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But how do AI images and videos actually work?

Welch Labs explains diffusion models, CLIP, and text-to-image generation visually.

At a glance:
First seen:2026-09-01
Last seen:2026-09-01
Times seen:1
Website:youtube.com

The short version

Welch Labs explains diffusion models, CLIP, and text-to-image generation visually.

Why it caught our attention

A commenter directly recommended it as a good diffusion-model explainer.

Where it surfaced on Hacker News

2026-09-01

A good video from welch labs on image generation with diffusion models:

rottc0dd · recommendation

Direct HN comment

How to build a diffusion language model