#ai art is destroying humanity

[josiebelladonna]

dave grohl once said, “you have to go out and suck because that’s how you get better at it“. i mention that because the whole world seems to have undertaken this mindset of “it’s there, therefore i take” as well as “all criticism and critique no matter how innocuous = bad”, and i feel like the rise of ai may have had something to do with it because of how it functions (scraping and taking to an infinite degree + little to no effort put in) plus the utterly rabid and delusional defense of it, and how quickly it’s risen, too—practically overnight. for me, it’s all pretty much come out of nowhere.

you combine all of these things together and to me, it comes as no surprise that it seems like you have to walk around on eggshells with most people now, artists across the board are either disillusioned or getting bupkiss on their work, and why someone like me might seem “mean”.

these things have completely blindsided us and… for what? for what reason did all of this had to happen? to take from other humans out of your own very human sense of insecurity and then get pissy when they called you out, or to yell at them and antagonize them because they saw you in very obvious pain and wanted to help you because everyone else kept sitting on their hands with you?

something i learned really quickly when i took machine shop and started working with my hands more: machines genuinely don’t have a soul. they don’t care if you have long hair or jewelry or appendages, so it’s imperative that you wear tight clothes, tie up your hair nice and snug (double for someone like me who has nappy, coarse hair that sticks out if you sneeze too hard) , and take off anything that dangles. they also don’t care if the scraped data belongs to you or if it means you lose a job or passion for life, and i wonder just how much of that has carried over to humans in the past few years. when i was plagiarized from and then ostracized for calling it out three years ago, it made me wonder if she and anyone who listens to her has a soul at all. when i was ostracized and then betrayed last week, it was because i had genuine concern for my friend at the time and it looked like no one was doing anything to help them (hell, they weren’t doing anything to help themselves: they got up in arms with me because of a small, out-of-context detail that said i didn’t understand their relationship and blew that up). all of it, anti-human and i could be wrong, but it’s so reminiscent of the rise of ai.

this is what ai has done to us in this very small window of time, the arts aside.

all humans—yes, even those of you who claim to not be artists because damn it, all human beings are born artists whether you want to admit it or not—are now paying the price because of this bullshit.

[cheebuss]

Wuts the height diff between humanized 079 and humanized 682???

I hadn't really thought about it but I feel like everyone is shrimp sized next to 682

[silenceofthewave]

( LMAO PSA

Dont fucking follow me if u believe AI "art" is art. or u claim to be an AI "artist". lmfaooo pick up a pencil or smthn bro. )

[local-queer-classicist]

Had to ask for a religious/ethical exemption for a digital art assignment to get out of having to use genAI. On an assignment. In university. I feel like I’m going insane.

The professor said he “wasn’t aware that there was any ethical issues with AI”, but that he had no problem coming up with an alternative assignment for me to do. Like I’m glad he’s accommodating but. Sir.

Ok. I understand some rando on the streets not being aware of the ethical issues surrounding genAI. Most people do not have the time and energy to devote to giving a fuck about things that don’t directly affect them and I can respect that. It’s rough out there. But you are a professional graphic designer, and a college professor, in digital art. How. How do you not know. How are you requiring your students to do this in class and just not knowing. Why are you shocked that a student might object to being required to use the Art Theft Glacier Melter 9000 for a grade. This should not be a surprise to you. Why is this a surprise. Am I fucking crazy

[sciderman]

How do you feel about the increase in really weird NSFW ads on here (advertising panels that look like sexual encounters, and AI art apps that pride themselves on porn) but will take down NSFW posts from their users, even if it isn't technically sexual.

i hate all social media and it's consistent prioritising the advertisers over the users and the internet simply was a better place before capitalism sunk its hooks into it

[aux-squiggle]

Are they...

Are they ADVERTIZING cheating on coursework using AI..?

[neryscrossoverparty]

Sign my petition if you wanna save jobs

[astralcities]

the argument that's never made any sense to me is "ai just mashes 100000s of pieces of art together to make new content and so will always be derivative" like Yes girl the machine called Your Beautiful Brain also does that

[littlefeatherr]

AI is absolutely ruining the photography arts. Almost every nature/animal photography blog I've followed for years is now posting it. Have some respect.

[fatfemmefreaquency]

watching nanowrimo power torch their brand is… wild

i don’t even go here but i swear it’s like they woke up and said “hey how do we completely destroy customer trust in as little time as possible?” and then they just… did it

hey maybe if your main audience is artists don’t accept sponsorship from a corporation that directly plagiarizes those artists in order to fuck them over and make their careers disappear. that’s just common sense.

anyone with a brain could have seen how this would end, and yet

[jjinpang]

I wish I had a secret ability that made me immune from worry.

Money. I’m thinking about money.

I wish I was so comically rich, that I didn’t have to care about so many things at the same time and still have faith I’ll come out unscathed.

[a-birdhorse]

AI bros be like: No you don't understand I couldn't have made my horrible flesh golem without robbing all of those graves and that's why it's okay for me to rob graves. Please think of all the apprentices who could use the golem to cheat on their exams, please I promise it's a public good, you can use it too if you want, please just let me keep robbing graves so I can give it more kidneys it neeeeeeds them. It's so strong and has a soul and I just need fifteen more livers before it will become god please just give me back my shovel pleeeease! I promise it will cause untold devastation but like in a safe way so I just need to break into one more family crypt bro you just have to listen to me.

[mjhartwork]

my future career is being automated and I’m not sure how best to adapt to survive

[child-of-plut0]

AI is killing creativity

[neryscrossoverparty]

I've got a Bluesky Account Now

[spicyicymeloncat]

*goes to like something* *sees ai art tag* *scrolls away in disgust*