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Shokunin β The Spirit of an Artisan
I first came across the Japanese word shokunin (θ·δΊΊ) when I watched a documentary about the accomplished bonsai artist Ryan Neil, the founder of Bonsai Mirai outside Portland, Oregon. The word can be translated as craftsman, artisan, tradesman, worker, or workman. Yet, the literal translation is not sufficient to transport its full meaning β as with many Japanese words. Shokunin are a people who love their craft and work, have high work moral and discipline. They repeat the same processes over...
Shokunin β The Spirit of an Artisan
I first came across the Japanese word shokunin (θ·δΊΊ) when I watched a documentary about the accomplished bonsai artist Ryan Neil, the founder of Bonsai Mirai outside Portland, Oregon. The word can be translated as craftsman, artisan, tradesman, worker, or workman. Yet, the literal translation is not sufficient to transport its full meaning β as with many Japanese words. Shokunin are a people who love their craft and work, have high work moral and discipline. They repeat the same processes over...
The Advent of AI: Getting Started with Text-to-Image Generation
Text-to-image generation needs a powerful NVIDIA GPU with at least 4 GB VRAM. You can run Stable Diffusion on an Apple M1 chip. The easiest way to get started is either with UnstableFusion for Windows, Mac, and Linux, or with Diffusion Bee for Mac. Though itβs possible to run it on the CPU, this is extremely slow and not recommended. For comparison, I generated images with the same prompt on DreamStudio in 9 seconds, on my iPad Pro M2 in 58 seconds, and with Diffusion Bee on a MacBook 2016 in...
The Advent of AI: Getting Started with Text-to-Image Generation
Text-to-image generation needs a powerful NVIDIA GPU with at least 4 GB VRAM. You can run Stable Diffusion on an Apple M1 chip. The easiest way to get started is either with UnstableFusion for Windows, Mac, and Linux, or with Diffusion Bee for Mac. Though itβs possible to run it on the CPU, this is extremely slow and not recommended. For comparison, I generated images with the same prompt on DreamStudio in 9 seconds, on my iPad Pro M2 in 58 seconds, and with Diffusion Bee on a MacBook 2016 in...
The Advent of AI: Text-to-Image Generation
Another type of AI that captures the time and minds of people around the world for months is text-to-image generation. You might have seen the website This Person Does Not Exist, which generates a new face on every reload. Text-to-image generation is even better, you can generate images just with a text input. The video above is one month of work by an artist, created in Midjourney out of 10,000 images. If youβre curious about what artists created with these AI generators, have a look at thes...
The Advent of AI: Text-to-Image Generation
Another type of AI that captures the time and minds of people around the world for months is text-to-image generation. You might have seen the website This Person Does Not Exist, which generates a new face on every reload. Text-to-image generation is even better, you can generate images just with a text input. The video above is one month of work by an artist, created in Midjourney out of 10,000 images. If youβre curious about what artists created with these AI generators, have a look at thes...
The Advent of AI: Text Generation
GitHub CopilotThe most prominent text generation model, used by over 80 commercial apps, is GPT-3 by OpenAI. I learned late that GitHub Copilot, a code completion tool I used for over a year, uses GPT-3. I used GitHub Copilot for a few months during its trial period, and it helped me tremendously. The first time it blew my mind was when I created a TypeScript array with all letters of the web font of XING (a patched variant of Fira Sans). I had the task to write a visual testing page to obser...
The Advent of AI: Text Generation
GitHub CopilotThe most prominent text generation model, used by over 80 commercial apps, is GPT-3 by OpenAI. I learned late that GitHub Copilot, a code completion tool I used for over a year, uses GPT-3. I used GitHub Copilot for a few months during its trial period, and it helped me tremendously. The first time it blew my mind was when I created a TypeScript array with all letters of the web font of XING (a patched variant of Fira Sans). I had the task to write a visual testing page to obser...
The Advent of AI: Introduction
AbstractThis is a four-part series of essays that investigates different aspects of AI. From political and social impact to AI research. Iβll dive deeper into the topics of speech-to-text, text generation, and text-to-image generation and share useful resources, videos, and links.Humanity will remember 2022 as a year of tremendous progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancement. This year, AI made a gigantic leap into consumer products. I use now four products every day that have AI buil...
The Advent of AI: Introduction
AbstractThis is a four-part series of essays that investigates different aspects of AI. From political and social impact to AI research. Iβll dive deeper into the topics of speech-to-text, text generation, and text-to-image generation and share useful resources, videos, and links.Humanity will remember 2022 as a year of tremendous progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancement. This year, AI made a gigantic leap into consumer products. I use now four products every day that have AI buil...
