Agree the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. Doesn’t mean we have to let the cat piss on our doorstep. Or whatever ;) Really curious where the current court cases are going to go. It’s going to take a few years for them to wrap up though. Still, we’re going to keep standing up for what’s right for creatives.
That’s a problem unfortunately. We’ve talked about this already (https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2785084/#Comment_278508) but the summary is that LAION and similar datasets are infringing by design, they’re not designed for commercial use. They’re meant for research and educational purposes. As soon as you base a…