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MIT scientists have just figured out how to make the most popular AI image generators 30 times faster
(www.livescience.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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More mediocre images for everyone!
While I think the realism of some models is fantastic and the flexibility of others is great it is starting to feel like we're reaching a plateau on quality. Most of the white papers I've seen posted lately are about speed or some alternate way of doing what ControlNet or inpainting can already do.
When the output of something is the average of the inputs it will naturally be mediocre. It will always look like the output of a committee by the nature of how it is formed.
Certain artists stand out because they are different from everyone else, and that is why they are celebrated. M.C. Escher has a certain style that when run through AI looks like a skilled high school student doing their best impression of M.C. Escher.
Now as a tool to inspire, AI is pretty good at creating mashups of multiple things really fast. Those could be used by an actual artist to create something engaging. Most AI reminds me of photoshop battles.
Who says the output is an average?
I agree for narrow models and Loras trained on a specific style they can never be as good as the original but i also think that is the lamest uncreative way to generate.
Much more fun to use general use models and to crack the settings to generate exactly what you want the way you want,