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Ω 🌍 Gus Posey

Trained image generators kind of ruined my life, or at least ruined my ability to generate freelance income as an illustrator. So when I block your account for its contant stream of bland, wasteful imagery (where literally ANY original version would be more charming) it's not an irrational act of anger just a simple move towards self-preservation and mental health.

#AIArt = #AISlop

#BingImageCreator #DallE #Midjourney #StableDiffusion

30 Dec 2024 at 17:12 | Open on mas.to
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Davide_Sandini

@Gustodon
I am not an illustrator but normally I block any account that use of or speak well about these technology for the same reasons. We should be many.

30 Dec 2024 at 17:24 | Open on mastodon.uno
Jargoggles

@Gustodon
Even beyond just the ethical reasons, AI slop just looks so unsettling to me.

I can't help but notice all the weird details that are off. Then, once I notice them, they get weirder and weider the more I look.

I've tried pointing that out to people who I see routinely posting AI slop like, "Hey, do you notice how in that picture you posted, Santa's gloves look like they might have fingernails, but in a really unsettling, subtle way that makes it so you're never quite sure?"

That sure as hell would make me seriously reconsider using that kind of garbage if it were me, but nope. Ended up having to mute them.

@Gustodon
Even beyond just the ethical reasons, AI slop just looks so unsettling to me.

I can't help but notice all the weird details that are off. Then, once I notice them, they get weirder and weider the more I look.

I've tried pointing that out to people who I see routinely posting AI slop like, "Hey, do you notice how in that picture you posted, Santa's gloves look like they might have fingernails, but in a really unsettling, subtle way that makes it so you're never quite sure?"

30 Dec 2024 at 17:47 | Open on kolektiva.social
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey

@jargoggles I appreciate that reply because honestly, since its inception, these images have had a dark, foreboding edge that I don't think people say enough about.

30 Dec 2024 at 17:51 | Open on mas.to
Tree

@Gustodon @jargoggles
I agree. Besides being the product of work stolen from actual humans, AI images often have an underlying creepiness about them.

30 Dec 2024 at 18:12 | Open on mindly.social
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