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		ben_w on March 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Emad Mostaque resigned as CEO of Stability AI Why would those celebs pay Stability any significant money for this, given they can get it for a one off payment of at most a few hundred dollars salary/opportunity cost by paying an intern to gather the images and feed it into the existing free tools for training a LoRA?

brandall10 on March 23, 2024 [–]

I think in this case the celebs are getting paid for using their likeness.

ben_w on March 23, 2024 | [–]

That sounds like the "lose money on every sale" philosophy of the first dot-com bubble, only without even the "but make it up in volume" second half.

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