Atelier: a canvas for thinking and making with local models.

[note: early prototype not yet released] Hi folks, My colleagues and I just published this paper at CHI. It's a system called Atelier which is a canvas for thinking and making using local generative AI, built using ComfyUI for the backend. This enables running complex workflows encapsulated into small widgets that bring the focus to the process and what is created. I'm happy to talk about it. As it stands, we have a research paper publicly available with all implementation details, diving deep into all the workflows and design decisions.