Episode description

General Partner Anjney Midha explores the cutting-edge world of text-to-video AI with AI researchers Andreas Blattmann and Robin Rombach. 

Released in November, Stable Video Diffusion is their latest open-source generative video model, overcoming challenges in size and dynamic representation.

In this episode Robin and Andreas share why translating text to video is complex, the key role of datasets, current applications, and the future of video editing.

Topics Covered: 

00:00 - Text to Video: The Next Leap in AI Generation

02:41 - The Stable Diffusion backstory

04:25 - Diffusion vs autoregressive models

06:09 - The benefits of single step sampling

09:15 - Why generative video?

11:19 - Understanding physics through AI video

12:20 - The challenge of creating generative video

15:36 - Data set selection and training

17:50 - Structural consistency and 3D objects

19:50 - Incorporating LoRAs

21:24 - How should creators think about these tools?

23:46 - Open challenges in video generation 

25:42 - Infrastructure challenges and future research 

Resources: 

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