chapter 0

0 Creator, Not Consumer

 
“I knew there was a way to blend records together, but I didn't know how to. This was haunting me when I was in my teens. In my frustration, I decided to start experimenting with electronics. I tested the torque factor on different turntables. I had to figure needles out.”

- Grandmaster Flash

This chapter covers

  • Understanding the basics of Generative AI
  • The benefits of using open models and open source tools for image generation
  • Details of hardware requirements for reproducing the results in this book
  • See what Stable Diffusion and other AI image generation models can do
  • Get a sense of the skills you’ll learn in this book

0.1 What are “Generative Models?”

0.1.1 What are “models”?

0.1.2 Generative vs discriminative models

0.2 Open Models and Open Source Tools

0.2.1 Open model vs Open Source

0.2.2 Open Source tools we’ll be using

0.3 Hardware for Running Image Generation Models

0.3.1 Running models with a GPU

0.3.2 Working with Unified Memory on Apple computers

0.4 Quick Glimpse of Open Diffusion Models in Action

0.5 Where we’re going!

0.6 Creating “Art” with AI?!

0.7 Summary