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"We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner." Lol sure you will buddy.

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In fact, even the Twitter statue av RETVRN guys, the far right True Western Art freaks, at least attribute art to labor, and even in their gleeful adoption of AI gen state they're happy they're taking work away from artists. So in other words, these dorks have worse views on art than literal nazis.

oooooooooh they're one of those "copyright is bad no matter what" loons, that's why they don't think making art is labor.

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I seriously think the guys that are "leftist" but really, really hate art and by extension artists, like, lost their college girlfriend to an artist or something, it's just so bizarre the amount of hatred they have towards creatives. As if they really actually think the only true proletariat is factory workers and farmers or something, as if the only true form of labor is suffering, and if you enjoy your work it can't possibly be Real work. Literally arriving at the same opinion of art as a Brietbart contributor, only from the left side.

oooooooooh they're one of those "copyright is bad no matter what" loons, that's why they don't think making art is labor.

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oooooooooh they're one of those "copyright is bad no matter what" loons, that's why they don't think making art is labor.

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"But I'm a communist! Also this wholesale theft of labor is perfectly acceptable to me because artists are all just luddites who don't understand how it works, and I definitely understand the term."

The "pro techbro corporate labor theft but in a leftist way" arguments in defense of AI imagery are seriously some of the dumbest fucking shit I've read on this site, bravo.

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The "pro techbro corporate labor theft but in a leftist way" arguments in defense of AI imagery are seriously some of the dumbest fucking shit I've read on this site, bravo.

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You typed a prompt. You no more "created" this than you did a very specific google image search. That you can't understand this speaks volumes about why computer touchers don't understand even the simplest things about art in any way, shape, or form.

this is an image i generated using AI with the prompt 'mi-24 attack helicopter blushing demurely'. it is definitionally art and i am the artist (note that i did not say it's good art -- it isn't!). i'm going to ask some questions about it to illustrate why i think a lot of 'AI art isn't art' talking points are silly.

1. why did i combine 'attack helicopter' with 'blushing', when this is not something attack helicopters are known for doing? is there a juxtaposition being drawn there on purpose? what purpose?

2. why did i specify a specific model of attack helicopter? is the mi-24 known for anything?

3. what attitude does this prompt imply towards the mi-24 and the institutions that use it? is it a reverent and respectful one?

4. why is 'demurely' specified? are there other ways to blush?

5. would the resulting image have been meaningfully different if:

a) the type of helicopter had not been specified

b) 'blushing' had been replaced by 'frowning'

c) 'blushing demurely' had been replaced with 'fighting bad guys'

d) 'mi-24 attack helicopter' had been replaced with 'anime girl'

e) 'mi-24 attack helicopter' had been replaced with 'turkish president'

f) the prompt was affixed 'beautiful, high resolution, trending on artstation'

g) the prompt was affixed 'found footage horror movie'

6. does the fact that i have previously said i will make a bing ai image every time someone complains about AI art, sarcastically saying that by doing so i am stealing food out of artists' mouths, impact the perceived meaning and impact of the image? does it offer a new reading of the absurd nature of the prompt?

7. does the fact that i am a vocal communist impact your answer to any of these questions?

these aren't rhetorical or troll questions, to be clear -- they are merely being posed to illustrate that the idea that there is no artistic intent or human expression behind AI generated images falls apart under serious analysis.

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This is serious the most brain dead shit I've read today. Yes, by stating that the AI is doing all the work, we'll be... helping the corporations do what they already tried to do, and got beat the fuck down over it. Just say you want to make shitposts with CSAM datasets and go.

it is ultimately v. interesting to me that the most ardent anti-AI guys are actually doing a lot of work towards reifying the preferred stance of both the AI companies themselves and the large media production companies seeking to replace, minimize and cheapen human labour -- that AI art is 'the computer doing it for you'.

this is the very stance that studios were taking in contrast to the WGA, that if any part of a story or script was AI-generated then the LLM should be credited and any human who touched it up or contributed part of it had no authorship because 'the computer made it'. the WGA rightly fought this because it was in practice a ploy to avoiding crediting (and therefore fairly paying) writers by claiming that 'the AI came up with it'.

