Is Midjourney considered a large language model (LLM)?

Midjourney has often been associated with the term "large language model," but it is important to clarify that it is not a large language model in the same vein as systems like OpenAI's GPT-3 or Google's BERT. Instead, Midjourney refers to a research project and an organization focused on exploring new ideas and narratives for the future of society, technology, and the environment. The project involves broad interdisciplinary exploration and is not centered on developing or operating a large language model AI. If there are conversations about Midjourney in this context, they would be due to confusion or conflation with similar-sounding or similarly purposed AI initiatives that do work with language modeling at scale.