14 years after AlexNet hit ImageNet, a dev recreates the moment with a $0 open-source pipeline on one RTX 3090

onil_gova · reddit · 2026-10-01

September 30 marks 14 years since AlexNet was submitted to ImageNet in 2012, kicking off the modern deep learning revolution with the neural networks + GPUs + large datasets recipe.

To celebrate, a Reddit user built a video and open-sourced the entire pipeline: Qwen-Image 2.1 for illustrations, LTX-2.3 for motion, Wan 2.1 + InfiniteTalk for lip sync — all on a single RTX 3090, with Opus 5.5 driving ComfyUI for editing. Cost: $0 beyond a Claude subscription. The song came from Suno, with local prototyping via ACE-Step 1.5 and YuE2, which the author says aren't quite there for vocals yet. Repo: latent-variable/deep-learning-birthday.

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