image generation

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 18, 2023 by Richard Socher · across every show →

Everything said about image generation, oldest first

Aug 18, 2023 negative
Opinion
Socher: AI image generation capabilities have effectively maxed out
“And that is an image generation. It's photorealistic now. Look at some of these mid journey images. You can just say, I want this exact thing. And it'll just give you a photorealistic image of the scene you just described. Where do you go from there? You can't…”
Richard Socher Aug 18, 2023 ▶ 46:45 Richard Socher: The 3 Biggest Barriers to Building AGI; AI Startups vs Incumbents | E1050 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 7, 2024 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kant: AI image generation is seeing steady commoditization
“While there's still a bit of a gap, I think image generation is one already where we're seeing more and more commoditization over time.”
Eiso Kant Oct 7, 2024 ▶ 55:14 Eiso Kant, CTO @Poolside: Raising $600M To Compete in the Race for AGI | E1211 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 17, 2025 positive
Opinion
Andrew Ng: AI coding tools are more mature than 2016 image generators
“I think it's further along. I think in 2016 image generation wasn't super valuable.”
Andrew Ng Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 6:37 AI Fund’s GP, Andrew Ng: LLMs as the Next Geopolitical Weapon & Do Margins Still Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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