AI designed this (Patreon)

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You’ve probably all seen AI generated images by now. There are quite a few videos on how this works, but simply put, an AI is trained on billions of images from the internet, and you can make it draw what you want from a simple text input. But is this type if image generation of any practical use to us, besides generating art or funny pictures to laugh at? I’m using Stable Diffusion for this project, which is open source, and you can try it for free – and I’ll put the links in the description. For the actual images in this video I used the dreamstudio.ai website, which is the same algorithm but much faster. You get some free credit, but after that it was about $10 for 1000 image generations. I’ve been thinking about building something in real life that the AI draws for a little while, and I posted some of the previous results on my Twitter and Instagram. I started with ‘human making machine’ and ‘dog washing machine’, but the first results were too weird, and I don’t own a dog. I also tried inputting words around practical things that could be useful like ‘Machine that helps humans make food’, and ‘domestic robot’. Most of the machines it drew just look like something from a factory, and the robots all look pretty generic. I guess that’s what all the source images were like it was trained on for those sorts of machines and robots though. After some more experimentation I found that the phrase ‘experimental robotics equipment’ came up with some absolutely fantastic looking stuff, although it was hard to determine what the machines would actually do if I tried to build one. So using that phrase combined with other things I got some more interesting looking project ideas. You can support me on Patreon or buy my Merchandise: *************************** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xrobots Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/james-bruton *************************** Affiliate links - I will get some money of you use them to sign up or buy something: *************************** Matterhackers 3D printing supplies: http://www.matterhackers.com?aff=7500 Music for your YouTube videos: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xrobots *************************** Other socials: *************************** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xrobotsuk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xrobotsuk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xrobotsuk *************************** CAD and Code for my projects: https://github.com/XRobots Huge thanks to my Patrons, without whom my standard of living would drastically decline. Like, inside out-Farm Foods bag decline. Plus a very special shoutout to Lulzbot, Inc who keep me in LulzBot 3D printers and support me via Patreon. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE Below you can also find a lot of the typical tools, equipment and supplies used in my projects: Filament from: https://www.3dfuel.com/ Lulzbot 3D Printers: http://bit.ly/2Sj6nil Bearings from: https://simplybearings.co.uk/ Lincoln Electric Welder: https://bit.ly/2Rqhqos CNC Router: https://bit.ly/2QdsNjt Ryobi Tools: http://bit.ly/2RhArcD Axminster Micro Lathe: http://bit.ly/2Sj6eeN 3D Printer Filament: http://bit.ly/2PdcdUu Soldering Iron: http://bit.ly/2DrNWDR Vectric CNC Software: http://bit.ly/2zxpZqv Why not join my community, who are mostly made up of actual geniuses. There’s a Facebook group and everything: https://www.facebook.com/groups/287089964833488/ XROBOTS Former toy designer, current YouTube maker and general robotics, electrical and mechanical engineer, I’m a fan of doing it yourself and innovation by trial and error. My channel is where I share some of my useful and not-so-useful inventions, designs and maker advice. Iron Man is my go-to cosplay, and 3D printing can solve most issues - broken bolts, missing parts, world hunger, you name it. XRobots is the community around my content where you can get in touch, share tips and advice, and more build FAQs, schematics and designs are also available.