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My Carrd with my relevant art link:


Or my personal Tumblr where I just hang out.

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I'm just so fucking disappointed that so many people can't see what AI image generators actually are - A tool invented for exploitation.


Which is a point that gets lost over and over again in these AI discussions, which is exactly why AI will win. I can't tell if people that are pro-AI are aware why these AI image generators work in the first place, I suspect most don't. It's because they have scraped art that artist's have shared online, without their consent.


(And the fact that it was posted in a public space does not fucking justify theft. If you went outside and had your wallet stolen, I bet your attitude wouldn't be "well lol darn, that's okay though becuase I was in a public space".)


And these fucking nihilist fuck boys that never grew out of their 15 year old edge phase that argue that "AI learns or get inspiration just like humans do, so it's fine" are so damn anti-human. They show more humanity and empathy for this damn image algorithm then the actual real people being exploited by it.


You're taking a person's art skills for granted. The only reason a person's art exists is becuase that person have spent 20 to 30+ years practicing art (longer, depending on their age). 30 years of daily practice to get even remotely good at it. It's a discipline, and every person that has walked that path sees value in. Art becomes such an intricite part of that person's existance.


...And you think that someone has the right to just rip that skill from that person if they could? To use it against them and profit from it? Because that is exactly what AI image generators are doing.


Humans are inconsistent, that's a fact. But that should not be used as an excuse to accept exploitation when it's happening right in front of you. If I kidnapped you and enslaved you to work in my secret sweatshop would your attitude be "Oh this is fair actually becuase I've owned a phone", because I don't think it fucking would be.


The genie is out of the bottle, AI image generators are here to stay and if people see value in their output then they are not wrong in doing so. Because there is no inherent value in anything, there is only subjective value. NOTHING has any inherent value, but we as humans have decided that some things should have value to us - Like a life, so we created consequences around murder. So I think we should have at least a little appreciation for the people that made what you like possible in the first place. And if you don't want to have that, that's fine. But at least don't cheer on and defend exploitation.


I wish this tech was created more ethically because to me it could have been a very useful tool for personal use, but because of these idiotic tech bros this tech is stained with stigma and they are the ones that have stifled progress. The best we can do from here is to regulate this tech so people don't get exploited by it.


Anyway, this journal was prompted by this braindead take.

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Here's me Art Fight ID for 2023, I'm Team Vampires!

If you upload your attack for me on DeviantArt I will put it here, because I love it and wanna shine a spotlight on it. It's your attack isn't here, that means I haven't seen it for whatever reason because there's no way I would ignore it.

(Art Fight) Lotl

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If you draw any of my Toonocosm characters and post it on Tumblr I will reblog it to my Toonocosm OC blog. If it's not a Toonocosm character, it goes on my personal blog.

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The only reason I haven't made a definitive "officially leaving DA" announcment post is because I've been on this site 16 years, that's more then half my life. Visiting DeviantArt has pretty much been a daily habit every day for all those years, it's a habit that has strong roots in me. But I'm going to start the uprooting process.


Getting reminded every day that DeviantArt supports exploitation of artists is too much for my mental to deal with, and staying here would just be self-harm at this point. I spent a couple of days last week to save every piece I have in storage to my computer, so I'm not leaving anything important behind (except for the few of you that are lovely to hear from and talk to =(). I had to save 1200 pictures, which I felt like I had to do sooner or later considering how things are going for this dumpster fire of a site. (Having to reintroduce ads and wanting a cut from artist's adoptable sales is not giving vibes of a thriving site lol, check team's recent journals if you don't know what I'm talking about)

> I keep all my relevant links on this page <

There you can find links to the places where I currently post art, or just hang out and being myself. If you ever wonder where I went, check that page. I don't foresee myself deleting my tumblr any time soon, it's the only true site of all time.


I'm not deleting my DeviantArt account, just for the teeny tiny small chance that the leadership of the site will change for the better.

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I want to look at video game cats. SPAM them in the comments, post as many cats as you possibly can. Your favorites and least favorites. Just, all of them. All cats.

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