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Well Google's paper showed you don't need CLIP anyway. T5 and other languages model can be used regardless. CLIP isn't the true blocker to entry, the dataset a
by karmasimida 4y ago
Well Google's paper showed you don't need CLIP anyway. T5 and other languages model can be used regardless.
CLIP isn't the true blocker to entry, the dataset and compute is.
- astrange 4y agoStableDiffusion has an open dataset, was funded by one guy, and apparently took "much less than $600k" to train on AWS (https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1563965366061211660 https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1563965366061211660). So it seems there actually aren't many barriers to entry at all. There's certainly a lot of legal questions, but if it's this easy to create your own model then it's hard to enforce anything…
- mgpc 4y agoI don't think there are actually major legal concerns. Copyright protects reproduction of a specific image. Looking at an image and producing something in a similar style is not copyright infringement, it's called being an artist. The law on this seems pretty clear. The UK recently announced plans to make this completely explicit, to remove any remaining doubt: "For text and data mining, we plan to introduce a new copyright and database exception which allows TDM for any purpose. Rights holders will still have safeguards to protect their content, including a requirement for lawful access." https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/artificial-intelligence-and-ip-copyright-and-patents/outcome/artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property-copyright-and-patents-government-response-to-consultation https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/artificial-intel...
- astrange 4y agoI was wondering about trademark issues with a model that can draw new pictures of Mickey Mouse/Homer Simpson/Hatsune Miku if prompted with their names.