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The Man behind Stable Diffusion

Yannic Kilcher · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Yannic Kilcher interviews Emad Mostaque, founder of Stability AI, about the company's funding, its mission, and the release of Stable Diffusion. Topics include access to compute, handling harmful outputs, and avoiding the corrupting influence of profit.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters cite it during Stable Diffusion release debates as a source for Mostaque's vision and Stability's principles.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I really enjoyed this interview”

    Interview with Stability AI founder on funding and openness.

    benreesman, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Beyond Hyperanthropomorphism”

  2. “There's a recent video interview he did that goes into his vision”

    Interview explaining Emad Mostaque's vision.

    preommr, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Run Stable Diffusion on Your M1 Mac’s GPU”

  3. “This interview is a good overview of the principles behind their approach”

    Overview of the principles behind Stability's approach.

    xor99, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Can't believe Stable Diffusion is out for public use and that's considered “OK””

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: stable diffusion, emad mostaque, stability ai, open source ai, generative ai

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