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Can the developer(s) perhaps give us weekly updates on the status of the project for public transparency on what's happening?

Open Collin-Budrick opened this issue 1 year ago β€’ 13 comments
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I recommend creating a Discord server for the project and setting up an announcement channel like a lot of AI projects do.

Collin-Budrick avatar Dec 18 '23 19:12 Collin-Budrick

The Issues section of this repo is already such a cesspool, I can't imagine the hellhole that is called the Discord server for this project πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€

Also looks like this repo has reached its plateau. The rate of it gaining stars with zero code has practically became minimal now. 10k+ ⭐ with no code is always funny.

ReEnMikki avatar Dec 19 '23 05:12 ReEnMikki

The Issues section of this repo is already such a cesspool, I can't imagine the hellhole that is called the Discord server for this project πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€

Yeah, well, the authors can't give a date when they will release the code, and they don't put out updates routinely. I'm beginning to believe the rumors that this was at least partly fake. It shouldn't take this long to polish up the code for ease of use.

There's a number of people on this repo who are already putting the paper into code by themselves. Kinda embarrassing/suspicious at this point that they haven't even released the model at this point.

Collin-Budrick avatar Dec 19 '23 07:12 Collin-Budrick

It is not up to authors only to decide to publish corporate intellectual property. Especially after public stir that happened here. You may be pretty sure that every corporate function now feels very averse to ever allowing this code to be published. First, it is clearly seem more valuable now, given the reaction of disbelief. Second, it is now risky that research code will be treated with expectations of a polished product. Third, all the SJW activity around model likeness use.

So, quite foreseeable if this code release will switch from "interns gonna publish when they feel comfortable" to "Alibaba will publish it when and if legal and marketing and big bosses feel comfortable and if deemed necessary".

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The Issues section of this repo is already such a cesspool, I can't imagine the hellhole that is called the Discord server for this project πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€

Yeah, well, the authors can't give a date when they will release the code, and they don't put out updates routinely. I'm beginning to believe the rumors that this was at least partly fake. It shouldn't take this long to polish up the code for ease of use.

There's a number of people on this repo who are already putting the paper into code by themselves. Kinda embarrassing/suspicious at this point that they haven't even released the model at this point.

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cepera-ang avatar Dec 19 '23 07:12 cepera-ang

@cepera-ang they already committed in their statement where they were with the process... at the very least, they should be transparent about what they're up to through weekly updates. Even if it's ethical concerns or corporate red tape. You can't publish a demo, garnish attention, and say, "well, we will publish it eventually, just hang tight and don't ask us when... also cya next year."

please be certain that the intention to provide access to both the demo and our source code is firm.

We are past the red tape.

Collin-Budrick avatar Dec 19 '23 07:12 Collin-Budrick

Stop being "impatient and shallow-minded"? You turned quickly. Call it how I see it.

chrisbward avatar Dec 20 '23 02:12 chrisbward

Stop being "impatient and shallow-minded"? You turned quickly. Call it how I see it.

Context is key... im not accusing them of fake work, I'm merely asking for updates on the progress.

Collin-Budrick avatar Dec 20 '23 04:12 Collin-Budrick

Please do not hope a none existed project opensource, this is just a PR. Don't be too serious.

lucasjinreal avatar Dec 20 '23 06:12 lucasjinreal

Please do not hope a none existed project opensource, this is just a PR. Don't be too serious.

Then why the f would they post that update on the read me?

Collin-Budrick avatar Dec 20 '23 08:12 Collin-Budrick

It's Chinese style. Lots of README like opensource out there for Chinese companies.

lucasjinreal avatar Dec 21 '23 02:12 lucasjinreal

Some previous projects from Alibaba have a 2-month gap between release and open-source because they have a long internal review process. Actually a lot of Chinese companies / research labs have. So let's wait patiently.

continue-revolution avatar Dec 25 '23 10:12 continue-revolution

@continue-revolution after looking at this authors other projects, there doesn't seem to be any code... just baseless marketing nonsense.

Collin-Budrick avatar Feb 29 '24 17:02 Collin-Budrick

Yes this group seems to be releasing nothing. Different Alibaba lab have different style. I guess this one is like, well let’s just create a blank repo and see if it can be hot, if it is then let’s make it a product, otherwise let’s open-source. DragonDiffusion (not from Alibaba) takes 7 months to open-source, so who knows. Well now this project has already become a product in their own TongYi app and no one knows if they gonna open-source

continue-revolution avatar Feb 29 '24 17:02 continue-revolution

Speaking of diff Alibaba labs, a different paper for animating people called CHAMP was just released, and already has some code and weights available: https://github.com/fudan-generative-vision/champ

ShawnFumo avatar Mar 25 '24 18:03 ShawnFumo