The guy replying to me is (as far as I can tell) the sole owner and moderator of .wtf, which is the instance I've been using up until this point. I kinda already knew they allowed AI slop, as there's nothing in the rules that says otherwise, but this interaction really sealed my decision. "Hey, person who makes music. If you don't like another musician using the fascist plagiarism machine, how about you offer to create art for them? After all, if people simply donated their time and effort, maybe they wouldn't have to resort to pissing in the face of their fellow artists of a different medium. Think about it."
Also, I think you can donate to the instance in crypto?
Fuck right off with that.
On another note: PeerTube itself uses Whisper for automatic subtitle generation. It's something I don't LIKE, but I approached the devs about it and they responded very thoughtfully. I'll admit I don't know all the differences between locally run, open source models that are used for accessibility and the horrible plagiarism machines we all despise the most. I suspect they're still built off exploitive tech / trained on stolen data and whatnot, and Whisper being the product of OpenAI doesn't inspire confidence, but Framasoft only uses it to detect speech, not create it. That's hardly "generative" at all, is it? It's just creating subtitles. Now, that doesn't mean the program itself is ethical given how it was likely created (as the devs acknowledge), and we SHOULD push for ethical, FLOSS methods of doing these sorts of things. I'm sure it can be done, it wasn't exploitative before the AI boom, right? This is where my knowledge ends and I ask for feedback. Any thoughts?
Honestly, your comment is mean spirited and unnecessary. Not everyone share the same amount disdain you have against AI, and that includes !fuck_ai@lemmy.world.
I don't appreciate AI slop album cover, yes. I also won't go around like this and make people feel bad unsolicited.
Idk if I'd call it mean spirited, but it sure was meant to be rude, yeah. Why should I respect someone who so blatantly disrespects me and my creative peers, and in such an obviously hypocritical way? I would never incite harassment against anyone, but I have no tolerance left for people who do anything less then shun this stuff. We've all had years to understand the harms "generative" AI causes, yet some people who run decentralized instances, heck, even those who create open source tools, continue to either turn a blind eye or be outright accepting of this shit.
I don't think it's productive to bash people either, but if I get a response as ignorant as the one I got from Meldrik, in 2026, it isn't my responsibility to be civil to someone who clearly does not care. At that point, all I can really muster is, "Wow. You're a dick." because anything else is a waste of my time.
Unsolicited advice from someone who used to be like you: Consider a person's intent when considering your tone. You can't just make a call regarding your outward level of courtesy merely based on subject matter. They may not know better. In a vacuum, is it "fair" to hate someone based on unintentional ignorance? Consider their intent first.
Edit: to be clear I'm referring to the unintentional ignorance of the artist, not meldrik. Fuck that guy.