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Midjourney is more popular because it takes zero technical know-how compared to SD (even with A1111 it took me nearly an hour to walk my competent-but-layman br

• dragonwriter 3y ago
  > Midjourney is more popular because it takes zero technical know-how compared to SD Both take zero technical knowledge to use the base models via first-party online hosts, but Midjourney is superior there. SD offers a lot more capacity beyond what is available from the first-party online host, though, while with Midjourney, that’s where it begins and ends, there is nothing more. > and doesn’t require a high-end gaming PC to run it. Neither does SD (I use a couple-year-old business laptop with a 4GB Nvidia card; no sane person would call it a “highend gaming PC” to run A1111 locally, and there are options besides running it locally.)
• cubefox 3y ago
  > DALL-E lost because they let MJ eat their lunch I wonder why nobody is talking about Bing Image Creator https://www.bing.com/images/create https://www.bing.com/images/create which uses some much more advanced version of Dall-E 2 in the background (so Dall-E 2.5? 3?), while being completely free to use. It can produce some pretty mind blowing results with quite simple prompts, although apparently not as impressive as Midjourney V5. A few examples: hyperrealistic https://www.bing.com/images/create/hyperrealistic/644fa0c48f8d4f04b33ca7c3552fc386?id=UOySTqHpq1q018d6HF%2byhg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/hyperrealistic/644fa0c48f... an allegory for femininity https://www.bing.com/images/create/an-allegory-for-femininity/64519153f532435e9053d5e4e205af1c?id=VLiGLPbicVhfS8w9Z9mKjg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/an-allegory-for-femininit... portrait of a strange woman, hyperrealistic https://www.bing.com/images/create/portrait-of-a-strange-woman2c-hyperrealistic/644fe78d039348c695df418488748a87?id=nbnDmSSnJBmT997fzymUQw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/portrait-of-a-strange-wom... allegory of logic, portrait https://www.bing.com/images/create/allegory-of-logic2c-portrait/644725e29fc54856a7a6671389994d9c?id=%2b32HaPz%2fbHN0ZnwhHeX5qA%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/allegory-of-logic2c-portr... her strange bedfellow https://www.bing.com/images/create/her-strange-bedfellow/6447109c23e14ab9a737374e3a8e01bf?id=rwYVs44xqL5jy2nMkXrsXw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/her-strange-bedfellow/644... Mrs fox https://www.bing.com/images/create/mrs-fox/6446e85a32134e649ab48967867a84b4?id=yKgIp7c6PVT2Hv8icrenRQ%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/mrs-fox/6446e85a32134e649... inside view https://www.bing.com/images/create/inside-view/6446f1dc573f463e9a9fa924a71da6c3?id=xqEfDLAg7Q5lZpDiqxOhpw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/inside-view/6446f1dc573f4... in the midst of it all https://www.bing.com/images/create/in-the-midst-of-it-all/6446f8499c7b412ca19ae83d4d61ff79?id=zKszK%2fOAA5ACbFQ%2blJ61Rg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/in-the-midst-of-it-all/64... strange gal https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-gal/6446e2a2ea7a413b9a52e9093e5aae80?id=GsbjXXkwYDkBrL1gA2HT%2bg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-gal/6446e2a2ea7a4... sighting of a strange entity in an abandoned library https://www.bing.com/images/create/sighting-of-a-strange-entity-in-an-abandoned-libra/64451d025579482bbf024ef8724b6d1d?id=baZsjFMi%2bc7TWb4bmyfW4A%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/sighting-of-a-strange-ent... sleeping marble woman next to a wall of strange pictures inside an abandoned museum, close-up https://www.bing.com/images/create/sleeping-marble-woman-next-to-a-wall-of-strange-pi/6444b8be3bf74947b41032e2d8b49e20?id=yBX3nlC08MJGXtvrw563dA%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/sleeping-marble-woman-nex... sculpture of a woman posing next to a wall of strange pictures, close-up https://www.bing.com/images/create/sculpture-of-a-woman-posing-next-to-a-wall-of-stra/6444a97707b34371a98a0d18aadce8e8?id=D7Xpp9gK8VnWzlRFiAbSqg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/sculpture-of-a-woman-posi... Easter https://www.bing.com/images/create/easter/643ae4968aff432684b02d4bbe7c73b6?id=qSfaYs7b91zVdSdCum2ppQ%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/easter/643ae4968aff432684... Christmas on board a spaceship, DSLR photograph https://www.bing.com/images/create/christmas-on-board-a-spaceship2c-dslr-photograph/643b11f856344beda54cf8d145625a36?id=2QI%2f5m5raxPlSmsxYWME%2bQ%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/christmas-on-board-a-spac... an angel, dancing