I see, thank you for the assistance! I've got a fairly decent machine, using a 2070 and ryzen 7. I've gotten a base model working, but I'll be sure to check out how to merge as it sounds far more effective. I've noticed my biggest limiter at this moment in time is RAM, as I use 16gb, which is enough to use, but only nets me so much at once and I'd rather have a larger pool of images to experiment with.
Thank you for the advice, I'll be sure to look into AI training!