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Brushing off this fucking blog to post the usernames of people requesting AI art on neopets.com just in case anyone wants to block them (because I did):

The person generating the art and arguing that AI learns how to make art the exact same way as humans do and it’s fine to use it even though the AI has all been trained on stolen art because opt-in models don’t exist yet:

windsofthedesert hannyomg

People who requested AI art:

board one (two people withdrew their requests after reading the discussion, their usernames have been removed): madyson - very wishy-washy later in the board, participated in a discussion but still ultimately seemed to decide AI art was fine lacievali rhianka aurorawolf106 simbologies scary_chicken omg_a_penguin crazy_allstar littlecrows - didn’t request, but wanted to make AI "art" and asked how faeluna verona_90 _cabby remve sundowns cat_ky desaday harry00747 wraithmonger bittersweet52 - didn’t request that I could see, but defended AI art as not theft and then said "I'm not defending one side or the other, just clarifying." darkdragon4x4 drracket - no request but said "These are awesome, which models are you using?" _the_spardel_queen_ lyra_blazingstar jessicamichelle_ coralhibiscus34 yoochiwon taffies - no request, "midjourney drawing better than I ever could ;-;" gromits teca_alvarenga bayou5

board two: robin1234504 fallingdaybreak punkprincezz07 wellthatsfantastic spacefallen remve temesta funkentanz relief windish1234 peachie snofoxe - specifically mentioned AI scrambling watermarks and requested anyway _cabby dustbunnie201 goosery talizorahs camimclain dirtsje toothless_57 cat_on_coffee - "I loveeee AI art, I myself signed up for one" scorch_stone11 socraticsaurus frileuxfirefly spidertjewomen hoosker verona_90 potent koiish - "not everyone is in the position to be able to afford to pay for art for their pixel pets, and not everyone is talented enough to draw." lonecove lyra_blazingstar kougralover30033 gracysaurus2 dethklok_skwisgaar mask_face_lol scary_chicken starfire_xo goosery - "people complaining about AI art should feel the same way about fan art" type bullshit plus "Please point to three artists who have lost income today because a user on neopets is doing a hobby and entertaining people with cute images?" (mask_face_lol then replied with "Thank you c:") crash531 - called people “trolls” for calling AI art theft enigmaxknuckles dirtsje camimclain

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Earlier there was a board up on PC about someone being frustrated that the top winners in the BC were traced images of pets while their entry had only gotten 3 votes (after being told by more than 3 people that they’d voted for them).

Of course it turned into “I can’t believe that traced pictures win so much!” and someone said something along the lines of, “I mean, check out second place. enough said.” (Don’t remember who it was, honestly.)

Which is rude, yeah, but it’s probably one of the tamer ways of saying, “I’m mad that official neopets images that have been traced keep winning the BC” I’ve seen.

So, of course, some people from the art chat had to come give their 2 cents. Chiding everyone for “harassing” the girl who owned the winning pet and generally making a huge deal out of it (when no one had previously mentioned her name, or was thinking of bringing any of this to her attention, because they knew it was frustration), and then complaining with “Why won’t this board die!” when they were the only ones posting on it. All this after contacting the owner just to tell her how someone on the PC was being mean, when she never would have seen it otherwise.

Meanwhile I’ve seen some of these people saying the same exact things but with much, much more vitriol in private chats posting on art boards with, “oh that’s just so TERRIBLE...... i know that girl, her entry was cute, and she’s SO sweet...... who would be AWFUL enough to SAY something like this?”

You would. You have. I would say stop kissing everyone’s ass, but you need votes. That’s how the BC works.