{"id":8578,"date":"2022-05-26T06:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2022-05-30T04:25:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:25:30","slug":"imagen-text-to-image-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2022\/05\/26\/imagen-text-to-image-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"IMAGEN – Text-to-Image Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I came across this new technology, it\u2019s recent and not yet available to the public for security reasons. Google announced IMAGEN a new AI system that takes texts as input and then generates images. It uses a process called “diffusion” and turns the concepts known to the AI to create a completely new visual version of an idea that hasn\u2019t existed before. There\u2019s another text-to-image generator available to the public, which is DALLE- 2 but IMAGEN generates pictures with higher quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A cute corgi living in a house made out of sushi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I believe this technology, when available to the public, hopefully on mobile devices, would be a great way for learners to turn their ideas into a visible picture. We work better with visuals and this technology would be a great help for learners and educators in a classroom. I would definitely use this technology with my students to clarify an idea in English and convert it into an image rather than translating it into words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Toronto skyline with Google brain logo written in fireworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This technology would also be dangerous when it reaches a higher quality and it becomes available to the public. One that comes to my mind is faking information, which is already a big problem. What other aspects do you think would be dangerous with this technology when available to the public?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn more about IMAGEN here https:\/\/imagen.research.google\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across this new technology, it\u2019s recent and not yet available to the public for security reasons. Google announced IMAGEN a new AI system…<\/p>\n

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