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Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by butterchaos »

the_duke wrote: post #6

This Reddit thread from someone with early access has some sample images: https://old.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1c2je28/i_... Maybe the early access beta was limiting the available resources, or they used bad settings, bud juding by that thread it looks like the model got worse during training or the earlier examples were quite cherry-picked.

Those are shockingly bad.

I am sure someone will tell me there is a reason why I am wrong and these aren't that bad.

Midjourney has never needed an explanation though with words. The proof is in the output. Everything else is nonsense.

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by perstablintome »

I stumbled upon a thread debating whether SD3 will fully replace SD 1.5 and SDXL, or if it will still have trade-offs for different uses.

Context: Stability is cutting out thousands of artists for "safety" reason, which means billions of images won't make the cut. I wondered how much the model will be nerfed in terms of nudity, artist names, and the like, and whether these issues can be resolved with some fine-tuning.

Since I still don't have access to SD3, I'm compiling a list of all the Stable Diffusion 3 generations out there. I managed to scrape this info from Twitter using their premium API (which cost me a Benjamin!). I manually curated the images to ensure they are indeed SD3 generations and made it searchable.

In case someone finds it useful, it's available here https://sd3.art/

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by spywaregorilla »

perstablintome wrote: post #53

I stumbled upon a thread debating whether SD3 will fully replace SD 1.5 and SDXL, or if it will still have trade-offs for different uses. Context: Stability is cutting out thousands of artists for "safety" reason, which means billions of images won't make the cut. I wondered how much the model will be nerfed in terms of nudity, artist names, and the like, and whether these issues can be resolved with some fine-tuning…

Doesn't really matter. If the model is generally more capable and released, then it's trivial to teach it a few more things.

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by Aeolun »

the_duke wrote: post #14
airstrike wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't think those were bad at all

Not bad, but also not the big jump over fine-tuned SD1.5/SDXL checkpoints that some expected.

Fine tuned 1.5 checkpoints are amazing. If only the models could comprehend instructions like SDXL or better.

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by pooloo »

EricMausler wrote: post #44
MyFirstSass wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A tangent but i believe all pricing should public information by law above some threshold to battle corruption, nepotism, cartel making and monopolies. I've seen too many governments and even medium sized companies paying absurd amounts to some shitty locked in cloud platform with lots of better alternatives, because someone got kickbacks, gifts, vacations or a seat on some board, and everyone should be more enraged.…

I specialize in costing/pricing, not in saas however. There are a lot of reasons why what you are asking for is likely not realistic. It unfortunately does get abused, though, and I fully agree with how bullshit some of the arrangements are. It's just the people taking advantage of the situation are doing so knowing that the "cover" for it is legitimate. Maybe there are ways to address the abuse without forcing upfro…

Cost/pricing is similar enough to a salary, why is it not realistic to have these costs front facing? I can't see anything positive from the consumer perspective with hiding the numbers. The business side, there is always a reason to hide things.

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by Turing_Machine »

satvikpendem wrote: post #21
Turing_Machine wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless there's absolutely no alternative, and it's something I desperately need, I basically won't buy anything that says "call for pricing" or some such, because I interpret that as "call so one of our trained liars (i.e., salesmen) can figure out how hard we can screw you". In many cases I'd even pay a premium to avoid talking to one of those people.

You're not the target market, the CTO, CIO, or business development representatives are. So many developers say they won't ever buy "call for pricing" software, like, yeah, they know you won't, in fact that's what they bank on.

> You're not the target market

I own the business and I buy stuff all the time, just not from places that say "call for pricing".

I've got too many other things going on to waste time listening to some lame pitch from a guy who was probably selling shoes last week.

If they don't want to sell me stuff because I'm "not their target market", that's fine with me.

I'll buy it elsewhere.

I'm not sure what crazoid B-school theory says that you should make it harder for customers to buy your stuff, but I'm pretty sure that's a really bad theory.

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by satvikpendem »

Turing_Machine wrote: post #58
satvikpendem wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not the target market, the CTO, CIO, or business development representatives are. So many developers say they won't ever buy "call for pricing" software, like, yeah, they know you won't, in fact that's what they bank on.

> You're not the target market I own the business and I buy stuff all the time , just not from places that say "call for pricing". I've got too many other things going on to waste time listening to some lame pitch from a guy who was probably selling shoes last week. If they don't want to sell me stuff because I'm "not their target market", that's fine with me. I'll buy it elsewhere. I'm not sure what crazoid B-school…

You are continuing to show exactly why you're not the target market. Those "call for pricing" companies are targeting large enterprises, not one person owned businesses. That you self select out of their market is exactly what they want. And yes, sometimes companies do make it harder to buy stuff simply because they can make more money and save on customer support and other operational costs if they have a few large companies paying them millions over having many smaller ones paying thousands.

Re: Stable Diffusion 3 API Now Available

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Post by rsynnott »

zone411 wrote: post #24

I ran the same quick prompt adherence and composition test on which ImageFX by Google surpasses DALL-E 3 by a bit ( https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-315/comment/493... ): 1. "A stained glass picture of a woman in a library with a raven on her shoulder with a key in its mouth" 2 out of 20 tries 2. "An oil painting of a man in a factory looking at a cat wearing a top hat" First try 3. "A digital art picture…

> "A 3D render of an astronaut in space holding a fox wearing lipstick"

... Who's supposed to be wearing the lipstick, the fox or the astronaut?

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