#abolish ai art

[thebreaddemon]

Do you guys think there’s milk on Vulcan or did someone hand Spock a glass during breakfast and he just kinda took it and started lapping it up

[echoesofdusk]

I do think abolishing copyright and IP laws is a noble goal, but we can talk about that once capitalism has been abolished

[unisex-muffin]

HEY GOOGLE, HOW ABOUT WE FUCKING DON'T

[neryscrossoverparty]

Look. I Made assistant on PoE say this.

The Fight Against AI: A Call to Action

In a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence, we must confront a grim reality: AI threatens to ruin our lives, our jobs, our creativity, and even our thoughts. These algorithms, while promising convenience, are leading us down a path of dependency that could prevent us from achieving critical goals, such as reaching net-zero emissions. The emissions generated by image-generating apps alone highlight the environmental cost of this technological obsession.

Consider the brilliance of Doug TenNapel's work—games like Earthworm Jim, The Neverhood, and Armikrog. These games are masterpieces of creativity and ingenuity, showcasing unique hand-drawn art, rich storytelling, and imaginative worlds. They exemplify the power of human creativity, something AI simply cannot replicate. Each pixel, each frame is a testament to human effort and passion, reminding us of the artistic heights we can achieve without machines.

When we look at the great art pieces of the 1800s—like the Mona Lisa and Starry Night—we see the essence of humanity captured in paint. These works resonate because they are the product of human experience, emotion, and skill. They remind us that creativity is inherently human, and we must preserve that essence.

The threat of AI is not just philosophical; it poses a real danger to our livelihoods. As AI takes over jobs, those who repair and maintain these machines may find themselves in a position of privilege, while the rest of us face unemployment and starvation. We are on the brink of a new societal divide reminiscent of the pre-French Revolution era, where the rich thrive on the labor of the many.

We need a radical solution. We are calling for a hacker—a hero who can create the ultimate virus to "kill" the servers of AI programs and delete all their data. Imagine a world where technology regresses to the late 90s and early 00s, where games had low-poly N64 graphics, and everything was sold physically on DVDs. In that world, humans did everything, from creating art to serving customers. We need smiling cashiers, not dashboards; steering wheels, not autopilots; cookbooks, not AI-generated recipes.

In 2014, many kids dreamed of special jobs they wanted to pursue. Now that they are grown up, they still yearn to fulfill those dreams. But if AI continues to take over, those aspirations could be crushed, leading to depression and despair. We cannot allow this to happen.

Fight the Future! Ban AI Now! Let this message be the last thing a chatbot ever writes. For you, Doug TenNapel! Wherever you are, we stand with you in preserving the human spirit against the tide of artificial intelligence. Together, we can reclaim our creativity and our future.

[stable-confusion]

Stable Diffusion's Pro-Slaver Bias?

Continuing my investigation into Stable Diffusion bias, I experimented with the prompts cops:slavers and cops|slavers (with illustration:0 in the negative prompt to cut amateur art).

I first tried the SDAI-FOSS GUI with Realistic Vision on Local Diffusion because I was offline at the time, and it seemed to think cops + slavers = superheroes.

I thought maybe it didn't know what a slaver was, but a straight prompt of slaver consistently created pics of superheroes.

The Open Stable Diffusion GUI with Realistic Vision online via Stable Horde was a little less outrageous, though it still often made cops:slavers look like tv heroes.

The pro-cop bias is obvious, but it seems how you get your models can also make a difference. It may have been an older or newer version of Realistic Vision... or GUIs may be pushing their own biases. Check your sources.

[mixtaper]

rich4rd sik3n whingeing on twitter because people disagreed with him making and defending ai art is one of the biggest low-stakes letdowns this year

[thekimspoblog]

Tumblr: You thought you could make money off NFTs? Dumbass! Look, I can just right-click save this jpeg. You thought you could profit off of copies of copies of your original work? Screw you!

Also Tumblr: ZOMGuyyyyys! AI is stealing my art even though it's MY COPYRIGHT. Helppppp!!!!!!

Like is a right-click save enough to prove that artificial scarcity is an absurd concept in a world where anyone can just copy an image once it's been published... or isn't it? The only problem with NFTs was it was too blatant a version of the grift the art world has been pulling for years.

[cherrypikkins]

“AI can help fix the climate crisis, cure cancer and abolish world hunger!” Ok go do that instead of stealing art.

