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My Opinion on AI Art

Since it seems like there’s some confusion about this (people talk like you can only be either categorically for or against AI art), here are my opinions so y’all can decide whether to block/unfollow me or not.

(Warning: This is so fucking long. Sorry. It’s a complicated issue and I wanted to make it clear what I do and don’t support. If any of it is too confusing, feel free to ask for clarification. Anon is off, though, so you’ll have to ask me face to face.)

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Pinned Post leaving untagged because I want this to only reach my followers consider the title the warning
anartificialsatellite
i-am-shitpost

“I would buy a mansion” “I would buy designer” “I’m getting a pool” Don’t give me that lame ass if I won the lottery shit. You’re all pathetic. If I came into a significant amount of money, you know what I’d do? I’d go to the Ren Faire, B-line straight to the cloaks. I’m talking floor length, heavy, wool, felted details, huge hooded cloaks that are like 450 a piece and all handmade and I’d get me one. Maybe even get one of the smaller ones that hangs off the shoulders and lands just above the elbow that are 90 by themselves. And I’d be the baddest bitch around because I’d wear that shit everywhere. It’s 115 degrees? I’m sorry do I look like I give a fuck? I have a cloak bitch I don’t need your fahrenheit bullshit. And you’re a FOOL if you wouldn’t do the same.

if I had big money i would build a hobbit hole in our backyard and fill the closet near the door with a rainbow of traveling cloaks decorate with weird stuff from ren faires and conventions like that stuffed animal monster trophy head i saw once like. it was a mounted head? but fake. like a game trophy except the game was a cryptid commission custom wallpaper and print it via spoonflower or whatever. custom upholstery like i would get so much weird cool art the first thing i did when i got Christmas money was i commissioned rainbow hexagon display shelves for displaying my custom sculptures and plushies and stuff and art honestly idk how much i would successfully save because I want SO much custom art if i were rich i would be a modern day medici okay i would have at least twenty artists on a payroll big enough they could drop patreon and pursue personal projects. but also commissions. I’m patient tho sorry i just got so into this image of a life full of cool art i actually wore a cape every day for like a year or two in high school and my boyfriend bought me a mid-tier price range velvet cloak from our Ren Faire years ago unfortunately I can’t wear it much because it catches in the wheels of my wheelchair if I’m not super careful money tag ask to tag
therobotmonster
embraceyourdestiny

Hello everyone, the US Senate is conducting a survey to get the opinions of people on issues such as a ceasefire in Palestine, America funding Israel’s weapons, and the TikTok ban. Please share and take the survey, let your voices be heard. (Non Americans can participate )

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virovac

For comment section I put.

Personally most important: Congress needs to lift or relax production limits on lisdexamfetamine for ADHD medication.
Domestically: The Affordable Connectivity Program and other aid to help the disadvantaged. and reforming Disability Aid so there are less hoops to jump through and people are not harassed by checkups to see if they are still disabled. We spend more money on unlikely kinds of fraud than save by catching fraud, and cause problems for the disabled in the process.

therobotmonster

The leading nature of the questions is about what I'd expect from the lobbyists that do the Congress' work for them. Recognize the push-poll aspect and answer accordingly.

fuckin’ hate push polls ugh still! this is actually something TANGIBLE i could do so. yeah i don’t reblog this stuff often because like i need to feel like it’s something actually helpful and since i KNOW trumpers are gonna descend on this? let’s at least counter them also i don’t use tiktok but the legislation wording is Dangerous sooo yeah. let’s rein that in maybe? us politics israel mention palestine mention ukraine mention uhhh ask to tag in my comments i framed everything the way I do when talking to conservatives instead of using the usual buzzwords hopefully that makes it more effective and not. less effective. hard to guess
dramamelon
therecipelibrary

So I get an email a few weeks ago from Tillamook, apparently years ago I had asked on their website if they could please considering making a havarti style cheese.

I might love cheese, just a bit.

I've been an avid admirer of them since I was a small thing in Alaska, in a rural town with one grocery store that carried mostly, yes Tillamook. This love followed me down the west coast and to every place I have ever lived, though it is harder to come by here.

Anyway, so I think great, they emailed me to alert me that this product is available so I can go forth and purchase it.

Oh no.

Not only did they keep insanely good records from what must be millions of submissions, they tell me I submitted in 2015, 8 years ago?! And I had forgotten by now. Of course. Not only do they want to tell me this cheese exists, they want to send me some.

I think great. I'm getting a coupon for free cheese and proceed to perform a not so short dance of getting all the cheese.

They ask for my address and tell me it will arrive within ten days, it does not.

I wait for 2 long weeks, checking every letter. It does not come. I give up all hope, assuming perhaps it was a scam or a fever dream.

