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There is still a long way to go, to be able to do that. The model currently generates 64 X 64 pictures and is trained on a very specific flowers image dataset. Nevertheless, it would be a great idea to experiment with such a dataset (of sketches and descriptions) if available.

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But the thing about machine learning is that once it works at all, "a long way to go" generally means "add more training data" rather than "we require significant conceptual breakthroughs".

That is not generally true. For example, GANs work great on MNIST, pretty well on the flower dataset, and ok on bedrooms.

But the same techniques currently fail on ImageNet - which actually is a much larger dataset. "Add more training data" is not a magic solution that overcomes limitations of your model.

In particular if you look at the generative models these GANs map to, it makes sense that they can learn 2D shapes and texture patterns, but rendering a complex 3D scene with significant depth complexity and lighting interactions is an entirely different beast. That problem has been studied deeply in 3D computer graphics and the generative programs successful there are vastly more complex than current GANs.

seen this? https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.09304 awesome generated images, from imagenet

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