandora’s Box for Which we have no idea what the Ramifications are going to be stable Diffusion is aiming to make sure that AI Is open and free but are we putting the Powers of an atomic weapon into the Hands of every child on this planet the Societal implications are unclear but What is evident is that there’s going to Be an explosion of creativity and a new Art form that allows anyone with an idea To manifest it in seconds the process Speeds up creativity like never before Though the model itself is trained on Millions of works it was not given Explicit permission to use many artists Are fearful of losing their careers and
Emad shows little respect for the craft Sign writing that stable diffusion Automates the boring parts of art Artists are concerned about the loss of Work but emad responds saying Excel Didn’t put accountants out of work I Still pay my accountants though the Research shows that year on year since The 90s the number of accountants has Gone down by four percent and my Question is is do we want people to be Accountants is that a meaningful and Valuable use of a person’s time and life Number crunching and using Excel Spreadsheets however being a painter or An illustrator is a meaningful job that People derive pleasure and Joy from Removing that joy and that opportunity To pursue what we love leads us into a Narrower set of careers artists should Be able to adapt and incorporate this New medium into their tool set although AI art is able to create excellent Singular assets its ability to create Entire complex coherent works like Movies brands or games is a long way off And we’re still going to need the macro You of a human at least for now I see Any creative work as a language and at The moment AI is able to give us useful Words that we could put into that Language but it’s unable to form Sentences let alone paragraphs or an Entire coherent story AI art is also
Going to create new jobs and introduce New mediums for artists to experiment With how can artists integrate AI in Their own processes it’s undeniable that Technology will remove the need for some Jobs and this has been the case since The domesticization of animals for Agriculture perhaps the deepest question Is although this is leading us to an Easier existence is it leading us to a More meaningful one what is the end goal Endless productivity may increase our Output but does it increase our Happiness and meaning to our lives Stability claimed that they have audio And video coming soon dance diffusion The music is also built on data sets Composed entirely of copyright free and Voluntarily provided music and audio Samples because diffusion models are Prone to memorization releasing a model Trained on copyrighted data could Potentially result in legal issues so What they’ve done with dance diffusion Is not to train it on a data set of Copyrighted Works which causes the Visual Community to be up in arms as the More regulated audio music Community has Deeper regulations Runway ml is one of Their video projects and it has released An enticing preview and Beyond this we Are creating VR environments with Prompts and I don’t think it will be Long until entire universes or
Metaverses are generated with just a few Words so was it a good idea to release An unregulated version of this Technology to the entire world well Undoubtedly it will have some positive Impacts and some negative ones and the Net impact of this technology will take Years to be seen but AI is moving faster Than the speed of a sausage and Regulation ethics and morality are Lagging behind we initially believe that AI would take physical then Administrative and finally creative jobs And now it looks like it’s going in Completely the opposite order and with It our ability to see the impact that Technology will have on our lives looks Decidedly inaccurate I hope you enjoyed This video thank you for watching please Like comment and subscribe to stay Updated with the latest AI art news I Also have a course on udemy where you’ll Learn how to use mid-journey which is One of the most advanced air generators Check it out in the description below I’m Samson Vols this is delightful Design have a delightful day