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Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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post #121

It works extremely fast on an iPad Pro M1 (kind of expected, but it's _impressive_) although the app is built as "iPhone only", and strangely enough the iPad is cropping the upscaled iPhone app so the lower bar of image controls don't show at all, which is a pity

Reach out to the author, they can likely fix this easily.

Yup, done. I thought the author would see it better here (also would make it visible for other people stumbling on the issue) but I have contacted separately explaining the issue.

Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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post #31

here's a direct app store link, if anyone wants to try the iPhone app immediately: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/draw-things-ai-generation/id64... congratulations to liuliu on the launch!

Crashes on my iPhone SE 2. Gen which was to be expected :-(

Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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post #80

Congrats on the release! I gave this and other available applications a try and I don’t understand what people see in ai image generation. A simple prompt generated a person with 3 nostrils, 7 squished fingers, deformities everywhere I look, it just mashes a bunch of photographs together and generates abominations. Pay close attention to generated models and you will find details which are simply wrong. What is the u…

Early cars were terrible too, but here we are. The promise is that future versions of the technology will be able to draw anatomically correct people and images. A computer program that can do in mere minutes what takes a person hours. If you've never wanted a picture of something you can describe but aren't able to draw in your life, then there is no use case for you. For anyone else that's interacted with the world…

> Early cars were terrible too, but here we are.

Were they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benz_Patent-Motorwagen - as fast as a carriage, about the same stink. Carriages clearly had a usecase.

Generated images now: take enormous energy to generate. Main current usecase is to gobble up more energy (mass media/entertainment).

Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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post #104

Unstable trying with 10 iterations on 348x348 on iPad 9th Gen https://support.apple.com/kb/SP849?locale=en_US . Looks cool tho!

iPad has 3GB ram and model needs 2GB, so, I think your device is too underpowered.

Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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post #26

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Which generation of iPad is that? Honestly I haven't tested iPad yet, still in designing phase.

I got I working nicely on my M1 iPad

IPad Air 4 is ok too.

Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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I wonder if any of these tricks would be applicable to make a version of Stable Diffusion which could run on the Steam Deck.

I dont think the Steam Deck is powerful enough. It might be possible but it will take hours.

Re: Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device

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post #128

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Good time to try 5G ultra capacity if you have it on an unlimited plan - will be faster than most people's wifi.

Pivot alert I reached 3Gbps over Verizon 5G in San Antonio last year and this year i get about 4Mbps over Verizon 5G in Ohio. It’s so bad I disabled it. I did read an article that iPhone 12 (which is what I have) have some kind of radio issue with 5G. Can anyone in here confirm?

Verizon has been real wonky all over Austin. If there's more than a handful of people in the area, bandwidth just goes to the crapper. I'll go from a couple hundred mbps on a good day with no clouds/wind/holding my phone just perfectly right in the right space, but usually get less than 1mbps on their 5g UW.
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