David Fathi
davidfathi.bsky.social
David Fathi
@davidfathi.bsky.social
Visual Artist
On technology, politics, ghosts of the past, limits of knowledge, weird stories and humans screwing up.
http://www.davidfathi.com
The main issue in the end is not the ease of use and access of these AI tools, but who has control over their production, and who sets the rules.

#midjourney #ai #openai #chatgpt #fakenews
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
These moderation tools are still quite blurry, and just using generic words like "president" can in fact quickly produce similar results with Trump
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
while doing the exact same prompt for Donald Trump is quickly blocked.
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Thirdly, Midjourney is an American company and so seems to be interested mainly in protecting itself from local political repercussions. Generating an image of a foreign president like Macron is easy
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
First, this new model does not seem to be a major advancement as the preceding ones were. There are some diminishing returns, and Midjourney has a bottleneck on their language comprehension. A new feature like the new draft mode is a failure for me, though maybe some people will find some use for it
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We spent a fruitful week with the students working on all sorts of topics. Research on bias and stereotypes, documentary/fiction hybrids, textures and forms, prompts and their sexist creators, video mutations, AI mise en scènes of personal work, production dossiers, and ways to create anonymity.
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 AM