#PLEASE DONT GENERATE ART WITH AI

[colorfulusagi]

AO3'S content scraped for AI ~ AKA what is generative AI, where did your fanfictions go, and how an AI model uses them to answer prompts

Generative artificial intelligence is a cutting-edge technology whose purpose is to (surprise surprise) generate. Answers to questions, usually. And content. Articles, reviews, poems, fanfictions, and more, quickly and with originality.

It's quite interesting to use generative artificial intelligence, but it can also become quite dangerous and very unethical to use it in certain ways, especially if you don't know how it works.

With this post, I'd really like to give you a quick understanding of how these models work and what it means to “train” them.

From now on, whenever I write model, think of ChatGPT, Gemini, Bloom... or your favorite model. That is, the place where you go to generate content.

For simplicity, in this post I will talk about written content. But the same process is used to generate any type of content.

Every time you send a prompt, which is a request sent in natural language (i.e., human language), the model does not understand it.

Whether you type it in the chat or say it out loud, it needs to be translated into something understandable for the model first.

The first process that takes place is therefore tokenization: breaking the prompt down into small tokens. These tokens are small units of text, and they don't necessarily correspond to a full word.

For example, a tokenization might look like this:

Write a story

Each different color corresponds to a token, and these tokens have absolutely no meaning for the model.

The model does not understand them. It does not understand WR, it does not understand ITE, and it certainly does not understand the meaning of the word WRITE.

In fact, these tokens are immediately associated with numerical values, and each of these colored tokens actually corresponds to a series of numbers.

Write a story 12-3446-2638494-4749

Once your prompt has been tokenized in its entirety, that tokenization is used as a conceptual map to navigate within a vector database.

NOW PAY ATTENTION: A vector database is like a cube. A cubic box.

Inside this cube, the various tokens exist as floating pieces, as if gravity did not exist. The distance between one token and another within this database is measured by arrows called, indeed, vectors.

The distance between one token and another -that is, the length of this arrow- determines how likely (or unlikely) it is that those two tokens will occur consecutively in a piece of natural language discourse.

For example, suppose your prompt is this:

It happens once in a blue

Within this well-constructed vector database, let's assume that the token corresponding to ONCE (let's pretend it is associated with the number 467) is located here:

The token corresponding to IN is located here:

...more or less, because it is very likely that these two tokens in a natural language such as human speech in English will occur consecutively.

So it is very likely that somewhere in the vector database cube —in this yellow corner— are tokens corresponding to IT, HAPPENS, ONCE, IN, A, BLUE... and right next to them, there will be MOON.

Elsewhere, in a much more distant part of the vector database, is the token for CAR. Because it is very unlikely that someone would say It happens once in a blue car.

To generate the response to your prompt, the model makes a probabilistic calculation, seeing how close the tokens are and which token would be most likely to come next in human language (in this specific case, English.)

When probability is involved, there is always an element of randomness, of course, which means that the answers will not always be the same.

The response is thus generated token by token, following this path of probability arrows, optimizing the distance within the vector database.

There is no intent, only a more or less probable path.

The more times you generate a response, the more paths you encounter. If you could do this an infinite number of times, at least once the model would respond: "It happens once in a blue car!"

So it all depends on what's inside the cube, how it was built, and how much distance was put between one token and another.

Modern artificial intelligence draws from vast databases, which are normally filled with all the knowledge that humans have poured into the internet.

Not only that: the larger the vector database, the lower the chance of error. If I used only a single book as a database, the idiom "It happens once in a blue moon" might not appear, and therefore not be recognized.

But if the cube contained all the books ever written by humanity, everything would change, because the idiom would appear many more times, and it would be very likely for those tokens to occur close together.

Huggingface has done this.

It took a relatively empty cube (let's say filled with common language, and likely many idioms, dictionaries, poetry...) and poured all of the AO3 fanfictions it could reach into it.

Now imagine someone asking a model based on Huggingface’s cube to write a story.

To simplify: if they ask for humor, we’ll end up in the area where funny jokes or humor tags are most likely. If they ask for romance, we’ll end up where the word kiss is most frequent.

And if we’re super lucky, the model might follow a path that brings it to some amazing line a particular author wrote, and it will echo it back word for word.

