In this video, I explain how #aiart generators like #midjourney and #stablediffusion can be used to simulate evolutionary processes, and explain why this is important and valuable as an exploration algorithm. I also show very good pictures of orangutans, which is perhaps the most important part of the video. Please comment "orangutan good" if you read this, it is a sign of unwavering loyalty.

Links to my stuff:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emergentgarden
Discord invite: https://discord.gg/ZsrAAByEnr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_romana
The Life Engine: https://thelifeengine.net/

Links to cool stuff from the video:
Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/
Stable Diffusion: https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion
Pic Breeder: https://nbenko1.github.io/#/explore
Pic Breeder Paper: http://eplex.cs.ucf.edu/papers/secretan_ecj11.pdf
Image Library of Babel: https://babelia.libraryofbabel.info/
Richard Dawkin's Biomorphs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EjZw7A3ii8

Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro + Explanation
(1:56) Midjourney Evolution
(4:46) Stable Diffusion Evolution
(6:56) Pic Breeder
(7:49) Image Space
(10:00) Exploring Image Space
(11:57) Open Ended Exploration

Music:
https://youtu.be/ZFOG7nI6YXE?t=377
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P35T9tIKS9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPBmAOaTFK4
https://youtu.be/ZFOG7nI6YXE?t=980

(From Youtube)