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AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Re: AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Post by jvanderbot »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #4

The output is quite cool, but why on earth have they locked interaction with it away in discord instead of having it available in the web? It basically guarantees that most people won't know about it, won't interact with it, and won't be able to view the results. It's just a deeply weird design decision.

I know, the discord bot is calling a backend. It's not like their GPU-run model is somehow in discord. It's trivial to cross-post results to discord, and provide a web text prompt calling the same backend.

More likely, they are hiding from bots that will scrape / crosspost?

Re: AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Post by m1gu3l »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #16
tomxor wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably has a split effect. I saw no way to interact without discord, close tab.

Same here. I'm not a gamer and Discord isn't a thing in my world. I simply closed the tab.

cool

Re: AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Post by marssaxman »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #4

The output is quite cool, but why on earth have they locked interaction with it away in discord instead of having it available in the web? It basically guarantees that most people won't know about it, won't interact with it, and won't be able to view the results. It's just a deeply weird design decision.

It is a strange choice, all right. I had some fun with Wombo, and this looks much more interesting - but I'm not going to go figure out Discord, and potentially have to deal with a bunch of crazy gamer kids, just to try it.

Presumably they will make a better interface available as they shift from early testing to productization.

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Post by FractalHQ »

stavros wrote: post #26
corysama wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve been playing with tech like this in various Discord servers for over a year now and I’m still fascinated every day. Knowing how incredible it is and then hearing people say “Sure. But, Discord. Ew.” is a shaking-my-head moment. The Discord interface is far from ideal. But, it has had a very high ROI for the small, low budget team behind Midjourney.

I don't know why. I use the Discord server and don't like it, my messages get lost in the scrollspam and it's just a bad experience. Surely, a text field on the site would have been equally good.

You can click to add the bot to your own server and use it privately with ease. It’s quite fun!

Re: AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Post by FranzFerdiNaN »

marssaxman wrote: post #53
r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #4

The output is quite cool, but why on earth have they locked interaction with it away in discord instead of having it available in the web? It basically guarantees that most people won't know about it, won't interact with it, and won't be able to view the results. It's just a deeply weird design decision.

It is a strange choice, all right. I had some fun with Wombo, and this looks much more interesting - but I'm not going to go figure out Discord, and potentially have to deal with a bunch of crazy gamer kids, just to try it. Presumably they will make a better interface available as they shift from early testing to productization.

You don’t have to figure out Discord or deal with “gamer kids”. You literally need 1 commands to use Midjourney.

Re: AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Post by fnordpiglet »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #4

The output is quite cool, but why on earth have they locked interaction with it away in discord instead of having it available in the web? It basically guarantees that most people won't know about it, won't interact with it, and won't be able to view the results. It's just a deeply weird design decision.

Probably easier for them to handle all the edge cases of a website via discord. I can imagine a situation where I’m focused on my backend and outsource UX to discord. I also think at this point they don’t need every user on earth, so if you can’t climb a gently sloping learning curve then they’ll catch you later - it appears they’re successful enough as it is. Finally I have to say the prompt training and show and tell discord channels are useful and I find a lot of material to help me innovate in the images I create (mostly in support of things I’m doing with my daughter like a lemonade stand logo and illustrations for its menu, etc)

Re: AI generated, command whatever you want. It will generate mind-blowing images

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Post by fnordpiglet »

tastroder wrote: post #8
hosolmaz wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to think that way too, but putting it on a social platform has a lot of benefits. New users who don’t know how to write prompts can learn from others and discover new artistic styles and concepts. It brought me up to speed much faster than DALL-E’s web based interface.

I don't know, that might work for some but I would have prefered a webapp with a nice UI instead. I've subscribed for a month but the first time I discovered some of the parameters was just now when someone on HN linked to their docs. Had no idea they even had those. The flow was invite -> public discord channel with other people that don't know about what prompts work well with their model -> run out of free GPU tim…

This isn’t entirely true - when you move to the chat with the bot you still have access to the show and tell and prompt training channels as well as the newbie channels you started in. But you can create without posting in public as you iterate via the private chat with the bot. I believe the newbie channels even still work for image creation if you really want.

By the way, /help for the bot works. Surely we always try the help flags?

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