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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28232681

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago

AI slop aside, I'm not even sure most of the people who slaughtered natives were just following orders (in many cases there probably weren't even orders)... Manifest Destiny was pretty ingrained at the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

ICE: "I'm following orders and also love doing this shit!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Yes. Look at the nazi in the middle. He only has three fingers. Generally the anatomy is illogical in all three panels. Arms disappearing into nothing hands holding on to nothing eyes melting into nonsense on several characters. This wasn't drawing by a human.

It is pretty ironic to me that someone is essentially trying to criticize the people who are currently ruining the world by using the very tech they developed to help them ruin the world. But whatever, I guess. It's convenient and that outweighs artistic integrity, cultural integrity and care for the environment. Let's just all mindlessly use these things that annihilates our planet at an even faster rate while the people whose hard work this glorified image generator steals from is being butchered and made worthless. It's good for the culture to have it become soulless slop.

The fucking irony of them to then make an image that shows complicity and irresponsibility of the people who just did what everyone did at the time instead of resisting is a very funny meta layer that I don't think they intended. I would rather they drew that meme themselves. Stick figures if they couldn't draw. It doesn't matter. The point would come across still, but no. They just had to go use a theft machine because why actually bother when you can just press a button? Why put effort into anything anymore? Why learn a craft when the AI can do all of that for you? Viva la revolución!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Why isn't the SS guy saying, "ich folge nur Befehlen" I think he might be a spy

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

AI-generated. Thanks for training my neural network (brain) to identify more AI-generated images (slop).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (7 children)

What tipped ya off the weird faces or the woman with her child clone?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

The font (a little bit weird-looking) and the texturing of the image (way too overdone). From that, I noticed the comic lacked a signature or watermark from a comic author, then I noticed that the characters are all just gazing into the distance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All the comics from the new GPT have the same style, you don't even need to pixel peep. They just all have the same art style.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, and they often have the issue of people looking in kind of random directions that don't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

First hint was the weird fist in the first panel. Why would you clench your hand in front of someone's arm if you're trying to restrain them? It almost looks like he's holding the guy by the hair.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think this community needs to have a conversation about whether we keep allowing AI comics.

It’s a no for me but I’m willing to vote.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

I would vote "no" as well, but I imagine they're here to stay.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's a vote under every post. Feel free.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nice “gotcha”. But you know what I meant. We should discuss adding it as a sub rule - so we can report it for AI as they come.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I've got 10,000 AI generated candidates on my ballot and its my job to pick out the half dozen real submissions, it feels like there's a structural problem with the election's process.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the funny thing is that that's the icon for adobe illustrator.

inkscape ftw

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Lol I had no idea. Works both ways tbh

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

This is why I custom order all my memes direct from people on Fiverr

[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 days ago (17 children)

The message: 👍

The AI generated slop: 🫤

I could've made this art.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why are there way more AI comic posts than usual lately?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Because sometimes people have an idea for a relevant comic, but not the artistic ability to draw it. So, they use AI tools to create the artwork.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn, you're right, artistic talent is totally required to make webcomics.

I apologise for my glib response. I don't doubt your sincerity. Things may change in the future. It's just that in this particular historical moment AI has as much to do with democratising talent as nfts did with supporting solo artists/creators.

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[–] [email protected] 154 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Dont love the AI slop but appreciate the message

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Did AI make this? It looks like it

[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was just following orders.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What's more annoying? That people have the ability to generate content with AI, or that everyone on lemmy constantly complains about it?

You're banging your heads against walls over and over. Stop. Shut up.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Saw this on a thread a while back:

The funny and sad thing is I think the original panel was showing American imperialism against historical Nazi facism (soldier attire), so it was very easily repurposed for the next ethnostate of Israel with the Nazi flag being redundant against the very obvious German soldier.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago (2 children)

can we please keep this AI shit out of here

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago

Don't get upset about AI. It was just following orders.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lads here me out on this it might sound a bit harsh but I'm starting to think them fasists are cunts

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Fascist: "We're just following orders."

Liberal: "Court orders?"

Fascist: "Shut up and get in the van."

Liberal: "Okay, but I'm going to post a frowny face about it on Twitter."

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

The good news for (most of) the pieces of shit from the 1830s and 1940s is that there wasn't a tool for us to use to name and shame.
However for this generation of fascist scum there is now the internet. And it should be used to track down and tackle the ICE scumbags. Fuck them.

Edit: Reee, AI, blah blah because, yes, that's the most horrible thing about this post. Definitely not the kidnapping and fascism. Fuck sake.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago

Just following orders...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (7 children)

This didn't ring my AI bells at all. Oof…

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