I agree with you that they should reintroduce the seed but for different reasons than what you’re saying. Having a seed is crucial for scaling any business, especially at a commercial level. Without it, only those with substantial financial resources can maintain consistency. Consider creating a 40 page graphic novel: achieving character consistency is def possible but probably financially out of reach for most without a seed. By removing the seed, OpenAI seems to be favoring businesses that can afford to extensively use the API for desired results, overlooking individual artists who can’t afford such high-frequency usage. It’s possible that this is an actual business strategy, as it would be more profitable for OpenAI. But it alienates smaller creators who lack the resources to generate numerous high-definition images rapidly…so they’re just going to flock back to Midjourney.
Regarding style consistency, it can be achieved in any genre in my experience. I would recommend to move beyond referencing specific styles, like ‘Pixar style’, for commercial projects though. Dalle 3 can rewrite these references, but delving into the origins of these styles will yield even better outcomes than simply naming a style. Like dig into where Pixar style actually comes from? It’s pretty interesting actually. Also if you’re incorporating a particular artist’s style in your prompts, you should shift away from this practice unless you have the legal rights to use those styles. Eventually Midjourney will have to moderate styles as well but they don’t have an api yet so their product isn’t really commercially viable for businesses ( so it’s currently a minor concern is my understanding ). Even if you build your own api via Discord Bot ( i actually did this ) max 12 concurrent images so it just doesn’t scale. You have to set up a queue and it’s just a nightmare to manage for more than a couple users. Vs a queue with Dalle 3 works like a charm.
As for the security of prompts, I haven’t seen any AI tool capable of extracting or closely replicating my prompts. Tools like GPT Vision or Midjourney /describe might guide you in the right direction, but their outputs aren’t directly usable. You still have to put in the hard work. It’s important to protect your prompts though and not expose them to the front-end of your apps, encrypting them is not a bad idea.
I have not experienced issues with diversity but I do understand what you’re saying and it’s a valid point.