I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

I became older

I'm here for the death of the manosphere, tbh

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

FYI, this is malware. If you see this, don’t do this

Iridescence Acrylics on paper #art #traditionalart

Since apparently this isn't making it beyond UK news yet, Rockstar petitioned a British court to section an 18 year old autistic kid under the mental health act for hacking their server and leaking a short GTA 6 clip a couple of years ago. No trial, no term of sentence, just locked up in hospital.

If you don’t feel like celebrating America today, celebrate Peach, who was born on the farm on this day in 2017. Her full name is Impeachment.

One more consideration re: cutting discs. Many public libraries offer VIDEO GAMES alongside books, movies, CDs, manga, even vinyl! No more discs cuts games out of libraries. Games want to be taken seriously as an art form and then refuse to behave like a serious art form.

Ah yes, the 'ID checks for every adult in the country every day plan' . So the very same social media companies can confirm humans for ad revenue and your every move can be tracked. It's never about keeping the kids safe.

Every time I see an AI book cover discussion it makes me want to scream. Some people have disconnected that making something costs money, if you don’t have that money you cannot make the thing. If having a book cover is necessary I suggest budgeting for that the way the rest of us budget projects

foot foot's been gone for 6 years, but i still mistake the mist from the humidifier for her coming to see me

phos

also sometimes people just don't want to see NSFW content without warning being pro-NSFW is both advocating for it AND properly tagging it for folks who don't want to see it (for any reason) just because I don't want to eat what's on their menu doesn't mean i want their table empty, yknow?

I think if every hyper online queer person would stop and go "hey does [facet of other person's queer identity] cause any actual tangible harm or affect me is any way?" before starting an argument about some queer stuff we would be a lot happier

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My new position is that artists who are loud about genAI art theft ought to care just as loudly about data labeling/moderation labor outsourced to countries w/ vulnerable populations GenAI literally could not function or have been built without the hidden work of armies of gig workers paid cents

I hate everything thing about all of this, but most of all hate the fact that there’s a “GenAI Creators Fund,” when 75% of the US animation industry lives paycheck to paycheck and/or can’t find work, and dozens of my colleagues’ original pitched shows have been scrapped

Semi plein air, semi makingitupasIgo #sketch #sketchbook #drawings

Getting on this tomorrow without fail.

You may get your execution, but you won't be freed as well #ironlungmovie #ironlungspoilers #cwgore #cwblood #cwbodyhorror #illustration

Maybe you’re not the audience for smut. But be clear eyed that Kickstarter TOS, payment provider TOS, book laws in Alberta, these are all fascist foundations for even more insidious intrusions into the things we take for granted.

Made another comic. I'm starting to get the idea that there is a central truth to comic making: The speech bubble is always too small.

incredibly weird behavior for this website to allow one member of their team to singularly decide that any/all criticism of them is harassment to the level of a bannable TOS violation it cultivates an environment where no one is able to criticize bluesky and that makes everyone less safe

especially queer people. you get that kids are the scapegoat that they're using to hate YOU, right. turning your ire against kids does nothing but give them more ammo to carry out the agenda they're actually aiming for

the worst part of all this is that people go "fuck kids, I don't care about kids" and actually you can have it both ways where you think kids are awesome and also think porn is awesome. kids aren't why this is happening, just fyi. that never has been and never will be the case. stop falling for it

Je lui souhaite une belle mise en demeure et une irritation au niveau des ch'noles persistante.

it really is a 'laying on the floor and looking up at the ceiling and not trying to unmake the fabrics of reality' kind of day

It is absolutely, patently absurd to try to charge fiction as if it were reality. No John Wick movies, they show murder. Andy Dufresne broke out of prison, illegal. Roger Rabbit causes property damage. This is the lease you give them when you let them arrest the icky gross fetishes you dislike

comics are so good, i wish people could get paid a livable wage for them

i do not "predict". i do not "run calcs", i do not "mindgame", i do not know "speed tiers" i click TRICK ROOM. and if it doesnt work, I DON'T WIN

Welcome back to the Artemis II crew :) Such a huge relief watching them arrive safely!

people will tell you it’s complicated but it’s really not

Hey all, Kevin here. Please read.

little guys

*slides a massive reading list of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror across the table* soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

SCREAMING THIS FROM THE FUCKING ROOFTOPS

ive been pushing at this for awhile and it applies to political things too. those of us who are very online keep acting like "everybody knows this" AND THEY DON'T. they simply dont know stuff we've all absorbed for years.

❌DON'T: Shame artists for using Ko-Fi ✔️DO: Shame Ko-Fi for allowing Gen AI content You cannot in good conscience say that you are a platform for all creatives when you ban NSFW content but allow this

just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

If you wanna be radicalized against GenAI, try running an online business while these thieving shitbricks try to scrape your site at all hours of the day, creating a looping, endless DDoS. Fuck generative "AI." It's all slop built on wholesale theft.

A study in watercolour, from a trip I did around two weeks ago. Backgrounds have always been difficult for me, but by practicing I’ll surely become better! Plus I haven’t done watercolours in forever, so it’s a win-win for me! ☺️ #watercolour #traditionalart #backgroundpainting

A study in watercolour, from a trip I did around two weeks ago. Backgrounds have always been difficult for me, but by practicing I’ll surely become better! Plus I haven’t done watercolours in forever, so it’s a win-win for me! ☺️ #watercolour #traditionalart #backgroundpainting

I've been getting back into comics while I wait for more info from my concept job, and I thought I'd make a post about something very important to me, which is COMIC PANEL VARIATION and HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT.

If you're doing callout posts about artists creating fictional taboo content, you may not consider yourself a fascist, but you are one. You are their stupid tool at the bare minimum. The good news is you can stop doing that at any time

Just a reminder while this is a victory, it's not over yet until Discord completely gives up on the age verification nonsense. Don't resubcribe to Nitro immediately.