9—Generative Models

Today we’ll learn about the extraordinarily powerful and widely useful technique of generative models. These are models that don’t just spit out a classification, but create a whole new image, sound, etc. They can be used, for example, with images, to:

• Improve photos (colorization, noise removal, increase resolution, etc)
• Create art
• Find and segment (localize) objects
• and much more…

We’ll try using this approach for super resolution (i.e. increasing the resolution of an image), and then you’ll get to try building your own system for rapidly adding the style of any artist to your photos.