Training the models is very resource intensive, but after that it’s basically fine. I can run Midjourney image generation on my modest gaming laptop. Takes maybe 30 seconds for a high-resolution image at a laptop’s “gaming mode” power consumption.
AI image generation is comparable in electric use to e.g. playing Valheim or Elden Ring.
It’s when it’s scaled up industrially that it becomes a huge waste of electricity. Me playing Valhelm for 5 minutes is nothing. My startup creating 20000 bots playing Valheim 24/7 is a problem for society.
Yeah. My phone can generate a 512x512 image with Stable Diffusion in like 20 seconds with the right settings.
Do I get to choose the city?
If we all collaborate we can shut down Florida at all times.
I would object, but I’m on vacation right now. It won’t affect me for a week. Generate as much as you can!
This is such a stupid take, the author is either a lemming or doesn’t understand how resources and commodities work
If you don’t explain why you hold this opinion your comment is wasted.
Also it’s not a small city, merely a village. Not even a very nice one.
Not a village. My gaming PC can generate a 200 x 200 avatar in seconds
That being the case, let’s have a couple of avatars.
Training takes more resources.
Querying takes less resources.
Technically possible to do since you have diminishing returns on accuracy by scaling the operation up.
You could use that much power to generate a 200x200 avatar, if a person had that much authority and actually wanted to.
Well “small city” means a decent chance it’s some rural town that voted for Drump sooo they get what they voted for ig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Democrats: “Actually, your town has plenty of power.”
It’s funny, sad, and kind of true, but to be fair you can create some pretty cool images with AI (think stable-diffusion) even with just mid to high-end consumer hardware.
