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Sam Altman’s Studio Ghibli memes are another distraction from OpenAI’s money troubles (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago (17 children)

I've already heard of this - mainly thanks to the nuclear backlash it (and basically anything related to AI) is getting. Pulling out a particular highlight, here's Ashley Lynch tearing the whole thing a new one:

Stuff like this is perfect because it shows how utterly devoid of creativity genAI evangelists are. Great, you recreated a photo that already exists in a drawing style that only has currency because of who you're stealing it from giving the world something with absolutely no value or meaning. I can't tell you how excited I am that we're literally burning the Earth up for this garbage.

Every genAI techbro needs to be sent to the Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity with how they've traded our future for this absolute bullshit. Straight up capital punishment for every one of these fucking losers responsible for cursing us with this garbage. I have zero chill on this issue anymore. They represent the end of humanity.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

@BlueMonday1984 @dgerard as someone who lacks the skills to draw I've found it very helpful in some situations to create images way beyond my ability to create. So it does have uses, but I also know it is limited. So great for making pretty stuff but useless for accurate stuff. It's just another tool that it takes skill to use at the right times. Sadly it's being pushed as the answer to many things it is not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

imagine how not-dead the pictures you want could be if you just threw a tenner or two at an artist instead! sadly it's people like you that's pushing them into precarity.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

@froztbyte Honestly the things I've used generative AI for I would never have paid someone to do. It just added something extra. It's also about speed, I can spend 10 minutes getting a fairly decent image versus days needed if I can even find someone (I don't know, I've never had to!). The problem is that yes, this will take away lower end jobs for those who do currently pay artists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure what you're trying to win here. Absolution? A cookie? Someone saying that oh, your AI slop is probably fine and cool and the thing we don't like is those stupid other people's AI crap, not clever special guys like yours?

I can't stop you from prompting up some pictures but you can't make me respect it either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

so busy doing things because you could, you never paused to ponder whether you should

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