Why Midjourney was created? And The Man Behind it

[@francescodeglinnocenti6230]

Quality stuff, I didn't know most of it. Very fascinating that the social layer augments imagination!

[@godago]

AAA... thank you! Yes, I was also surprised but to be honest, when I showed Midjourney to couple of people outside anything design or technology they went : cat :D

[@RoScripter]

Legend in the making, these videos are incredible. I was googling questions that popped into my head as I was watching, and you answered them as I was looking for the answer! Excellent content and I can't wait to see more of these AI-based videos on your channel.

[@cloudaspect2694]

Great video. My main concern is the grandiosity of these developers, they sound heavily idealistic, and are not considering how damaging this could be to humanity on a fundamental level. We are already seeing the results of humans being raised without using their brains, shoving their children's faces into screens from age 0. but imagine an entire generation of people who have no reason to think critically, conduct their own research, create their own art, write their own essays, or really do any thinking for themselves. Their brains will be a shockingly sad shell of what they could have been and evolved to be, and a society composed of these people will be quite honestly terrifyingly easy to destabilize.

[@godago]

I think once I became a parent this exact thought have been running in my mind. And my decision to do KZbin, to keep myself informed and at the edge of inovation is simply because I want to be a reference point for my dauther. That she comes to me for critical thinking and advice. And... because I want to be part of whatever the world looks when she is older. So yeah.. thinking about exactly the same as you. A lot.

[@cloudaspect2694]

@@godago To me, this issue is one of the most profound existential threats to life as we know it. Not only is there a chance that this could be weaponized, I would argue it already is being weaponized. TikTok for example is completely taking over the west. The average daily screentime for the young generation is TEN HOURS A DAY. TEN. They have no reason to focus. They have no reason to think critically. They have no reason to develop hobbies. They have no reason to socialize face-to-face. They have no reason to be mindful and present with their own thoughts. They have no reason to pursue long-term goals. They have a screen attached to their hands that beckons for their very life experience to be compromised, not only to build a data profile/avatar to sell to China that knows more about their likes and dislikes than they do, but because they are now a weak, troubled, confused, aimless drone - and when an entire nation is populated by these people, they will be toppled effortlessly, almost automatically. We already see the highest rates of suicidality and mentall illness in HISTORY. The common factor: Screen time. Now their lives will be fully automated. Their creativity and critical thinking skills will be rendered useless and obsolete *by default*. SORRY FOR THE MOUTHFUL. TL;DR: Be very careful with giving your kids a phone.

[@djan71]

Agreed

[@quantumpotential7639]

Another way of looking at it however might be the exact opposite occurs. Humans finally have a tool which by virtue of working with it and getting really good at it could cause the human to become infinitely more creative than he otherwise would have become sans the technology. Think in terms of the printing press when it first came out. Before the printing press you had to rely solely on your oratory skills, often one scroll being in the sole possession of just one person, making the orator and social memory of the people the archive of all knowledge and information. People could have argued that the printing press would put all the orators out of business and make obsolete oral tradition, and cause a negative long term effect on society which in actuality helped usher us out of the dark ages into the Renaissance. Maybe this is a new Renaissance of sorts which changes everything, as did the first batch of books that started coming off a Guttenberg press. The whole world changed, arguable for the better. Why wouldn't this be the next phase of of a pattern that we can look back on and see what's already happened. Albeit we don't know where this is really headed but for now, look at it as the advent of going from the type writer to the word processor to the internet to now the web 4.

