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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by its_ethan on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:03PM (#39017392)
> If all the calligraphers drop dead, the printing press still works.

If all artists drop dead, MidJourney still has a trained model that will continue to work.... it relied on artists to become operational (just like the printing press and automatic looms relied on their respective artisans success) but it is not dependent on them to continue to function.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:46PM (#39020207)
Printing press does not rely on work of calligraphers at all, not to become operational, not to continue functioning. new fonts and typefaces are created by an entirely different profession. Printing industry is still advancing and the number of calligraphers is basically zero.

Without artists, midjourney will never learn a new style. It is not capable of advancing.

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