Until today.

I received a full sized cooler box with not one but four packets of havarti cheese. To say I am in cheese heaven is an understatement.

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I love it, what other company would ever? They not only exceeded, but shattered every expectation.

(If you haven't made a trip to their factory near the oregon coast, let me just say it is pure magic.)

And yes it is delicious, and it melts very, very well and I dearly hope I can find more to buy eventually because I am hooked.

Not that I wasn't before, I almost always have some of their cheddar on hand. If you haven't tried their cheese, you should, and if you have an idea for them, well, it might just pan out in copious amounts of free cheese.

cheeeeeeeeeeeese food tag ask to tag thank you for providing us with tillamook havarti. I’m gonna put in a request with my bf i need havarti have you ever melted it in olive oil and put spices and a lil lemon juice on top and mopped it up with bread mmmm
kicksnscribs

sparklehag99 asked:

You’ve talked in the past about patreon’s anti-horny policies, and how they impact creator’s income streams, and so I thought maybe this could be of interest to you/others in that situation. Someone is trying to put together a collective legal action against Mastercard. https://x.com/pom_poison/status/1768753517651546540?s=46&t=366EMtqp8Vh2MIY7oWvoKw Please also feel free to ignore me! But it seemed neat.

PS I love your book, thank you for the excellent words!

thebibliosphere answered:

Thank you so much! And thank you for bringing this to my attention.

P8treon, Squ4respace, G*mroad. My hand slipped and I contacted the ACLU and the MA Bar Association for legal assistance. If you’ve been fucked over by draconian nsfw bans please join my M@stercard Injury Mailing List.https://t.co/rnkxl8gCAx pic.twitter.com/bODlkykMVO  — 𝕻𝕺𝕸 ➡️Little Death Comic (@Pom_Poison) March 15, 2024ALT
thebibliosphere

Hey, gang, this isn't just for creators to sign. There's an option for, "I consume adult content, and I'm sick of this shit."

moyaofthemist

I hate to be That Guy, but this is just a google form that anyone could make… Is this actually safe to put personal information into? Is there some kind of proof I’m missing that this is legit? 😬 I would be really excited to have my doubts disproven, because I think a class action lawsuit or similar is pretty much necessary at this point, but it looks like this is just somebody collecting emails and opinions about a potentially sensitive topic that could lose some people their day jobs or get them demonetized depending on who gets the info.

I tried going through the notes and stuff and didn’t see anything, but I might have missed it.

i want to believe but this just looks so sketchy… sorry :( ask to tag
caiusmajor
menoftiktok

Bearly Athens Pool Party 2023

wetdesertslut

first time I think I've seen someone with my shape body being admired.

bemusedlybespectacled

@biglawbear

thetetra

I'm a cis het guy who is absolute man candy and I didn't know how much I needed to see this. I feel down right pretty.

recovering-redditor

It’s super affirming, isn’t it? Just seeing men with any body fat being specifically celebrated for their attractiveness.

thetetra

I have a real hard time working up the courage to act attractive to my girlfriend who finds me wildly attractive and like it causes problems because I just do NOT believe in myself and I feel like I'm eternally not attractive despite a woman whom I love telling me otherwise... and this really helps

menoftiktok

I read a lot of the replies to my posts and this is legit one of my favs.

hachama

The duck print speedo is my favorite part. The whole video is great, and the joy and humor is part of the sexiness. But man. That duck print. I love.

not to objectify anybody but I’m literally sweating here i need to lie down used to think i was demi but apparently no. shout out to that sexy gnome art that made me realize that i CAN be attracted to anybody once i have an emotional connection but without an emotional connection the only attraction I experience is uh fat and ideally hairy this applies regardless of gender btw i developed a crush on a girl in high school after i saw her happy trail when we were swimming actually she wasn’t fat so maybe it’s ‘fat or hairy but ideally both’ and emotional connection overrides that I’m rambling sorry the sweat might actually be from a fever lmao may be nsfw depending on your workplace (because i used to work in an elementary school and this would not have flown there lmao)
darkstarofchaos
mousegirlheart

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im hunting americans

ckret2

My favorite thing about this post is all the Americans in the notes gamely playing along with getting captured by the burger trap.

