Qualcomm is running a fascinating demo of Stable Diffusion on a standard cellphone, a feat the happens completely offline and is surprisingly fast.
The AI tool, called Stable Diffusion, can create pictures in a matter of seconds. In this case, the researchers ask for a fluffy cat in warrior armor and the tool created a 512×512 image in about 15 seconds.
The phone is running a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip. For purposes of the demo, the phone is completely disconnected from the network and the model itself runs in memory. This means the entire model – gigabytes of information – is contained on the phone itself.
