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by TeMPOraL 928 days ago
Maybe. The only problem I see is economical. Sure, sending over a sequence of prompts, instead of sequence of frames, is going to be a huge storage and bandwidth saver. However, you're going to pay for it dearly, in compute, whenever you want to watch such a live-generated video. In almost all cases, it's vastly better to use more storage than to use more compute, for the same reason that, if you need to keep something to stay above ground level, you're better off placing it on a table or bolting it on a wall, instead of attaching it to a jet engine pointing downwards, firing for TWR=1.
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That’s very true and I did make that comment mostly in jest. I think the idea of art generated like that has a distinctly dystopian feel. I think one thing that might push this idea closer to reality is dedicated hardware. It would also allow you to do things like enjoy movies with your favorite actors. “Netflix, show me Dune but with Dustin Hoffman as Paul”.