{"id":1830,"date":"2024-01-11T00:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T00:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:04:11","slug":"disaster-simulacra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/?p=1830","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Simulacra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1830\" class=\"elementor elementor-1830\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-741d8d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"741d8d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c69dcf\" data-id=\"3c69dcf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34548f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34548f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-10-at-7.51.05\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f70bcab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f70bcab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33814e2\" data-id=\"33814e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea98e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea98e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p><p>In the face of our rapidly changing climate, the need for heightened awareness and understanding has never been more crucial.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Disaster Simulacra is not merely a\u00a0 disaster &amp; extreme environment visualizer but a call to action\u2014a resonant echo of our commitment to visualizing the impact of disasters and extreme environments on familiar surroundings. It encapsulates the essence of our generative AI initiative, which seeks to bridge the gap between the abstract notion of climate change and its tangible consequences. This is project is collaborated with Angelina Zhang and I was mainly responsible for the technology implementation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-087a9d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"087a9d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-acdc7d0\" data-id=\"acdc7d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac127cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-image-comparison\" data-id=\"ac127cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-image-comparison.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n        <div class=\"elementskit-image-comparison image-comparison-container\" \n\t   data-offset=0.5\n        data-overlay=&quot;&quot;\n        data-label_after=&quot;Generated&quot;\n        data-label_before=&quot;Original&quot;\n        data-move_slider_on_hover=&quot;&quot;\n        data-click_to_move=&quot;&quot;>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-10-at-7.25.14\u202fPM.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2024-01-10 at 7.25.14\u202fPM\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-01-10 at 7.25.14\u202fPM\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-10-at-7.25.20\u202fPM.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2024-01-10 at 7.25.20\u202fPM\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-01-10 at 7.25.20\u202fPM\" \/>        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a9839c\" data-id=\"2a9839c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5b884a elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-image-comparison\" data-id=\"b5b884a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-image-comparison.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n        <div class=\"elementskit-image-comparison image-comparison-container\" \n\t   data-offset=0.5\n        data-overlay=&quot;&quot;\n        data-label_after=&quot;Generated&quot;\n        data-label_before=&quot;Original&quot;\n        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7.25.20\u202fPM\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-01-10 at 7.25.20\u202fPM\" \/>        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db3d36a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db3d36a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6879ebf\" data-id=\"6879ebf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b542278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b542278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Pipeline<\/strong><\/p><p>The image processing pipeline is mainly consisted of two parts. The first part is the source image segmentation module, which aims to generate the image mask used to precisely control the modifying part of the image. The second part is the diffusion-based text-to-image model, which will change the part of the image based on the text prompt. \u00a0The entire pipeline is shown below. The GitHub repo could be found <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/EmilioMichael\/Disaster_Simulacra\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ea3864 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ea3864\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3eacfe\" data-id=\"a3eacfe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8510b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8510b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-10-at-7.34.16\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9c4f4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9c4f4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-412fc34\" data-id=\"412fc34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf250a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf250a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Result<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce479c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fce479c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-10-at-7.34.38\u202fPM-1024x411.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-475c475 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"475c475\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec327be\" data-id=\"ec327be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecec8c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecec8c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Next Step<\/strong><\/p><p>We plan to deploy our tool on Hugging Face, utilizing the platform&#8217;s infrastructure to host and share the model. To enhance user accessibility and interaction, we intend to develop a user-friendly website interface using Gradio. We aim to create an intuitive and publicly accessible tool. The technical requirements include configuring the model for Hugging Face deployment, developing the website using Gradio, and managing necessary dependencies for a smooth user experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c76581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c76581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/weijiabin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-10-at-7.34.55\u202fPM-1024x339.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d7a3c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d7a3c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8d6803\" data-id=\"c8d6803\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a428164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a428164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Implication<\/strong><\/p><p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Through a juxtaposition of tranquil images with AI-processed depictions of disasters like floods, extreme precipitation, fire, drought, and tornadoes, the project seeks to evoke empathy and urgency. Beyond being a disaster visualizer, it holds the potential to aid architects and engineers in risk assessment by leveraging generative AI to simulate destruction scenarios, guiding improvements, prioritizing construction methods, and advocating for the importance of insurance. Furthermore, this interactive tool may contribute to the circular economy through prioritizing sustainable construction methods, including promoting renovation and retrofitting for longevity, emphasize the long-term economic benefits of investing in resilient and sustainable construction.This multifaceted initiative strives to engage a broader audience actively in climate change mitigation, preserving our world&#8217;s heritage and natural beauty for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction In the face of our rapidly changing climate, the need for heightened awareness and understanding has never been more crucial.\u00a0Disaster Simulacra is not merely a\u00a0 disaster &amp; extreme environment visualizer but a call to action\u2014a resonant echo of our commitment to visualizing the impact of disasters and extreme environments on familiar surroundings. 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