My second favorite thing is the Americans in the notes going "That won't work on me because [insert an ingredient on the burger they want changed/added/removed]," implying that they would fall for the burger trap if it was their preferred burger order.

i would be caught by my preferred burger orders* (burgerville veggie burger. plain. add all the non-vegan cheese. add chipotle mayo.) (local burger place mushroom swiss burger. swap beyond patty. add onion straws.) (other local burger place. impossible burger. chipotle mayo and face rock sea salt cheddar and peppercorn…gouda was it?) (homemade veggie burger. garlic aioli. fried egg. any or no cheeses) well. i say i would be caught. but uh i don’t think my wheelchair would fit under there make a more accessible burger trap u_u i am so hungry i want a burger SO BAD NOW I’ll go in the box just give burger pls food tag ask to tag
deepdreamnights
blueberryfruitbat

ARTSHIELD

Putting out another resource for people if their PC is too old to glaze or do their work on mobile platforms

Artshield works by digitally watermarking your art into tricking AI scrapers into thinking its also AI and thus excluding it from the pool of sampled images. Granted it's methods are not as potent as nightshade or glaze, but its browser based and fast so you can have at least some protection on your art rather than none.

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Example of an un-guarded picture

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Same image put through Artshield.

See any differences? no? Thats because unlike glaze or nightshade the process is a lot more simplistic and changes the art in more subtle ways, while that makes the protection a bit thinner the artifacting is much less noticeable. but dont worry, its there!

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as you can see theres blurring and artifacting on anything an AI might look for, such as lines, changes in color, and background patterns. While its not much out of JPEG compression, its more than posting your work without any protection due to PC limitations.

It sucks as artists we have to jump through such hoops to make sure our livelihoods aren't stolen but there is hope that tools are being made to keep us safe, showing there are those that still stand with us against the fight on AI.

deepdreamnights

That's not how this software works. Follow the link.

One of the ongoing frustrations of the AI discourse is the constant misinformation about how and why the tech works, and here we the see the genesis of such a thing.

The blurring and artifacting is a side-effect of Artshield running your image through Stable Diffusion to implant a Stable Diffusion watermark onto your image. The idea is that your image will be recognized as AI and thus skipped by most scrapers that are on the lookout for that.

The website isn't shy about stating that. I'm unsure why the information wasn't presented that way here in the first place.

So, realistic expectations if you're using this software:

  • It utilizes Stable Diffiusion to do its thing. So once again we see that the issue of infringement is on output, not input.
  • This only protects against scraping done by groups concerned about AI in the dataset. The majority of those groups have already done their scraping. The chicken is already in the nugget.
  • This will not impact anyone wanting to make a custom LORA or a style prompting system.
  • Any AI art detector that looks for a Stable Diffusion watermark will indicate that your work is AI afterward because that's what this software does.

Essentially, all the reasons Glaze and Nightshade would be ineffective even if they worked as advertised are still here, only the effect is subtle enough that the presumption will be 'AI gen' rather than 'glazed pic' when something looking for that SD watermark pings on your work.

You can use it if you like, but you should be aware of the actual mechanics involved first.

ai discourse ai art I’m sorry that these programs don’t work. but they don’t work. if stable diffusion is plagiarism then this is plagiarism if it’s not theft to use other people’s art to generate watermarks then like why are you. why are you using something you consider stolen. to prevent your art from being the same kind of stolen i just. i can’t follow the logic? tbf I guess not that many people understand how these work or that it’s so processor intensive because you’re literally running the same ai art generator you’re angry about i don’t know. i’m tired of trying to warn people and then getting yelled at or ignored because they WANT to believe like i just want to spare them from frying their graphics cards for literally nothing ;_; if this isn’t theft. then ai art generators can’t be theft-by-default. because it’s literally the exact same thing literally the same program with the same dataset and code and everything anyway. heads up. the snake oil is still snake oil even if they changed the label on the bottle
arseniccattails
titkoks

someone give him a grammy

wecanthavethat

This is fantastic and so confusing. So many songs I had a strong recognization for, and then some lines I had none. I really wanted to sing more than one of each. Wild.

ikchen

from the notes (thank you to @ yetanotherplayer):
Where is the Love Mashup

Our Song – Taylor Swift, Angel – Shaggy, Whatever You Like – T.I., Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band, Love the Way You Lie – Eminem, Feathered Indians – Tyler Childers (yikes), Hey Ya – Outkast, How You Remind Me – Nickelback, Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard, Tubthumping – Chumbawhumba, Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) – Wyclef Jean, It’s a Great Day to be Alive – Travis Tritt, Irreplaceable – Beyo, I’ll Name the Dogs – Blake Shelton, BBQ Stain – Tim McGraw, Shape of You – Ed Sheeran, Self Conscious – Kanye West, Country Grammar (Hot Shit) – Nelly, You’re Beautiful – James Blunt, Soul Sister – Train, Every Morning – Sugar Ray, Just A Friend – Biz Markie, Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance, I’m Like a Bird – Nelly Furtado, Crazy Bitch – Buckcherry, I Wanna Talk About Me – Toby Keith, Changes – Tupac , Bad Day – Daniel Powter, Scars – Papa Roach.

wow i love mashups ngl earworm ask to tag