You Autocomplete Me: Stable Diffusion—What’s The Big Deal?

I installed Stable Diffusion locally on my Mac over the weekend in 20 minutes.

For anyone who remembers typing TURN OFF LIGHT SWITCH while playing the text-adventure game Zork—instead of typing 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD" because there were no programs to run besides the ones you could make yourself—you recall the feeling of being drawn into an alternate universe.

I think it’s because back then we were so accustomed to talking to the computer in…