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Episode 390 – Stable Diffusion’s Creative Director
Stability AI is the company behind Stable Diffusion, a powerful, free and open-source text-to-image generator that launched in August 2022. Since launching, Stable Diffusion has been downloaded and licensed by more than 200,000 developers globally. Stability AI’s consumer-facing product DreamStudio quickly grew to well over a million registered users from more than 50 countries who collectively have created more than 170 million images.
Headquartered in London with developers distributed across the globe, Stability AI was founded by Emad Mostaque as the first open-source, artificial intelligence (AI) company developing breakthrough technologies for the benefit of humanity and the world.
In this Podcast (recorded in November 2022), Creative Director for Stability AI Bill Cusick talks about the creative vision behind Stable Diffusion and its potential application in art and filmmaking, the meaning of AI in the history of humanity; and why artists should get excited about the existence of AI art (instead of viewing it as competition)!
Stability AI Website: https://stability.ai/faq
Stable Diffusion: https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release
Stability AI Announces $101 Million in Funding for Open-Source Artificial Intelligence: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stability-ai-announces-101-million-in-funding-for-open-source-artificial-intelligence-301650932.html
Stability AI on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2022/09/07/stability-ai-funding-round-1-billion-valuation-stable-diffusion-text-to-image/?sh=5d8ad7cd24d6
EPISODE 390 – STABLE DIFFUSION’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Hi, everyone!
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 390! I’m speaking with Creative Director for Stability AI Bill Cusick. Stability AI creates Stable Diffusion and DreamStudio, of which, I’m sure, you’ve already heard!
We talk about art and AI, including ethics of AI art. I’ve spoken to a lot of artists who’ve been using AI in their art and filmmaking. But I thought it’d be valuable to speak to someone on the forefront of this field.
Bill and I talk about:
- Creative vision for Stability AI;
- Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, DreamStudio;
- The backlash toward AI artwork;
- The therapeutic value of AI;
- The meaning of AI in the history of humanly;
- Potential applications of AI in filmmaking;
- And why artists should get excited about the existence of AI art (instead of viewing it as competition)!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this subject as well.
Let’s dive in!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM ALLAN McKAY:
[01:17] Have you ever sent in your reel and wondered why you didn’t get the callback or what the reason was you didn’t get the job? Over the past 20 years of working for studios like ILM, Blur Studio, Ubisoft, I’ve built hundreds of teams and hired hundreds of artists — and reviewed thousands of reels! That’s why I decided to write The Ultimate Demo Reel Guide from the perspective of someone who actually does the hiring. You can get this book for free right now at www.allanmckay.com/myreel!
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Okay, what did you think? I want to thank Bill for coming on the Podcast.
Next week, I’m interviewing Co-President of MARZ Lon Molnar about leveraging the company’s technology innovations and the development of the de-aging technology; positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of VFX — and so much more!
Until then –
Rock on!
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