(Remember the infinite monkeys typing? One of them eventually writes all of Shakespeare, purely by chance!)

Once you know this, you’ll understand why AI can never truly generate content on the level of a human who chooses their words.

You’ll understand why it rarely uses specific words, why it stays vague, and why it leans on the most common metaphors and scenes. And you'll understand why the more content you generate, the more it seems to "learn."

It doesn't learn. It moves around tokens based on what you ask, how you ask it, and how it tokenizes your prompt.

Know that I despise generative AI when it's used for creativity. I despise that they stole something from a fandom, something that works just like a gift culture, to make money off of it.

But there is only one way we can fight back: by not using it to generate creative stuff.

You can resist by refusing the model's casual output, by using only and exclusively your intent, your personal choice of words, knowing that you and only you decided them.

No randomness involved.

Let me leave you with one last thought.

Imagine a person coming for advice, who has no idea that behind a language model there is just a huge cube of floating tokens predicting the next likely word.

Imagine someone fragile (emotionally, spiritually...) who begins to believe that the model is sentient. Who has a growing feeling that this model understands, comprehends, when in reality it approaches and reorganizes its way around tokens in a cube based on what it is told.

A fragile person begins to empathize, to feel connected to the model.

They ask important questions. They base their relationships, their life, everything, on conversations generated by a model that merely rearranges tokens based on probability.

And for people who don't know how it works, and because natural language usually does have feeling, the illusion that the model feels is very strong.

There’s an even greater danger: with enough random generations (and oh, the humanity whole generates much), the model takes an unlikely path once in a while. It ends up at the other end of the cube, it hallucinates.

Errors and inaccuracies caused by language models are called hallucinations precisely because they are presented as if they were facts, with the same conviction.

People who have become so emotionally attached to these conversations, seeing the language model as a guru, a deity, a psychologist, will do what the language model tells them to do or follow its advice.

Someone might follow a hallucinated piece of advice.

Obviously, models are developed with safeguards; fences the model can't jump over. They won't tell you certain things, they won't tell you to do terrible things.

Yet, there are people basing major life decisions on conversations generated purely by probability.

Generated by putting tokens together, on a probabilistic basis.

Think about it.

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[johamfated]

Don't crucify me for it being AI. I can't draw, unfortunately, and so I am using the image to help me write a fic where the Doctor doesn't regenerate. (I find it easier to see what Im envisioning.) I just wanted to share cause this image is so cute, and I wish we actually got a hug like this.

[sarcosmiiic]

hey how do i get bluesky to shut up about politics

[emaranyx]

PSA: This art is AI generated. I totally understand the dislike with this, however I couldn't even draw a stickman. When this book is completed I will 1000% be seeking out a talented individual to create art work but for now it helps me visualise my characters. Please don't attack me 😢

Maisie Vault & Kai Thorncroft

[nitunio]

I think that if a person knows that something was made using trained on unethically sourced data AI. And still uses it/likes it/supports it/defends it.

Then said person should stop "being mad" when their data is used to train AI without consent.

[windupaidoneus]

in a sense i can tell emet & i have like very similar standards when it comes to quality. by that i mean i am very picky with art styles especially when it comes to how people draw my favourite guys & i KNOW in a fucked up really weird world where hes real & im the character (well ok due to introject stuff its not that far fetched but bear with me) he would hold fanart of me to the same standards i hold his. does that make sense.

[johamfated]

Please dont come at me with hate because I used AI. But why does it never get it right?? Like, Buck isn't that small. I was using it as inspiration for a Bobby returns fic, but it's driving me up the wall. It can't even spell "Fire" correctly.

[chipper-smol]

ISAT 2025 Art Bang!

After the telephone game lot of people told me that they were interested in joining another project just like it so here we are!

Sign up is available here!

There's a project server invite at the end, you're not required to join it but please don't feel anxious to join! The previous participants have created a very kind community 'v'

The timeline!

What is an Art Bang?

An art bang is meant to create a BANG of fanwork in the fandom! You (and as many authors who sign up) come together to write fanfics from scratch. The fanfic can be an idea that you’ve been wanting to write for a while and just haven’t gotten the motivation to, a fanfic you haven’t been able to continue but want to, or it can be an idea someone else suggests when you join.