[@shredd5705]

Students in Finland (my home country, famous for it's great educational system) have massively started to exploit ChatGPT in their school work during spring 2023. News reports tell how teachers are helpless. It's impossible to prove ChatGPT was used. If a student doesn't admit, it's word against word. People will be getting dumber and dumber. Students under 18 are not mature enough to realize the consequences of relying on ChatGPT. About to miss a deadline for school work? Cheat with ChatGPT and return a perfect essay, get perfect grades. They can continue this in high school, even in university level to some extent. Even if you're okay student (let's say 8/10) you can close the gap to 10/10 and just claim you started to study more. You can then use those grades to apply into higher level schools. In fact if you don't cheat, you're in risk of losing slots to students who do. You can even tell ChatGPT to add grammar errors to it's text, if your grammar normally sucks, it will look more believable to the teacher. Students are passing these tips like wildfire. And then there's of course the art teacher... in couple of years, no kid will want to even learn drawing. Actually it has already started. "Why we need to learn to draw? We will never compete with Midjourney. Teacher, come on this is waste of time." My art teacher friends have already said, that their students have asked these questions It's easy to believe... because even as a professional illustrator, I've also lost some of the motivation and passion to do art on my freetime. I feel I was robbed of my lifework. The Midjourney etc. CEOs sound idealistic, but I think secretly they know (by now at least) how much damage they are causing, they are just trying to cope with the guilt of destroying artistry, not just now but for all future generations. They know they messed up, but can't take it back. And they get rich by doing so, so maybe they don't want to take it back. I'd be surprised if they don't feel any guilt though.

[@byob801]

Thanks, 😊 Very interesting video, the gpu usage explains the 0 marketing. I would also say another reason to keep it on the DL is they don’t want to attack journalists writing bad press about the energy usage and have it’s affecting climate change.

[@godago]

Exactly my thoughts! Because I really think it is strange how for example, no one is talking how much GPU and energy chatGPT use with its now 10mil monthly users. Or how access to processing power eg. Deal with Microsoft is such a big deal..

[@yougrowmedia]

A bit late, but wowww. Big props to you for piecing this together. I've seen no videos on Midjourney so it's really awesome seeing all the parts you pieced together

[@seafffoam]

This video is amazing!! Thank you for digging -- I found it by searching "why Midjourney was created" because I too was wondering. Your editing and choices of footage are so fun :)

[@lutherwallingford4773]

Your content was so captivating that I failed to notice your clothing graphics. You have my vote for changing or adding your channel name to BOSS WOMAN

[@tonipalm]

Great video! 😃 Good presentation about the people behind the midjourney. I was thinking they must have insane amount for computing power.. but didn't still really realize the proportions of it. (Also it still puzzles me why yt algorithm seems not to push videos like this to more people 😲 this channel is 💎)

[@godago]

Oh, thank you so so much for your support. I am patient and just focus now on providing value and creating what I would love to see. And I believe with time and effort my videos will find like-minded people like it somehow did with you!

[@Anonymous-lw1zy]

Great job. You are creating great content. Really fabulous. This is the second I've seen. I just hit subscribe. Everyone interested in AI should! Huge instant fan here! Much love. More please!!!

[@godago]

Thank thank you so much for your kind words!! This means a lot to me. Thank you for taking time to provide this feedback!

[@BobWalsh47hats]

Great stuff! And I pretty much read or watched everything on chat, GPT and maturely. Please keep on coming up with the information that people need to put all of us in context, ( 8:38 it used to be called reporting, but that’s another story…)🎉

[@godago]

Thank you so much for your comment and really happy you learned something new! Haha, the endings is something I testing.. cliffhangers you might say. I will see how long I can continue making videos linked like this :D

[@ObaUIUX]

I have been hooked on 4 videos straight. i love your work. I am a UI/UX designer and im learning ai art and i'm gonna add prompt engineering. i'm right behind you. Thanks for being real.

[@godago]

Very happy you liked my videos! :)

[@nzam3593]

👍

[@isaackay5887]

Your content is so good! Catchy, polished, and informative - well done! Newly subscribed

[@godago]

Thank you so much for your kind words! And I feel grateful to have you join me on this journey.

[@617steve7]

Subbed! You are killing it! Thank you for the interesting content!

[@godago]

Thank you for kind words and your support!!

[@pathmonkofficial]

The resources you recommend are helpful for those looking to optimize their AI workflows.