to heavy metal https://www.bing.com/images/create/an-angel2c-dancing-to-heavy-metal/643b2a5144d9457ba3e63a75192e9815?id=%2b3J%2bFp3UaESTjaqJVRWlkw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/an-angel2c-dancing-to-hea... Saturday afternoon in the streets of a buzzing cyberpunk city, photo-realistic, DSLR https://www.bing.com/images/create/saturday-afternoon-in-the-streets-of-a-buzzing-cyb/641cb3be6f604143b7ebe6eeabe5e954?id=JDvm4GA9aLZ%2bT05rMqL4mA%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/saturday-afternoon-in-the... The Dogfather https://www.bing.com/images/create/the-dogfather/6441d18950ba4e2eab5e7c6773fd94c0?id=QR%2fSef49ci15P32eAW43Hg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/the-dogfather/6441d18950b... the unlikely guest https://www.bing.com/images/create/the-unlikely-guest/644446fcc1ba4478bd226ed1e0128b18?id=UWclQl%2fM2%2bYxjW9f0VW0vg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/the-unlikely-guest/644446... Strange pictures in an abandoned museum https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-pictures-in-an-abandoned-museum/6444559ec0394d7382b288d0676c39c1?id=i%2bf9ulLO%2b3yMNGR61EV%2fqw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-pictures-in-an-ab... strange woman in an abandoned museum, close-up https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-woman-in-an-abandoned-museum2c-close-up/64447d1bc0ce4ad69beb19d92c42b828?id=1n9AjVx9Ob%2bj6d4mh04KOg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-woman-in-an-aband... strange woman in an abandoned museum, strange pictures in the background https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-woman-in-an-abandoned-museum2c-strange-pict/64447eed701f4ee8ac580c0e25c52ce9?id=E%2fJ%2fPsbeGoOWhZrPmnrQKQ%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/strange-woman-in-an-aband... a wall of strange pictures in an abandoned museum in Atlantis, close-up https://www.bing.com/images/create/a-wall-of-strange-pictures-in-an-abandoned-museum-/6444821e41b446aaac45b3c5e62a9a3e?id=N619lGeImVO%2bAkvss3mxdg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/a-wall-of-strange-picture... female sculpture in an abandoned museum in Atlantis, close-up https://www.bing.com/images/create/female-sculpture-in-an-abandoned-museum-in-atlanti/644489b3b03b4d5bb42c6f96bd0f6e33?id=WHbqlG%2fXxn1%2bUyMcTmIzmQ%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/female-sculpture-in-an-ab... the unlikely guest https://www.bing.com/images/create/the-unlikely-guest/6444908ea6264cbd987a75c16cbdbb8d?id=VbWd9SE%2f1agad%2bnjDobHsw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/the-unlikely-guest/644490... an unlikely guest of the secret society in the lost city in a country without name, close-up https://www.bing.com/images/create/an-unlikely-guest-of-the-secret-society-in-the-los/6444927c654f4a9289fdb744eb67a392?id=3aAG9FoYdJNY5lj4CWlb%2bg%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/an-unlikely-guest-of-the-... I think the quality of most of these pictures is far beyond what is achievable with Dall-E 2. One issue that still exists (though to a lesser extent) is the fact that faces have to cover a fairly large area of the image. Smaller faces look strange, e.g. here: photograph of the unlikely guests https://www.bing.com/images/create/photograph-of-the-unlikely-guests/64448f8abc834a28945e32118955d207?id=xSsSPWDVR47REfDaDw4RKw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg https://www.bing.com/images/create/photograph-of-the-unlikel... It is as if the model creates a good draft in low resolution, and another model scales it up, but the latter model doesn't know what a face is? (I have no idea how diffusion models actually work.)
  • throw_nbvc1234 3y ago
    "Use of Creations. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, the Microsoft Services Agreement, and our Content Policy, you may use Creations outside of the Online Services for any legal personal, non-commercial purpose." Probably not the only factor but could be one.
    • cubefox 3y ago
      > US law states that intellectual property can be copyrighted only if it was the product of human creativity, and the USCO only acknowledges work authored by humans at present. Machines and generative AI algorithms, therefore, cannot be authors, and their outputs are not copyrightable. https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/03/16/ai_art_copyright_usco/ https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/03/16/ai_art_copyright_... So the images can also be used commercially, and this holds as much for Microsoft as for Midjourney. (Though note that Microsoft isn't denying the usage for commercial purposes, though they made it sound as if they did.)