& it is interesting that in rushing to protect the social prestige of being An Artist, people who are apparently so concerned with labour rights are taking the exact stance that the people most invested in selling this technology are, that AI is a magic machine that can do anything, and that the person using it doesn't have to do anything at all to get high-quality artwork. i think as soon as this shit becomes integrated into industry pipelines, this position is going to backfire v. v. quickly as is in fact obvious to anyone who thinks about artists as proletarians and not as aspiring petty-bourgeois entrepeneurs. sad!

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i wish all the ai “artists” a very go. die

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My works got stolen last week and were used to make AI Art by a Reddit user who refused to tell anyone where they got the material from. (Upon being accused, they deleted the posts immediately)

Comparing AI (left) with my Art vs Artist (right)

Records show that the model was downloaded over 100 times afterwards. I have no idea how to track this. To see my illustration voice, that took my whole life to develop, plugged and automated into 0s and 1s is harrowing and a threat to my career, not to mention a slap in the face.

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Must read. Here' s a snippet to motivate you :

For the still-not-convinced: If you need an AI to come up with ideas for you, you don’t even belong in the fucking room, because ‘coming up with ideas’ is literally the most basic level skill to have. A basketball player who can’t dribble doesn’t belong in the NBA, so why the fuck do you think you deserve a spot on my writing team if you need a computer to do what any goddamn fucking eight year old can do? Take the fucking hint, you fucking fraud: if you need AI to do the most basic tasks required of you as a writer, then you aren’t employable as a writer. Period. Fuck you. You’re a waste of everyone’s time.

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AI art is trending again. The people who defend ai and using it to "create art" aren't artists and don't have a creative bone in their body. You didn't create shit.

"you're just mad cause-"

No. You're mad you can't draw or do anything, and mad cause we are calling you out on your shit and not welcoming you into the artist community.

AI steals art. It is not the same as using another persons work as inspiration.

You'd know that if you were an actual fucking artist.

Go fuck yourself.

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yknow it’s more than a little sad that every artists ‘hand-wringing panicking’ about what ai would do to the industry and how it would replace a lot of the already slim meat-and-potatoes jobs we rely on to survive were overwhelmingly proven true months after the technology really became widespread. It’s sad that convention space is being taken up by enormous booths full of cheap ai prints soaking up the limited space and money available at cons, it’s sad that competitions are getting flooded with ai generated pieces, it’s sad that i’ve seen a lot of ‘man. i’m just gonna go work at target, i can’t compete with this.’ from ppl who have been working in the industry for YEARS.

But it’s INFURIATING to see supposedly leftist game devs and indie ttrpg makers on here try and astroturf a PR campaign for ai to make using it for their projects more socially acceptable, and in order to do this paint artists as pearl clutching hysterics. As if anyone would blink on here if factory workers threw a brick through a window when they were being replaced by automation, but because art is never respected or treated like actual labor our industry collapsing is just kind of a big joke.

Like I saw someone compare the gay sex cats to Duchamp LIKE NO!!!! THEYRE NOT!!! The people who would get pissed off at Duchamp’s fountain are a very specific demographic!!!! Namely fascists!!! Like the implication of a statement like that is actually absurd. who is the fascist in this analogy, 25 year old nonbinary artists?? If you don’t want to pay artists to do your backgrounds for your indie game like just SAY it. (edit: additional context bc this got out of hand but I’ve looked at the blog of the person who said this and i’m walking back the salt I expressed here. It’s a nuanced take that wasn’t expressed super clearly in the post that went viral and he’s elaborated on it a lot in a way that makes me feel this was an unfair interpretation of his words. My bad)

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Naoki Urasawa & Mai Yoneyama on the Passion of Drawing