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Building an AI creator community w/ Civitai founders Justin Meyer and Maxfield Hulker

2024/11/19
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Justin Meyer
创立了开源生成式AI工具和社交平台Civitai的联合创始人和CEO。
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Maxfield Hulker
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Justin Meyer认为Civitai的创立是为了整合AI艺术创作资源，提供一个平台让用户可以轻松地找到模型、资源、分享创作流程，并促进社群互动。开源对于AI艺术的发展至关重要，因为它允许社区共同参与模型的训练和改进，并促进内容的复现和再创作。同时，他也强调了社群在开源AI发展中的重要性，以及Civitai如何通过Buzz系统激励创作者并支持创作经济。 Maxfield Hulker认为开源内容的可复制性和可定制性是其核心优势，用户可以像查看视频制作参数一样查看AI生成内容的完整流程，从而实现精确的复现、混音和修改。他还指出了NSFW内容在推动开源AI技术进步方面的重要作用，并表达了对“死亡互联网”理论的认同，认为AI生成内容最终会取代人类创作内容。

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Justin and Maxfield share their personal journeys into the world of AI and creative tech, highlighting their initial fascination with AI image generation tools like Midjourney and Dolly.
  • Justin was introduced to Midjourney by Maxfield in 2022 and found it empowering.
  • Maxfield started with Dolly before Midjourney, experimenting with AI-generated images.
  • Both were excited by the ability to query AI for creative outputs.

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Ever since generative AI tools like Midjourney became available to the public in 2022, curious users and AI fanatics alike have been experimenting with the technology. But for tech aficionados and AI enthusiasts like Justin Meyer and Maxfield Hulker, Midjourney’s closed-source model wasn’t enough — they wanted to go deeper. That’s why Justin and Max created Citivai, an open-source generative AI tool and social platform where users can create, share, and experiment with new image generation models. They sit down with Bilawal to discuss why community is so important to open-source development, the future of algorithmic personalization, and the famous so-called “dead internet theory.” They also unpack the risks of open-source development, and emphasize the importance of setting boundaries to keep users safe — while acknowledging the important role that “not-safe-for-work” content has played in the evolution of these powerful tools.For transcripts for The TED AI Show, visit go.ted.com/TTAIS-transcripts)