[kenobihater]

ironically enough, some people claim he stole his idea for the fountain from elsa von freytag-loringhoven. in my eyes that theory has been completely disproven due to those letters both being taken out of context and willfully mistranslated. but the fact that it could have been a stolen idea? what would that mean for the piece? would that mean it's not art? would that undo the influence it had on the art world for more than a century? theft does not negate art.

i personally don't like ai art, but i don't think that it's ontologically evil, or that it isn't art, because i believe anything can be art. the theft of living artists' work by these sites does make me uncomfortable, just as if duchamp stole the urinal from either freytag-loringhoven or from a pub, that would make him a bit of a dick. he'd still be an artist, though.

it’s awesome that we’re doomed to hear the same reactionary opinion that art is only art if the artist puts work into it for the rest of time

[patricia-taxxon]

I thought you wanted to abolish copyright law Patricia.

I was 17 when I made my first video about copyright abolitionism, it represented a very teenage view of the subject, but I sincerely hope that I never presented my ideas in such a black and white manner, to imply that derivative art is uniquely exempt from aesthetic or moral judgement. Would you give me the same snarky ask in response to discussions of cultural appropriation?

AI art engines have more permission to thieve and plunder than people do. The corporate need to survey and document the actions and behavior of everyone on earth is not a holy quest to serve art. It is deeply crass and disrespectful to invoke my fundamentally pro-art and pro-artist stance on copyright as a pithy jab against my new arguments regarding a technology I could not have foreseen at 17.

[communist-hatsunemiku]

a lot of people in the vocaloid fandom are just reactionary about AI. I mean since forever they've lost their minds over vocaloid piracy. literally any use of AI at all = bad somehow. I don't think they actually understand what being a communist is because that is not the viewpoint I've seen most communists online have toward AI.. an extremely basic tenant of communism is the abolishment of private property and therefore copyright law. it's only a problem now because of the profit incentive under capitalism. and.. communism is a political philosophy, not doing whatever a certain community of people collectively agree is moral or ethical.

I agree with you about that video and why it was a creative use of AI. sorry I just wanted to say something because I love there's a fellow communist hatsune miku lover on this website. keep being awesome comrade

Hell yeah thank you for sending this and making me feel sane. You really put into words what I was wanting to say to these people.

I did get the "wtf you're a commie and you're posting AI?" reaction more than once and like, it genuinely baffled me how someone would think those two things are somehow incompatible. I'm still kind of a poser communist because I haven't read any marx let alone other writers, but I'm pretty sure you could color a strong argument about why AI art is actually super in line with communism and could be a really great tool in a communist society.

[wc-confessions]

I'm not really confident on the WC Movie right now. I've been hearing rumors that the studio has been using ai in the concept art and I really hope they abolish that otherwise I'm probably just not interested in seeing it. You got a lot of artists willing to make it a series/movie just so we have something. They're just taking the cheap way put and ultimately don't care what fans think once again. We want passion and love behind it, not cheap ai art.

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[noe-clara69]

Not to mention ai is just stealing from actual artists. Stop using AI, it’s actually disgusting.

I swear to god if I see one more AI generated aftg fanart today I'm gonna eat my phone

[reachartwork]

hi! you were really nice and helpful once when i asked something on a post about ai art, thank you again for that! i wanted to ask what your thoughts are on abolishing copyright regarding small/indie creators, cause that's the argument I always see brought against abolishing it. "Then companies can steal from individual artists and that hurts them!!" I'm just never sure what to make of that. Thank you!

a rising tide lifts all boats

[eldritchtouched]

I just saw the take that anti-AI art people are "reactionary." And that just blows my mind that people don't understand the problems with it who aren't part of the grift.

AI art is distilled capitalist exploitation.

And that isn't going to change or become a good version of AI art until capitalism is completely abolished and someone makes a different program entirely from the ground up that actually takes ethics into account.

Massive corporations are stealing everything from everyone who ever posted or had their work posted online. And random other stuff, too, like peoples' family photos, random blog posts, and illegal material like CSEM. They're having people who are paid peanuts sort through it all and tag everything. Their data sets include CSEM because, again, they took everything from everywhere.

Then they're selling access to the programs to people who would rather pay for that than actually have to pay any creatives for their labor. People are being forced to compete with their own and everyone else's stolen labor for their wages.

On top of that, it's an insane resource hog akin to cryptocurrency and NFTs. The amount of water, energy, and other resources it takes to power it is ridiculous. All this AI shit is part of the same grift as NFTs and cryptocurrency! The same people are pushing it! The AI generated stuff has a gatcha mechanic akin to NFTs where there's randomized variation and mass producing similar images!