simple stable diffusion 🌄

get stable diffusion running in <10 minutes in colab:

this notebook contains:

1. the absolute minimum code needed to generate images with stable diffusion
2. tips for writing good prompts

currently this notebook only works on colab and not when run locally; a pr changing this would be appreciated

what is stable diffusion?

stable diffusion is a text-to-image model similar to dall·e 2; that is, it inputs a text description and uses ai to output a matching image

for instance, the following image was generated with stable diffusion using the prompt gallant thoroughbred, a surrealist painting by Andy Warhol, mystical, ominous:

it is generally considered to be of similar quality to dall·e, but is:

1. more computationally efficient
2. available to the public (ie can be run locally, not just through openai's playground)

a more in-depth explanation of stable diffusion's architecture can be found in this notebook or here