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Procreate has also taken a strong stance against AI. Which I absolutely love because it’s the GO-TO for many artists.

GenAI v. not GenAI round up.

So you can avoid them stealing things from you, the artist/writer, etc.

Pro GenAI websites/Programs:

Facebook

Instagram

X/Twitter (Remember, Grok gives people cancer)

Threads

Pro Writing Aid

Grammarly

Duolingo

Google Docs

Microsoft Word/all Microsoft products Takes from and will feed their machine.

Youtube (taking advantage of people who are hearing impaired. ==;;)

Adobe Products. All of them. If you HAVE to use them (Some businesses require it), save offline because there is a film of at least some privacy protections there, so if you have to sue, you can say it violates US privacy law. Remember, contracts do not circumvent US law.

Corel won't feed the machines, but still uses AI stolen from other artists. Which sucks since Corel Draw is the second best overall for vector programs. (Plus I love Painter, but I bought the offline version to avoid AI). (Canadian company)

Canva Takes and feeds their machine.

Deviant Art Not only supports AI, but put a tool in and said they are going to steal your work if you like it or not for their machine.

Sketchup went Pro-GenAI. The thing is that you can do the same thing in Blender these days with precise measurements.

Autodesk has stated they are Pro-Gen AI here. It is not clear if they will use your models to feed their machine. But be on guard. They make Maya and 3Dmax. You can replace it with Blender.

Neutral ground:

Tumblr (there is a way to opt out [Link] and they don't have an active AI machine.) https://www.tumblr.com/dookins/743519550598987776/heres-how-to-disable-third-parties-like-ai

Etsy allows GenAI, but still has some (minor) restrictions. I'd still be cautious. (Also be cautious of drop shippers). Complaints about too much AI and AI images+patterns made by Ai still exist on the website. They lean slightly more pro-AI, but still won't let it run completely amok, say like Facebook. They won't feed your work into a machine, but also don't ban it through robots.txt.

Bluesky They don't use an AI algorithm except for in the "Discover" section of their website, but while they are anti-GenAI strongly, they don't seem to block the Gen AI bots from entry, so you'd still have to use Nightshade or Glaze (links below). There is no opt-out because they don't need an opt out. (Leaning towards strong position on AI, but I wish they would block GenAI bots).

Searxng- If you super want to screw over Google, in general, and have some tech savvy, you can set up your own search engine through searxng. It's easier on Windows and Linux than it is on a Mac. (Mac you need Docker), but if you're determined on privacy, Searxng adds a layer of privacy. Some of it sometimes uses bits of AI, but most of it doesn't and you can fuss with the settings so it doesn't spit out AI results. At sheer minimum Google will stop spitting out weird videos on Youtube at you because in your private browsing, you searched for the origin of ball bearings while not logged in for a book and Google likes to break privacy laws.

Strong positions against AI:

Scrivener (Creator vowed against AI) Writing program. There is an active forum, and versions for Mac, Linux and PC. It is paid, but at ~60 USD, it's cheaper than most programs. There is usually a holiday sale around Christmas. It has a learning curve, but with an active forum with the programmer of it there to ask obscure questions it's not a dead zone. They often take suggestions and implement them over time. (Especially if you rank the importance, applications, etc) US company.

LibreOffice Open source and free Spreadsheet and Word processor program that can replace Microsoft Word. Some people might have seen older versions where it was called Neo Office (now extinct) and Open Office. LibreOffice is still populated, plus the forums are super helpful if you get stuck. The UX is pretty intuitive if you've used Microsoft Word. Scrivener, BTW, supports exporting to odt (the native file) as well as .doc, and this can open both. The slight thing is that sometimes it doesn't export to .doc smoothly. And I DO wish more magazines, and agent (big clue here) supported .odt files since it is free. Part of the reason .odt isn't as supported is because Microsoft and Adobe have a deal with the devil with each other, so Adobe's Book formatting program InDesign doesn't support ODT. (BTW, if you have a good open source replacement for InDesign that supports ODT, let me know.)