[@womenwelove]

awesome info Lady....I wish I'd seen this when you first published it.

[@VonHustler]

I hope this channel pops off, I've just watched three videos back-to-back. The content is really great!

[@nadd2944]

Yeah, Quantum is going to happen. And the amount of GPU needed is going to be NONE.

[@truckn]

*Honestly I don't know what exactly you are talking about even though I feel like I need to but I have to say your video editing is top notch.*

[@godago]

Thank you! Happy you like it!

[@gheatza]

insightful, thanks for sharing your research into this, oh, and I really like how you end your episode with a hook for the next, that's how I got to the Midjourney one 🙂

[@profitaideas]

Like for "before we dive in" part of the video. And for insights for sure)

[@ms7833]

Ahhhhhh....you wrote to the CEO huh? Way to go giiiiiiiirl and very CLEVER! ;)

[@noahjames9457]

I stumbled into a Midjourney employee at a hot tub, of all places. We had a conversation about it. He told me that David personally begged him to join the team. Dude seemed like a genius

[@ALEXANDERATTACK]

Thank you for supporting this, this is amazing.

[@jayanth22]

Love the insights and presentation. You have a long way to go

[@godago]

Thank you so much 😊

[@vonpletzenauer]

Wohooo! Wow what a video. The content. How its made. That is awesome stuff. Well done. Keep going and thank you for that. I really like the style.

[@godago]

Wow! Thank you, Martin, for your words and time spent here with me on this channel!! So cool you like it!

[@thesneakypeeker1982]

Just binge watched 5 of your videos. Great job!

[@oranmegidish1213]

You are very good!

[@godago]

Thank you!

[@watpepdieside]

Thanks for your work, great stuff! Subscribed.

[@KriszNadasi]

Wow, you're so smart and elegant about all this! Hats off!

[@jasonmandel]

Outstanding video!

[@juanmendes5560]

Wow, your channel is amazing! I just subscribed and I can't wait for more. Keep up the great work!

[@0enclair0]

I just discovered you, so interesting thank you for this great content 😍

[@godago]

Thank you so much for your kind words and I am so happy you find it useful 💛 Let me know what you are interested to see more!

[@НатальяЮрьевна-ъ2н]

Quality content

[@mstevenchapman]

Mind...Blown...Subscribed.

[@saulescala]

the way you end your videos 🤌 just amazing.. I cannot stop watching them

[@twitterglobalarmy]

Due to the high quality of their service, Midjourney should consider immediately increasing their 25 free limit. Alternatively, AI like Blue Willow will become more widely used over time.

[@GolpokothokRaktim]

@twitterglobalarmy Midjourney is an excellent service but users must pay to access the website after a brief time of free use. I am searching some good ai tools like Blue Willow and it's amazing!

[@lessbetter]

Great vid! With ChatGPT getting so much mainstream coverage and explosive adoption, I now see why Midjourney prefers to let it happen organically.

[@godago]

Yes! It kind of make sense. But I am very curious if GPU problem will be solves what explosion will happen in tech.

[@xristidi]

Got my subscription, although u should start talking wt full breaths, not wt 1/10th of it.... Keep up the good work!

[@rigosbox]

Blockchain be the solution for the lack of GPU's.

[@godago]

How? Could you elaborate? :)

[@fluxus_tr]

I think you're quite great! Thank you! (stable diffusion please)

[@BubbleButtsColoringBooks]

Awesome content! New subscriber

[@namakudamono]

Thanks for the video. However, do you have permission from the owner of Stratechery to re-use the audio from their interview with David Holz?

