IMAGE MODEL · STABILITY AI THE PC TO MIDJOURNEY'S MAC
Stable Diffusion.
- Episodes
- 05
- First seen
- 009 SEP 01 2024
- Last seen
- 073 JUL 12 2026
- Spoken mentions
- 37
The Fast Hours take
Rory casts Stable Diffusion as the 'PC' to Midjourney's Mac — powerful and technical, but never as approachable or fun (Ep. 9). Hosts treated it as a fading 'afterthought' until James Cameron's advisory-board appointment read as a signal worth noting (Ep. 12), and Superside's Phil says Flux's arrival relieved his worry about depending on it for fine-tuning (Ep. 16). It still gets reached for locally, via Automatic1111, to fix Midjourney's early 'plastic' skin texture (Ep. 73).
Into it 0Mixed 3 Not sold 0Discussed 2 oldest → newest
Receipts about Stable Diffusion
“We've got James Cameron joining an advisory board for stable diffusion. I mean, if you weren't following the trend, if everyone's calling it that now, I mean, what are you doing?”
“It felt like a difference between Mac and PC back in the day. Stable Diffusion was your PC. Very technical. … Mac came around and packaged it up in a very easy way, digestible way. They made it fun.”
Every episode with Stable Diffusion
- Episode 73 JUL 12 2026 She Cracked AI Advertising Before Brands Were Ready Run locally via Automatic1111 to upscale and fix Midjourney's early 'plastic' skin texture. Discussed
- Episode 16 NOV 03 2024 Midjourney at Scale The Superside Blueprint for Teams w/ Phil Maggs (Superside) Superside's prior fine-tuning backbone; Phil says Flux's arrival relieved his worry about depending on it Mixed
- Episode 14 OCT 20 2024 Midjourney: The Ultimate Creative Multiplier w/ Billy Boman 1.5 · Early LoRA training on SD 1.5 lacked resolution for intricate detail, per Billy; Rory unsure of its direction Mixed
- Episode 12 SEP 29 2024 Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2) Called a recent 'afterthought' until James Cameron joined its advisory board, which Rory reads as a signal Mixed
- Episode 9 SEP 01 2024 Midjourney After Dark: Video, Personalization, Editor, v7, Depth Control, Personality Survey + More Cast as the technical "PC" in Rory's Mac-vs-PC analogy for why Midjourney feels approachable Discussed
Quick answers
When did Fast Hours first talk about Stable Diffusion?
Stable Diffusion first came up in Episode 9, “Midjourney After Dark: Video, Personalization, Editor, v7, Depth Control, Personality Survey + More”, published September 1, 2024.
What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Stable Diffusion?
The most recent is Episode 73, “She Cracked AI Advertising Before Brands Were Ready” (July 12, 2026).
How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Stable Diffusion?
5 episodes so far. In the 5 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 0 times, mixed 3, not sold 0, and simply discussed it 2.