Dabble (as suggested by SF stories, see reblog) is a writing program. Similar to Scrivener. Has vowed against AI and to resist it. 108 dollars a year for Basic. It is almost twice the price of Scrivener who lets you update for fairly cheap. 29 dollars a month, v. 59 dollars for the whole program (Scrivener) for the same features of Premium. You choose.

yWriter is a free Writing program and like Scrivener, and has vowed against AI Last I looked it had some UX issues, but some people swear by it. The learning curve is higher than Scrivener which is saying something.

Ellipsus is an online writing program and vowed against AI. The main feature I like (which Scrivener doesn't have) is the ability to change spellcheck based on region/language. It is a requested feature of Scrivener, but lower priority. So if you have a Brit, you can get the spelling for the character. They are a British-based company.

Cara.app (The creator of the website sued GenAI there is no chance they'll convert) is an artist website. Cara is trying to institute an auto Glaze/Nightshade into the website if given enough funds. People see it as a soft replacement for deviant art. (which went fully AI) If you believe in human art, please donate if you can. Zhang Jingna, the Creator,is Chinese-Singporean. She lives in Singapore.

Clip Studio Paint added AI, but saw the light and decided to protect artists instead because of protest and removed it. There are tutorials and a good forum if you get super stuck. Based in Japan, so the UI and UX is really clean.

Davinci Resolve Pro is a film editing software that's super good. There is a free version and a paid version. The forums are responsive. The programmers aren't always present. There is a healthy group of tutorials. US company. Clean UX. It does take a little bit of time to remember the shortcuts.

Tahoma2D is anti-AI and open source animation program. Takes a little getting used to, but is good for animations and doesn't crash as often as Animate. Programmers are in the forums and some bugs are fixed within hours. The forums are super responsive and helpful.

Krita open source and free, no AI. I'd rank it secondary to Clip Studio Paint (which is paid) I haven't tried the forums, but it's pretty intuitive and can stand for a lower level replacement for Painter, and do a lot of the basics of Photoshop. It's usually ranked higher than the equally open source Gimp.

Writer P AKA Writer+ (app for when you're on the go) is a simple word processor app for your phone that doesn't use AI. The original programmer stopped updating, so Writer+ person took over and isn't out to make a profit since it's free in the spirit of the original app. It has subfolders you can use. Since it was programmed before GenAI it doesn't have AI. Intuitive, easy to use. Fairly easy to upload the files through three dots->share. The files can save to your card or phone with some settings fussing. Simple word processor.

Inkscape is a free vector program and no AI. It is harder to use than illustrator and has less features. But if you're doing smaller vectors for one-offs with less complexity, it'll do you after some learning curve. Best of the lot. I hate Affinity Designer which is the same thing, only paid. (Neither Affinity program was worth the money paid)

Affinity (Designer, etc) swore to be AI-free and does Vector and Photos. The UX is messy, I dislike the program and regret paying for it. Inkscape and Krita are better UX and do the same thing. The forums aren't as friendly since there has been an onslaught of people seeing it's supposed to be a replacement for Photoshop and Illustrator, but the programmers aren't present. The people on the forums are often on edge about this assertion. And the capabilities of the program don't outshine basically Krita or Inkscape capabilities (both free). What is usually intuitive is not. UK company. If you're going to pay for a program, go for Clip Studio Paint which rivals Corel Painter.

Blender is a 3D art program and does not use GenAI. It can do 2D animation, but Tahoma is easier to use in this regard. It's open source and free. Plus there are plenty of tutorials. The forums can be touch and go sometimes, but there are plenty of sub Blender communities that might be responsive. It can also do animation.

Handmade vowed against AI and promised to never sell itself for stock prices to prevent AI (as a replacement for Etsy.)

Proton (to replace Google Suite) as suggested by SF Stories (see reblog) Vowed against AI. They are missing a spreadsheet, but have online and offline capabilities, plus a built-in VPN.

But you need a pro website...

Look up robots.txt and AI bots: https://www.cyberciti.biz/web-developer/block-openai-bard-bing-ai-crawler-bots-using-robots-txt-file/

Use cloudflare:

Use Nightshade:

https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html

which will poison the algorithm

Use Glaze:

Take Away:

The thing is you think you doing it alone will do nothing, but the more AI feeds on itself, AI images, the worse they become, and the less detailed so, denying it the images, adding poison or not being able to read the human text is eventually going to lead to an AI collapse.

