!thanks

I'll look into options with the dongle.

!thanks
will look into it

!thanks

Budget is flexible, although I can't go high-end.

But I've got some good ideas now, thank you for the suggestions.

Thank you for mentioning the lag! I hadn't thought about that!

I'll look into razer w/USB plug

!thanks

For eg. I found this https://www.amazon.in/Sennheiser-Wireless-350BT-Black-Headphone/dp/B083MNJ2VX
Sennheiser HD 350BT Wireless Bluetooth Over The Ear Headphone

But don't know if I'll be able to use it.

It's great.
I brought a monthly plan recently, but I only made a few images and realized it wouldn't work for a specific use-case, so I canceled it after a week or 2, and the website auto-REFUNDED me the money.
I've never experienced that in any web service ever.

where'd you learn that dumb doggo is tom ska? I couldn't find the source.

love this art style! Would you mind sharing the prompt?

u/hot-doughnuts-now could you share the prompt?

Thank you, helps me understand your perspective better.

Thanks for answering.

1. So I'm guessing you're saying that someone wearing noise-cancelling headphones to block out unwanted taunting IRL is not a pussy, right? Then why is someone turning on a filter in a game to block out unwanted emoting a pussy?
2. So I'm guessing you're saying that someone using the first blocker app to block out unwanted calls IRL is not a pussy, right? Then why is someone turning on a filter in a game to block out unwanted emoting a pussy?
3. Bullying was just one of the words I used, I also suggested "harassed or triggered" . So I'll take out the word bullying and ask again: If someone blocks someone on social media because they're feeling harassed or triggered by it, do you think that person's a pussy?
4. No, what if it's not "ptsd war veteran panic attack flashbacks"... What if it's simply someone who had a severely traumatic past, is sensitive and wants to be able to play a game without facing emotes that might be triggering for them. I ask you again: is it more accurate to describe that person as a pussy or a victim/sensitive person?
5. Also, why did you go from "severely traumatized and sensitive" to "ptsd war veteran panic attack flashbacks"? Do you feel it is very unlikely that there are many people who have undergone much more trauma than you and people around you? Could you share what kind of trauma you've undergone to use as a frame of reference for other people's experiences?
6. How empathetic do you feel you are to other people's emotions?

I'm curious to your perspective, could you answer these questions?

1. If somebody wears sound-blocking headphones on their way to work to block out jeering, catcalls or taunting, do you think that's being a pussy?
2. When the first blocker app for the phone was invented, to block spam calls or unwanted calls from people they'd be disturbed or upset by, do you feel that app's users were pussies?
3. If someone blocks someone on social media because they're feeling harassed, triggered or bullied by it, do you think that person's a pussy?
4. If someone's had a severely traumatic past (much more traumatic than yours or other people you know), is perhaps genetically predisposed to be emotionally sensitive and empthetic, and wants to play the game in peace without facing emotes that might be triggering for them, is it more accurate to describe that person as a pussy or a victim/sensitive person?

could you share the style prompt?

50s radio, female vocals...? what else

I see, thank you.

Thank you.

I understand.

Let's assume no perfectly ethical and legal resolution is found. Do you think all the companies and people making money off ChatGPT and Midjourney and similar AI's should stop doing it? (I'm assuming yes, based on your answers)... How would that work... because there'll just be other people who use this stuff and build services on top off it, etc. How would you stay competitive in such a world if you didn't participate in using AI for commericial purposes?

Also, just repeating a previous question:
Can a less skilled writer catch up to a better skilled writer in just "a weekend of work"? If not, what is it about writing that can't be bridged in a weekend of work?

I'm a bit confused by your comment lol

I think there’s a weird sense of entitlement in people ... trying to protect the marginal value of their prompt.

People are making money in all sorts of ways using AI's like ChatGPT and Midjourney. Frequently it relies partially or majorly on the marginal value of their prompts. Do you think that is wrong?

 It’s trivial to learn best practices in prompting and reverse engineer someone’s output and start creating new images in the same style.

I understand. I'm curious, would you think it's trivial for a less skilled writer to catch up to a better skilled writer? (I'm guessing no). If not, what skills and knowledge are specific to writing that make it non-trivial?

The technology is built on shakey ethical and legal grounds which render selling your own skills based on it similarly legally and ethically questionable.

If the technology is built on shaky ethical and legal grounds (which I agree with you, it is), wouldn't even using it be questionable? Do you use AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, etc?

for the company to scale its use, they’ll have to make so called “prompt engineers” obsolete anyway.

