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I feel like their initial mission of "democratizing AI" was just a way to recruit people. They're everything but "open".
by sva_ 5y ago
I feel like their initial mission of "democratizing AI" was just a way to recruit people. They're everything but "open".
- moffkalast 5y agoThey're as open as microsoft is micro.
- nkozyra 5y agoPretty sure Microsoft still makes `soft`ware for `micro`computers
- danuker 5y agoBased on the constant pushes I get in Windows to use MS services, I believe the software is just an advertising platform, and the actual moneymakers are cloud services and selling users' data.
- imwillofficial 5y agoIt’s a grey area, but I’d say they haven’t made software for microcomputers for some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer
- nkozyra 5y agoI think that's a stretch, but even if you use that definition Windows IoT core fits the bill.
- bspear 5y agoYa sounds about right. Also curious if DALL-E 2 allows people to request edits to the generated images, or just one-shot attempts
- gisely 5y agoYou can use it to infill subregions. Or you could add a “but <your requested edit>“ to your and run again. It’s not super robust to prompts involving complicated composition though so that might not be a reliable strategy.
- gitgud 5y agoDemocratising AI... through our opaque proprietary API...
- zmmmmm 5y ago> ... through our opaque proprietary API... after you get approved on their wait list of course
- webmaven 5y agoRight. The switch away from openness coincided with their conversion to a for-profit and the Microsoft investment.