By darth-cryptic on Skatehive
Like lots of other people, I've been playing around with AI generated "art". Whatever you call it, it is certainly fun. In my case, I've been using Stable Diffusion UI which is an easy to install variant of Stable Diffusion that also includes a GUI. I was able to get it running on both Windows and Linux without much effort. While the included GUI is nice, the easy install was what appealed to me the most. Some of these packages can be painful to install. To get speedy results you need a decent GPU with lots of VRAM. However, you don't need a GPU to use Stable Diffusion UI as long as you have patience. Using just the CPU can take thirty minutes or more depending on your CPU speed and the settings you use. However, this is open source software so you can generate as many images as you want without worrying about paying a fee or having to sign up for anything. The end result is that even with limited hardware, you can still produce unlimited images as long as you are not in a hurry to do