MidJourney was already one of the most impressive AI image generators, and with the release of version 5.1, it has become even more powerful. Algorithm updates make it incredibly easy for even beginners to create stunning works of art and deepfakes with minimal effort. A lot of deepfakes.
AI image generation tools have become public knowledge after a deepfake image of Pope Francis in a white puffer coat went viral last month. The controversy sparked a debate about the ethics of AI generators like MidJourney, and the company was quick to act.
The use of the word “Pope” on MidJourney is now banned, but it is still allowed to create deepfakes of other people, such as President Joe Biden. Until, perhaps, we see a viral image of Biden doing yoga in an oval in a pink neon spandex jumpsuit. office.
Or maybe it’s one of those Bidens in a galactic frugal costume that looks like Iron Man.
Joe Biden as an intergalactic Spartan created in MidJourney.
MidJourney also lets you create high-quality deepfakes using your photos as inspiration. This feature has greatly increased the popularity of MidJourney. This is because it gives excellent results and a short learning curve. It is currently the most popular AI image model in terms of user interest, surpassing Dall-e and Stable Diffusion.
MidJourney’s latest upgrade promises to improve the way algorithms interpret user prompts. Version 5.0 was released just three months ago and is a long way from version 4.
According to MidJourney, the new model is more consistent, has better text prompt accuracy, fewer unwanted borders and text artifacts (weird random things that sometimes appear in images), and overall sharper results. increase. The icing on the cake is that the new version has been trained to be more “dogmatic”.
Being dogmatic means that the model has the freedom to be more creative in interpreting the user’s prompts. This gives a better picture with basic prompts. Even if it’s a one or two word silly command.
For example, a simple comparison of the “Bitcoin Wallet” prompt results using versions 5.1 and 5.0 shows the differences and improvements. Version 5.1 imagines a leather wallet on a table, embroidered with the Bitcoin logo. Version 5 simply shows a wallet with bitcoins on a plain surface.
The new version further emphasizes the strengths that led to MidJourney’s explosion, but if you want more accurate and less “dogmatic” results, forget about experienced users currently using RAW mode. is not.
And what about polyfingered hands? MidJourney v5.1 has been greatly improved. The generator still produces some errors, but the hand representation is now successful most of the time.
The MidJourney team says that version 5.2 is coming in the future, which may further enhance the functionality of this tool. If there’s a third appeal, the days of AI generators messing with our favorite deepfakes may finally be over.
Images created with Decrypt with AI (MidJourney V5.1)