Halfway through the writing process authors will be paired up with artists who have read a summary of their work and want to draw for it. When everything is finished, everyone will release their fanfic and fanart in the same week in an explosion of fanworks!

More info below the readmore!

How does it work?

Step 1: Authors sign up and start writing on June 28th. Authors CANNOT add any words to their official word count until after June 28th.

Step 2: After about a month, Authors submit a snippet or summary of their fic which is presented to the artist participants anonymously.

Step 3: Artists choose as many fics that they’d be interested in drawing for and I organize and pair up everyone together.

Step 4: Authors finish up writing, Artists finish up drawing.

Step 5: Works are scheduled to be uploaded to Ao3 and/or Tumblr!

Rules/Expectations

If you use generative AI or AI “assistance” I will trap you in a timeloop ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

AI anything is not allowed under any circumstances and will get you immediately banned from this project and any future projects.

All fics must be uploaded to either Ao3 or Tumblr

Spoilers for ISAT and SASASA:P are not reinforced in the Discord server

Authors

Authors must write at least 10k words in total.

Authors can write as many chapters and fanfics as they want.

Can be about anything! It can even be a continuation of a previous fic that you’ve lost motivation on, but you still must write at least 10k words in total.

Can be any rating! General Audiences to Explicit are welcome 

Authors who want to write Explicit fics must confirm they are 18 years or older.

Artists

Artists must create at least one finished artwork. 

If artists want to create something like an animation or animatic, they can check in with me and we can decide together what is a reasonable finished goal.

Artists can create artwork for multiple fics.

Artists who want to draw for explicit fics must confirm they are 18 years or older.

Can I share snippets of my work before the artist claims?

Preferably no, artist claims are made anonymously so that works are picked without any bias.

10k words seems like a lot?

Altogether, yes, but this challenge extends over 2.5 - 3 months, that’s roughly 3k words a month.

Can I write multiple fics?

Yes, but one of them needs to reach the 10k word mark.

Do explicit fics mean nsfw/sex included things, or is it general heavy themed ones?

Both. Nsfw/sex and general heavy themes.

How 'high level' do the art pieces need to be? i dont want to just do simple sketches of course but how complex should they be?

Since you'll be given a month+ to work on your piece, at the minimum it should be a polished piece. IE Lineart, color, shading

[thydungeongal]

I don't ususlly do asks over shit like this but i have to ask why youre going to bat for people who 'don't want to commission artists' or why one of your arguments big points is that a lot of anti-ai sentiment just exist so people 'don't use gen ai'. I'll be frank, i don't give a shit thinking about a world where people dont litteraly rely on shit like that for a living because as of right now a lot of people do, and a grand majority of the places providing gen ai directly fund shitty hyper capitalists and start ups trying to ride the wave of this trend

Can you please tell me why exactly its bad to stop this, because in the world we're living in, telling a bunch of people to stop supporting the sevice that hinges on paying workers pennies while you get your fun little toy doesn't sound like a moral conundrum that will actually damage people who use AI as a tool.

If a person just wants a picture of a goblin with a fat ass I don't think they're morally obligated to commission an artist to do that for whatever reason they might have. Implicit in this discussion there's often the idea that only people who can afford to commission an artist deserve to have art. I don't think the person who asks the silly machine for a picture of a goblin with a fat ass is morally compromised, despite the fact that they might have been able to pay someone to draw that picture for them.

And a lot of people treat it as like natural that of course you should commission someone for a picture of a goblin with a fat ass instead of asking a generative algorithm to make one for you. But to me the logic under that assumption is very similar to the anti-piracy logic of "it's stealing a corporation's profits." Nothing was stolen, some profits simply failed to manifest.

And like, is the person who asks for a picture of a goblin with a fat ass your enemy? Nah. The issue is far larger than this one single technology and that one person with a great taste in goblins, and I think regardless of how people might feel about generative AI as a technology it is important to articulate that the technology itself is neutral, and its uses being bad isn't an emergent property of the technology itself. That way we can better focus our energies on the real issues.

Like, the issues with OpenAI and Midjourney are not "they are AI companies." The issues are "their business models are based on exploitative practices that our economic system empowers," right?

