Cyborg #3

Like the rest of the world, I've been playing around with AI generated art. In my case, I've been using Stable Diffusion UI. Stable Diffusion UI is an easy to install variation of Stable Diffusion that also includes a GUI. I was able to get running on both Windows and Linux with minimal effort. While the included GUI is a nice convenience, the real appeal to me of this version was the fact that it was very easy to install.

To get speedy results you need a decent GPU. However, you don't need a GPU to use Stable Diffusion UI. It's just that if you don't have one and use only the CPU, each image will take 30 minutes or more to produce (depending on how fast your CPU is, the settings you use, and various other factors). However, this is open source software so you can generate as many images as you want for free. So even with limited hardware, you can still produce unlimited images as long as you are patient.

I am switching back to a cyborg theme with this post. Personally, I think AI prefers this theme more than say, for example, steampunk (for obvious reasons). It certainly seems to produce better images on average. While steampunk related prompts typically produce rather understated steampunk attributes, cyborg related prompts seem to behave just the opposite...even when I try adding prompts to reduce those aspects. At least that seems to be how it has worked out for me. Just more proof that AI is already plotting to take over the world.