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Why wouldn’t you use colab for nsfw? Do you really not trust Google Cloud that much? Or do they have some kind of policy I’m not aware of (can’t imagine how they would enforce this)?
Yes, I don't trust any offsite stuff. (Remember PRISM?) Me and my wife aren't even that obsessed with nudity and stuff, but given how nsfw stuff comes up in media and politics, I'll keep it offline until nudist colonies are the norm.
I was going to get a 4090 this year, but I just don't think 24gb VRAM is going to bee enough in the short term future(for AI related stuff). Ended up getting a 3060 for 1/4 of the cost, and I'm planning on using/paying for Colab until some 6090 comes out with 128gb vram. Something that kind of bothers me that I don't understand. Why is there such an obsession about having small computers/servers? I don't care if I ha…
I was going to get a 4090 this year, but I just don't think 24gb VRAM is going to bee enough in the short term future(for AI related stuff). Ended up getting a 3060 for 1/4 of the cost, and I'm planning on using/paying for Colab until some 6090 comes out with 128gb vram. Something that kind of bothers me that I don't understand. Why is there such an obsession about having small computers/servers? I don't care if I ha…
This is why I like the "open case design." Your "PC" is just a frame to hang components on, with nothing to enclose it. And the nice thing is these days people care a lot about quiet computers, so you can have an open frame case with three GPUs that is just making a not-unpleasant whooshing sound at full bore.
But it is certainly more convenient for tweaking your build.
Does anyone “in the know” have approximations on cost to run this on collab or similar? Maybe a very rough Dollars per minute of video?
Not going to bother with this until the temporal cohesion issue is solved. The results are cool, but the variety in frames makes it look like a very specific and distracting art style instead of true animation.
But its not an issue really! This is just what AI art is. It is something different from just painting: somewhat less and somewhat more in different dimensions. You trade in individual expression and authorship for bricolage and universality. That's cool, but it will always be "specific."
If you just want pretty anime girls or the like, you'd get a lot farther with dumber tools like motion-detection on spine-based animation anyway.
Does someone know how long rendering these videos takes? Can it be done in real-time?
I was going to get a 4090 this year, but I just don't think 24gb VRAM is going to bee enough in the short term future(for AI related stuff). Ended up getting a 3060 for 1/4 of the cost, and I'm planning on using/paying for Colab until some 6090 comes out with 128gb vram. Something that kind of bothers me that I don't understand. Why is there such an obsession about having small computers/servers? I don't care if I ha…
Other things to setup your own gear that are worth looking into.
Factoring in electricity costs is important too long term.
Beyond this, running hardware long term:
- If you run your hardware using a PDU (Power distribution unit) that conditions the electricity and keeps it stable, there is much less wear and tear on the electronics, especially transistors, etc, that love to pop.
Lots of gear out there like this: https://www.apc.com/us/en/product/AP7921B/apc-netshelter-swi...
- Cooling without a fan is most certainly only so good and more dependant on how well the closet or the surrouding environment can cool. It's almost certainly better to use a good case with fans, and add some cabinet fans, for example by AC Infinity
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ac+infinity
Is the closet sealed? Maybe port a hole out and run a small few items like a small stand up AC that can be temperature activated, and something to handle the humdity one way or the other depending on the basement.
For setting up your own space, places like ebay are your friend. Industrial grade equipment is not made to fail.
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Mark my words. In a few years people will be writing filters and trying to figure out how to recreate the look of early AI animation.
Or they could just use the models we are using right now and get the same effect, not like the models are going away anywhere
I was going to get a 4090 this year, but I just don't think 24gb VRAM is going to bee enough in the short term future(for AI related stuff). Ended up getting a 3060 for 1/4 of the cost, and I'm planning on using/paying for Colab until some 6090 comes out with 128gb vram. Something that kind of bothers me that I don't understand. Why is there such an obsession about having small computers/servers? I don't care if I ha…
> Why is there such an obsession about having small computers/servers More likely just cost. If a "small" computer costs $2k, how much do you think a "big" one will cost? $10k+ probably, what is the market for that? And you can buy a rack in your home and put 10 servers in it if you really want a closet sized computer.
Same aesthetics as A-ha's "Take on me". Even with the flaws, I can see how this can simply be used with that exact aesthetic in mind, without the need for any improvement.