[drdemonprince]

hi !!! ive been reading a lot of stuff from leftists who are more ambivalent to ai and think about in terms of material conditions, and i think theyve shifted my ideas about ai as a technology [ ie the problem does not lie with the tool but rather the people who will weaponise it ]. and its also made me realise how my distaste for ai was primarily reactionary because i was thinking about it through an emotionally-charged lens as an artist who is ablebodied. especially as a minor who is currently anxious and insecure about being able to be hired [ which is part of why i wanted to pick up something like garment creation which had tangibility and required physical labour. its all me trying to grasp at potential job security borne out of anxiety ]. but also i feel like most of the things i was focusing on were more ideological without proper solutions that could be enacted which is part of why i still am apprehensive about this technology. and as i write this im realising im doing the thing where im focusing much more on a lesser issue with ai technology instead of the main one like automating and calculating the most efficient way to exact violence upon the marginalised. im sorry if this is a bit incoherent; ive never sent an ask before and i get anxious interacting with people online which is why this is on anon [ also because of my age ]. and i will admit that i need to read up more on leftist concepts to fully grasp things because ive been confused about certain concepts despite thinking i get the general gist of them. but essentially: i am curious about feasible solutions to the issues of ai being used as a tool by corporations to outsource labour and the use of ai as a tool for genocide. i am curious about how to go about researching them. i feel like im complacent in things and i want to speak about them to my family but i dont know how to connect to them about these topics, especially with our language barrier, and im not sure where to start with connecting with my immediate community. i feel like so much of this discussion is blanketed in a sort of cynicism and fatalism that i cant help but feel scared and hopeless. again, i apologise if this is somewhat incoherent because im currently just word vomitting and im curious about this because this is new to me and my anxiety is currently at a spike. im sorry if this ask comes off as in bad faith as well or naive. im just feeling so inundated with information and news that im feeling lost.

Oh Anon you seem real fucking cool. You are a very reflective soul looking at a topic from a multiplicity of angles, and it seems exhausting; do be easier on yourself. I think your anxieties are ones that a lot of people on here probably relate to, though, including people who are much older and have much more life experience but no more answers than you do. Please be aware of just how lost most of us really are, and take everything I and everyone else have to say on the matter with some skepticism and continue to hone your own discernment skills (aka "wait a second thats bullshit, but this other part is useful" skills).

My personal opinion is that a lot of the issues with AI are in fact issues with industrialization, imperialism, and capitalism, and therefore the best ways of addressing them are to address those problems at their root. Artists hate AI because it threatens their livelihood, but making art shouldn't be dependent on being profitable in the first place. the profit motive is already bad for art. Lots of human artists make equally soulless drek because that is the only thing that will pay their bills, and lots of talented creative people were unable to express their passions long before AI, because they didn't have financial support. Unfortunately in their desire to become wealthy owners of intellectual property, these broke, exploited artists lend their support to greater IP protections and online censorship... and those things are good for corporations, not artists.

I think that in the short term / if I were more of a liberal than I am, I would argue that universal basic income and health care are necessary to maintain the society we are currently in. AI is going to automate a lot of work and change the economic landscape, and we should provide resources to everybody no matter their ability to produce. In a just world, people not having to do so much rote, repetitive work would be a good thing, and free up our time to make art and have relationships!

But I also believe that the society we live in is a fundamentally unjust and untenable one, so I do want more than that. Like I've said, I want to see the end of the United States and all settler colonial projects. As for how to get there... your guess is as good as mine. Anyone who tells you they have the answer is coping. I think you should explore a lot of thoughts on the matter and see what makes you feel less insane and upset. I prefer Anarchism, but I have learned a lot from Marxists, including the ones I disagree with. I have my issue with anarchism as it is commonly talked about by white settler types, too.

If you'd like somewhere to get started, I think David Graeber's book Bullshit Jobs is a natural fit -- its all about the meaninglessness of work in our environment, and what a world unlike this one could look like. If you enjoy what he has to say, dig into his other books -- Dawn of Everything is an amazing, if difficult book on the many different ways that Indigenous societies have been structured, and it really gave me hope for the future. If you want a tiny taste, I wrote a review of it:

(if you really enjoy this stuff, then go ahead and read all of David Graeber's books, as well as Rebecca Solnits. They are great introductions to the world of activism, what works an what doesn't. A Paradise Built in Hell is so life affirming, and The Democracy Project is really useful for figuring out how to hold an organizing meeting).

