Quick question: is avoid prompting Xi / disabling satire about Xi the sufficient condition that would make Midjourney accessible to the people in China?
The answer is: NO. That's the point.
Is satire on June 4th, 1989, the tiananmen square massacre allowed in China? No!
Is satire on COVID and Wuhan allowed in China? No!
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This list is so long in China that, eventually, if any person wants satire on some forbidden topics using Midjourney, this tool will be blocked. And very likely it would happen. The demand is not smaller than the endless gallery of women with huge boobs. So this is a hard problem.
The answer is: NO. That's the point.
Is satire on June 4th, 1989, the tiananmen square massacre allowed in China? No! Is satire on COVID and Wuhan allowed in China? No! ... This list is so long in China that, eventually, if any person wants satire on some forbidden topics using Midjourney, this tool will be blocked. And very likely it would happen. The demand is not smaller than the endless gallery of women with huge boobs. So this is a hard problem.