According to https://laion.ai/team/ https://laion.ai/team/ the project has mushroomed a bit and (if I recall from other sources) has something of a budget. And

According to https://laion.ai/team/ https://laion.ai/team/ the project has mushroomed a bit and (if I recall from other sources) has something of a budget. And it sure looks like they are positioning themselves to spin this off into some kind of financially self-sustaining entity (even if they aren't interested in selling out just yet). So when I said "minor" not in comparison to his day job salary but as in, you know, the scheme of things. You have no idea how people get by. Gosh, it seems you know everything about me.