#nft #gan #ai

Today we build our own AI that can create as many bored apes as we want! Fungibility for everyone!

Try the model here: https://huggingface.co/spaces/ykilcher/apes

or here: https://ykilcher.com/apes

Files & Models here: https://huggingface.co/ykilcher/apes/tree/main

Code here: https://github.com/yk/apes-public (for the "what's your ape" app, look for the file interface_projector.py)

This video is sponsored by BrightData, use this link for free credits:

https://brightdata.grsm.io/yannickilcher

OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction

2:05 - Generative Adversarial Networks

3:40 - Scraping Opensea with BrightData

7:55 - Training the GAN

11:35 - Here are the results!

15:20 - Diving deeper into BrightData

References:

Stylegan 3 imagery: https://nvlabs.github.io/stylegan3/

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Collection: https://opensea.io/collection/boredapeyachtclub

Better GANFT model: https://medium.com/@nathancooperjones/these-bored-apes-do-not-exist-6bed2c73f02c

Abstract AI-created apes: https://opensea.io/collection/gan-apes-nft

https://mobile.twitter.com/gannft

Another good model: https://twitter.com/cyrilzakka/status/1463944040878071811

StyleGAN2 versions: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

https://thissneakerdoesnotexist.com/

https://thischairdoesnotexist.com/

GANs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_adversarial_network

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1406.2661.pdf

StyleGAN3: https://nvlabs.github.io/stylegan3/

StyleGAN2 code: https://github.com/NVlabs/stylegan2-ada-pytorch

CLIP: https://openai.com/blog/clip/

DALL-E 2 images: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23dalle&f=image

My music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iq7WXSw26s

BrightData Links: https://brightdata.com/products/data-collector

https://brightdata.com/testimonials

https://brightdata.com/use-cases/adtech

https://brightdata.com/use-cases/social-media-for-marketing

https://brightdata.com/use-cases/ecommerce

Links:

Merch: https://ykilcher.com/merch

TabNine Code Completion (Referral): http://bit.ly/tabnine-yannick

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/yannickilcher

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ykilcher

Discord: https://discord.gg/4H8xxDF

BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/yannic-kilcher

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykilcher

BiliBili: https://space.bilibili.com/2017636191

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If you want to support me financially (completely optional and voluntary, but a lot of people have asked for this), find options at https://ykilcher.com