[@godago]

Yes, I was wondering about this permission, but as far as I can understand, it falls under fair use because of commentary. And if Stratechery would have copyrighted, I would get a strike. Plus, I linked the interview, so my guess would be that some people maybe even subscribe to Stratechery or heard of it for the first time. In short, hah, if Stratechery approaches me that they have an issue, I would remove the video, of course. But I plan to approach Stratechery with some other ideas I have so we will see :D

[@namakudamono]

@@godago Thanks for the reply! I don't know if categorising someone else's content as "fair use" is quite that simple, especially if you are attempting to earn ad revenue from that material. As for the copyright strike, my understanding is that KZbin's automatic copyright detection only applies to commercial music libraries, not spoken word podcasts. It's possible that some of your video's viewers may be motivated to subscribe to Stratechery, but this is difficult to check without consulting with Stratechery to confirm whether they have received traffic via your video. Ultimately, as the creator of the video, it is your responsibility to clear usage of any materials that you include, especially content that would be otherwise be protected by a paywall (i.e. paid subscribers). You should not assume that you can simply re-use another creator's content without their permission, nor use the defence that "Well, if they approach me, I'll remove the video". How about informing them of your plans and requesting permission _first_? Finally, given the video's focus on AI, it might have been interesting to download the audio from the Stratechery podcast (again, after seeking permission to include the content), then use an AI to transcribe the audio to text, then another AI to read this text as a voice and incorporate *that* audio into the video. Anyway, best of luck with your channel - I hope you don't tread on too many other creator's toes on the way up...

[@JoeIsOut2lunch]

You’re so the friend I need right now. Keep up the great work.

[@Oscar.Carmona]

Thank you very much for your videos I subscribe to your channel you are giving valuable information

[@michaelraymond2546]

Just wondering what do you use to edit your videos? They look really good.

[@RAME]

Again, brilliant.

[@psychnstatstutor]

hmmm that's a lot of petroleum and mined metals we'll be needing in the future ~:-)

[@kevinsutavee4844]

Great video

[@Filtersreaction_shorts]

What if We hypothetically ask super intelligent A.I in the future to make Midjourney just a few 100mb setup like Blender and works like super fast on cpu! With MJ version 10! I can see the possibility of that! But beyond our current understanding of rendering pixels easily whether it’s 2D or 3D!

[@deschazoglover725]

I’m interested

[@theprophetroboticrobotdog]

This is a very beautiful system. But it's gonna cut out the human heart and put a stake right through the heart of our creativity. The world won't need artist anymore. And yet we live in a world where the most expensive things are art and human expression. Guess we gotta make the best of it. But this tech will destroy human creativity. It's too strong and just too good in this early stage. I can't imagine what it will do.

[@fourshore502]

it will lead to a lot of death and suffering. and most likely even more riches for the already rich while the poor get poorer. dont believe the hype.

[@faryadkarimi1798]

very very informative :) , i hope they cant scale and market it :) we are making money with it , please dont tell anyone :(

[@Filtersreaction_shorts]

Finally! Tnx a lot ! I found what I want!

[@joelbarramedavo]

I'll stay in your channel

[@godago]

How many times do I slap my plant in this video? :D

[@tonipalm]

Don't know but it's shaking a lot there 😂

[@godago]

@@tonipalm I realised only in the edit, and almost felt bad for the poor plant :D

[@Akash-lp2ei]

😂

[@toddblackmon6801]

Great Information. Please keep it going.🥰

[@godago]

I will try to keep posting regular!

[@Operator]

Love it - thank you for the video!

[@reversefulfillment9189]

I can always trust that you are going to tell me a story that I didn't know I wanted to hear.

[@shahraizqureshi4175]

Mind blown!

[@eldonmacwood]

You need to do a collab with Tom Bilyeu of Impact Theory.

[@godago]

I wish, maybe one day :))

[@krishofstadter]

This is good stuff, keep making videos. Thanks!

[@godago]

More to come!

[@ellenripley4837]

Midjourney is only good for stock and reference images to a degree and maybe some for of basic commercial art for people who don't really know much about art but like pretty looking images. But despite some images being beautiful I would never spend money on ai generated images while I do buy originals and prints from artists. I use MJ mom self as a tool but the results are not good enough for what I do. It always needs to heavy duty editing work.