And why not help that along?

I don't want to give cancer to poor people [Link] or make the planet burn faster [Link]. So GenAI collapse is everything I dream of. GenAI apocalypse is not.

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does anyone know where spamton got his name from?? because if it hasn't been disclosed then what if he just named himself after leaving the addisons

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Cool down before bed goodnight

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love it when people depict Tenna clingy asf <== totally normal kiwi right there

THE ORTHOGRAPHY FAULTS ARE PART OF THE EXPERIENCE GUYS AAAAAH

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New meet the jestee

some extra details I forgot about/ran out of space for:

I am a big fan of cosmic horror 🤤

I moved to the US in my tweens because of family but I still know Spanish and I miss Mexico and may move back there some day.

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Hi hi could you possibly show us some of your favorite parrots?

OH YES MOST DEFINITELY!!!

Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

photograph by Source

Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Costa Rica

Photograph by Pieter-Jan D'Hondt

Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, New Guinea

These tiny parrots are only 8 cm (3 in) in length. (This measurement does not include the tail feathers).

photographs by Lev Frid

Dracula Parrot aka Pesquet’s Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Mike Peel

Kakapo aka Owl Parrot (Strigops habroptila), family Strigopidae, order Psittaciformes, New Zealand

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Photographs by New Zealand Dept. of Conservation

Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, India

photograph by pradeep.wildlens

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Panatal, Brazil

photograph by Glen Bartley

Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, historically found in the Caatinga habitat of eastern Brazil

ENDANGERED.

This species went extinct in the wild, and is being reintroduced into a small area of its historic habitat.

photographs by Danny Ye

Moluccan Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus), male and female, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, native to the Maluku islands of Indonesia

photograph by Papagoi Keskus – Erispapagoi

Red-fan Parrot aka Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

photograph by Jarbas Mattos

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Last wplace post because it’s been down for a while. But I went to look at Mexico city because a friend from there told me to check it out and I found a crucified Sebastian

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normal tv

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Does Sebastian ever get motion sickness or dizzy when he swims? I also wanted to ask how big was newly born Prorva in the hands of an expendable?

Nah, Sebby doesn't get dizzy. His body spirals while his head remains fixed, slicing through the waterlin

As for newly born Prorva’s size 👇

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Fish man 🐟

Going to rip the sheets as I forgot Sebastian's little cat photo on his jacket and his ring- Too focus on how I'm going to lazily render this.

But besides that, suprise suprise! Roblox pressure still lurks in the back on my head. I do circles in my room thinking about my pressure oc. I just want to absorb all the motivation just to make them 💔

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Flora and Fauna 🌿

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office seb

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Hahaha fish

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Women light up the world. That's why it's called Broad daylight.

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Hello! Could you show me some of your favourite Canadian birds please

OHHHHHHHHHH CANADAAAAAAAAAA...

Not to be to stereotypical, but...

Grey Jay aka Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Canada

photograph by PCHOUI

Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), family Corvidae, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

photograph by @mikullashbee

Common Loon or Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer), family Gaviidae, Ontario, Canada

photograph by Shaun Antle

Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus), family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, found in Alaska, Canada, and the northern U.S.

photograph by Brian Sartor

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), family Strigidae, Alberta, Canada

photograph by Lisa M Jones Photography

Great Grey Owls (Strix nebulosa), mother with chick, family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, BC, Canada

photograph by Jess Findlay

Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), family Picidae, order Piciformes, found on the West coast of the U.S. and Canada

photograph by Glenn Bartley

Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), female, family Picidae, order Piciformes, found in the western US, Canada, and Alaska

photograph by Glenn Bartley

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), family Picidae, order Piciformes, Calgary, ALB, Canada

photograph by Frank Letniowski

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, ALB, Canada

photograph by John Haig John Haig Photographer

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the way you draw hollyberry makes me scared

BOO

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Seeing Sebastian hold a sea bunny like a water bottle makes me happy