Midjourney still straight up ignores prompts. From my experiments it seems that SD XL follows my promts much better.

We're building prompt alignment models too so you can objectively see how well SDXL follows your prompt :)

Are you building prompt alignment model alignment models so I can objectively see how well what your prompt alignment model is judging SDXL’s interpretation of my prompt against aligns with my prompt?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Its how your prompt aligns with the SDXL image output, not how your prompt aligns with SDXL's interpretation of your prompt

Isn't it actually how the SDXL image output (that is, SDXL’s interpretation of my prompt) aligns with your model’s intepretation of my prompt?

SDXL feels pretty close now. Have you spent much time with it?

yes, it's much better than the previous version but still not close to midjourney. there is that threshold in image generation via these models where until you cross it every picture feels off in some way and obviously ai generated. with midjourney I am continuously amazed at what I get out of it. then if you want high res pictures pass them through Gigapixel and voila.