[@yall2743]

Why does it end abruptly 😮

[@thatryanp]

Fascinating! The meme is strong with this one

[@mugheesraza8413]

what a research Damn!!!!

[@blueskiesandgreenpasturesp3848]

A bit terrifying. Good videos!

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

four "like" every five words... "like" the AI will do the job, you do not even need to be able to express a clear thought in your own language. "And it's like... actually like, creating like a picture, like having like an idea, like... 10,000 GPU, but your linguistic capabilities are equivalent to a 5 years old child. The Millenials.

[@mxultra8995]

so what was the end game?

[@djan71]

There are a couple of free interviews, namely by Forbes and The Verge

[@godago]

Yes, but not in person but as provided PR text to big media. But real ones with him not prepped and scripted - very few if not just this one. Of course it will change down the line :)

[@balrajvishnu]

Good one, it's incredible, but no one knows abt it

[@godago]

Agreed!

[@thatboyp444]

❤

[@egidijusmailing9278]

"... expanding imaginative powers of the human species" This is like was written by an alien... seriously.

[@Dude408f]

Your video is very interesting. I’d just complain that like 80% of added video is undermining. Is it supposed to be entertaining? It is, some times, but not most of the time

[@godago]

Thanks for your feedback. I guess sometimes it is just my weird humour. Bare with me. I hope it gets better. :D

[@sunnycreations5203]

❤🧡

[@JayTronik1]

You just got 1k likes!

[@godago]

Yes!! Are you the 1000 like? 🥳

[@JayTronik1]

@@godago Yes I was, I guess you got even more now

[@merodobson]

If God was only limited by his imagination, and we are made in his image, you know where this is going.

[@michaelyork4554]

So This is what META is waiting for

[@godago]

Short answer: yes. And I think they probably had something behind door thinking to have advantage in this. Maybe some deals with gpu vendors did not go through... but yes. They are bound by the same physics..

[@michaelyork4554]

@@godago I'm imagining what "Ad Blocker" would look like in the new Meta Virtual World Space. N/A

[@luckyadrian100]

Midjourney developers caught discussing laundering, and creating a database of Artists (who have been dehumanized to styles) to train Midjourney off of. This has been submitted into evidence for the lawsuit. Prompt engineers, your “skills” are not yours

[@SecondLifeAround]

Wow you are beautiful.

[@ronnymcdonald2543]

Everything you talk about leads to paywalls lol

[@godago]

How come?? This interview, yes, and that's why I paid money to share the insight for free with you. Unless you want to listen to the full thing you can pay. But you already got important parts of interview for free, wouldn't you agree? :)

[@ronnymcdonald2543]

@@godago Said like a true Griffter - NO you don't have to have yr content behind a paywall, you work hard, build subs and get Utube or Rumble or any other platforms money like a real truth tellers! And don't try the NLP "wouldn't you agree" rubbish on me sweetheart lol

[@onlyyoucanstopevil9024]

KEEP TALKING , KEEP YELLING AI KEEP GROWING FASTER😊😊😊

[@DVL-gi5od]

HE IS A CRIMINAL.

[@godago]

It does start to look like it..

[@SillyTube9]

This crap (especially the exponential energy usage which - like crypto - is magnifying climate change issues) is why I’m largely abandoning digital and working with pencil and paper. I’d rather make something in the real world, that no one else can steal, or claim is their work, or alternatively, just delete. Not here for tools that steal artist’s labor, and incorporate their intellectual property into other work, without crediting or paying them. Screw all this stuff. If I found someone on my staff had submitted a creative work made with AI? I would fire them immediately for putting my company at risk for a copyright lawsuit.

[@oowaz]

wow this video is already so outdated 10 thousand gpus is nothing now lmao

[@aimedon]

lady, will you marry me?

[@gobele1]

Sounds like you are going to need the human brain to process all these. Just speculating

[@Muffz.]

great video