#creative decisions were made

[passthroughtime]

found this thing i made during my twitter days, thought why not bring it here as well

[daily-acvoid]

complete the heart!💜

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[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

[cydonianart]

“The new album sounds too much like Queen—“

My brother in Cydonia you are talking about an album done with the creative direction of the biggest Queen fan in Queen-fans-the-band.

[xostomachaches]

brah whose baby got stuck in the time machine

ichika close-ups ^_^)b

[bereaving]

Warrior Nun | Biblical References

[brynnmclean]

I have been daydreaming recently about getting five of my female friends + maybe my sister (if I can lure her out of her apartment) to play D&D with me. We could play monthly. I could brave running base 5e so people can play spellcasters. We could make the setting together via Ex Novo and/or the Session 0 System. Or, I SWEAR, I'll read and run Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Or... I could enlist them to help me figure out the starter box for The One Ring 2e which I think starts out with hobbit pregen PCs. It could be fun. Trouble is... I HAVE to wrap up AKB first. I have tried to run multiple campaigns at once and it is Too Much for me (not to mention I have other hobbies)! So. I have to sit on my hands until Spring anyway. Alas.

[fantasykiri5]

Y’know, I was working on a drawing for an ask (the canon-fanon-my design ones, i AM working on them just very slowly) and I noticed for the first time the other day that in Lizzie’s intro animation she doesn’t have the spacebuns. Girl where are your EARS, somebody took them

[clownkiwi]

pixar in 2019: yea, i think we're done with sequels for now. let's make more original films!!! that's what people love most about us, our original films :]

pixar for the past few months: ...coming soon, inside out 2, toy story 5,

[mubthemoff]

[isfjmel-phleg]

Young Justice the comic: She's called Secret because the boys sent to keep her contained let her go free instead and kept it a secret.

Young Justice the show: She's called Secret because that's literally the only word she can say.

[dearkyeom]

btw thank you all for not being like.. inflammatory or reading my posts in bad faith like they would on any other app. im so serious when i say this has generally been a nice safe place for me to say (most) of my opinions without worrying there's someone who's gonna pop out of the wood work and scream at me for being a "bad fan" LMFAO

[theshortangrylesbian]

I think it's official. I'm insane.

So. For anyone who doesn't know (which is 99% of you), I'm a writer.

There is ONE rule when writing. Just one. It's very simple.

"Don't harm the dog."

Now, I'm in creative writing. The group decided to give everyone a separate prompt, instead of everyone following the same. My prompt was quite simply, "Set something on fire."

Great! I've written arson before, so I take advantage.

I start writing, and I suddenly get this brilliant fucking idea, that if I'm writing something as intense as arson, we need to make it a little sad. Problem being, that since this is a short story, no one gets attached to the characters.

And I suddenly smirk and my friend next to me gives me a weird look. I snicker and type my plan.

They quite literally beg for me to not do the thing, but in the end, I do it.

At the end, we all share our work. And so it's my turn to go, and as I reach a sentence, and I look up and press my lips together. I say, "I'm so sorry, by I made some choice decisions while writing this..."

My friend gives me the nastiest glare while someone else just whispers, "Oh god, she killed the dog. Didn't she?"

So I read the statement where the dog is now dead, and I wrap up my story. I get yelled at instantly, and I point out why I did it. They got why I did, and they all grumbled.

But the kicker?

One of the girls on the other end of the room just stares at me and says, "Well, you're fucking lovely!"

I also do requests, so just message me. (I'll give you a form to fill out after you tell me the prompt.)

For anyone interested, here was the story.

[arolesbianism]

I need to make a new pmd story right now or I'll explode

[silhouettecrow]

365 Days of Writing Prompts: Day 294

Adjective: Brazen

Noun: Envy

Definitions for those who need/want them:

Brazen: bold and without shame; (literary) (archaic) made of brass; harsh in sound

Envy: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck; a person or thing that inspires envy

[autumnrory]

i do think sometimes need to remember when something is an issue in fanon and that canon is not necessarily Like That