I think a lot of jobs and roles are going to become partially or even fully obsolete over the next few years and/or decades. (Sometimes because of AI, and sometimes even without AI). Don't you think so?

This “discipline” is only a couple years old. Getting good at it takes like a weekend of work. Anyone paying someone to do this for them is a rube and if you are charging you’re towing the line of con man

1. A lot of industries are built around saving time. A lot of money is paid around saving time. If a lawyer charges you for a piece of knowledge, that it would take you an hour of work to find and learn on your own, are the people who pay for that "rubes"?
2. Would you say the same thing of the skill gap between 2 writers as well, that the less skilled writer can catch up to a better skilled writer in just "a weekend of work"? If not, what is it about writing that can't be bridged in a weekend of work?

Thank you.

Hey, thanks for explaining.

I think there's a misunderstanding here; I was just curious on your opinions on the points I raised; I didn't say that you said or "refuted" any of the points. I wasn't trying to fight you or my shadow, just to learn your point of view.

But you did answer most of my questions, thank you.

Do you think writers are artists?

AI gurus like you

What's an "AI guru"?

are completely fine with stealing hand-drawn art to train these AI, but suddenly it “crosses a line,” when someone takes your prompt?

I haven't said anything about it "crossing a line"... I can only answer for what I have said or think, not for others.

I'm curious, do you use Midjourney, chatgpt or any other AI tools yourself?

I'd also appreciate it if you could answer these questions I asked. I'd love to learn your perspective:

1. What do you think about what hoodedanon said:

"However, there is a form of “hard work” involved in learning how to perfect your outputs and getting them as accurate as possible to your intended results - not to mention consistency and the ability to getting the visuals as far from looking AI generated as possible. So when it comes to prompt sharing, there is nothing wrong with asking for the prompt to be shared, but there is a weird sense of entitlement coming from certain individuals who get sore or irritable when the prompt isn’t shared.....

 if you're someone looking to make a living out of it, and your outputs share some appealing, unique and/or qualitative elements to them, it'd be perfectly normal to want keep your tactics to yourself. That's just the competitive nature of the world we live in."

2) Is there something wrong with someone charging for their skills or knowledge? For eg. would you feel there's something wrong with a lawyer not giving advice for free, even if it's only a small piece of knowledge?

3) Do you think some people can be better at prompt writing than others due to practice, time, knowledge etc?

Who is making a living creating images from midjourney?

Here are some ways people are making money from this:
a) Selling images on stock image websites like Shutterstock, Adobe, iStock,  Alamy etc.
b) Sharing AI art on social media like Instagram, Twitter, etc to generate a following which can be monetized through ads, affiliates, products, personal commissions etc
c) Placing ai art on products like coffee mugs, pillows, t-shirts etc. and selling through places like etsy, amazon print on demand, etc.
d) Using AI art for various other purposes like in video creation for Youtube, cover art, either by directly selling such services, or indirectly by having them be part of your style.
e) There are probably people printing AI art and selling it physically in various locations.

There are probably many more, but you get the idea.

Yea it’s definitely good enough.

I am not asking if it's "good enough", I am asking if you feel it's perfectly accurate. I assume that you agree then that it's not perfectly accurate, but is instead only "good enough"?

If you think it's close enough to perfectly accurate, would you be interested in doing a small test, where I'll give you 3 midjourney images, and you can try to recreate them in 10 minutes without help from other people using the /describe function? I might be wrong, and if I saw you in action recreating these images almost perfectly, I would certainly have something to think about.

Because although typing a prompt is technically a skill, it’s one that takes at most a few days of practice to become good at...  

So do you think, for eg. if the advice that lawyer gave you would take less than a few days to look up, there would be something wrong with him charging you for it?

What if the lawyer charged you for something that would take only an hour of your time to look up and learn? Would there be something wrong with that?

Sure. But the gap between common and better is quite small. I would say it’s similar to the gap between people who know how to tie their shoes and those that don’t.

Do you feel the same thing about writers? For eg. do you think the difference between most writers is quite "small"? If not, what allows there to be a bigger skill gap there?

Do you think it's possible that someone is familiar with more art styles than another person, by having consumed copious amounts of it. So for eg. someone could know a 100 art styles by heart, and someone else knows 400 art styles by heart, and not only that, but knows many more variations and examples of each art style?

Do you think some people can be better at prompt writing than others due to practice, time, knowledge etc?