I think it's generally best to have ways to toggle between the big picture and the small. Do not drive yourself crazy obsessing over every issue and reading the news all the time. Find a topic that is your passion, an area where you think you could make a difference locally, and really put your energy into building community around that. You have GOT to find a political pursuit that FEELS REWARDING. You have GOT to do something that has a result you can see, and put your hands on your hips while staring at, and say to yourself, "Whew! That was a good job." If you don't have that, you will burn out and get bitter. There has to be a way to start and end the work at a regular pace, and a way to pass the work along to others when you can't do it. And it should be something you actively ENJOY DOING. Pleasure is not your enemy. Pleasure and social connection are your FUEL.

Finding my way to get plugged in and make the world better without going crazy into self-martyrdom and stress is an ongoing challenge for me. I think the little bullshit I do writing about sex and freedom is probably good enough for now; it's really all I can manage at the moment. I ground myself into the pavement with activism for many years and my body is yowling from it. My world right now is very small and self-indulgent. But I am not the center of the universe. I'm just some idiot guy. I do what any random idiot man does. and I need help.

I wish I had more answers for you, but it's probably for the best that I don't. I'm a white dude with middle class job, I'm not going to be the leader of the revolution and I shouldn't be. But I can do my little thing here and there -- including a lot of things that *cannot be posted about online* because resisting the state rarely can be.

Here is some other writing I have on the subject:

I'd also recommend checking out Ismatu Gwendolyn's writing:

[orxinus]

DON'T PUT MEGALOMANIAC FORD IN CHARACTER AI OR ANY GENERATIVE AI SITES PLEASE!

i used to be an avid character ai enjoyer myself and ONE person had asked if they could create MM!Ford in c. ai and i said yes. i dont remember who it was but now i ask for it and all the ai bots of him to please be taken down. i used to not see the problem in this since it wasn't like AI art where they can post it and gain something from stolen works. but after being informed how much one ai chat message can do to harm the environment and seeing ai chats being copy pasted as fanfics in ao3, i snapped out of it. it wasn't worth the comfort it gave me. i could always find comfort in x reader fics and if i ran out, i can find other fanfics and switch the names in google docs.

one of the reasons I've been hesitating about making this post is because i know there are minors who love my character. and i don't want them finding predatory people to roleplay with to satisfy their wishes. and honestly idk what else to do about that other than say, please just stop chatting with him in cai. if you really want to, you can roleplay with your friends but be cautious about them and make sure they are your age. or read fanfics!

generative AI causes harm whether its personal use or not and i would like to not have my character be part of it in its progress of evolving into a better machine at stealing works from creatives. if you can manage to contact the creators of these ai bots, pls do send them this

anyways i have a fever so sorry if the words are unclear and jumbled. i just had to let it all out already

tldr: take these MM!Ford ai bots down and stop chatting with them if you are

[enden-k]

i know some fuckers reupload my art without a care in the world, im fighting w this for years now and it was a major reason why i deleted my previous art blog and stopped posting art for a long time. i dont hunt the internet to catch everyone tho, even if it pisses me off greatly.

BUT if anyone ever sees my oc art reuploaded, let me know so i can deal with this. one of my biggest fears is people stealing my ocs/worlds or claiming them, i saw that happen to someone once and its scary as hell. i wont tolerate that w my ocs. literally fuck you.

and regarding the AI ask just now; please dont use my OCs for things such as roleplay or anything.

also i rb sm abt it and thoughts its obvious - especially as an artist - what my stance on AI is and what a deep hatred i have for it. do NOT use my things for ANY of that shit.

and, in general while were on the topic of AI bc i see this SO OFTEN: you cant be anti AI and then turn around and use AI writing programs, its all scraped and based on stolen shit. please protect writers as much as artists and VAs.

[dustsansm2]

Intro post

Layout by @/stitchedlove) Hello my names Nacho for ya new broskis and I plan on being chill on here? Tf am I supposed to say in a intro post-?

I am from Iraq but I currently am NOT located there. I dont really have a favorite traditional food, but I suppose one of my favorite holidays is Ramadan!

I only respect people who respect me, I am only kind to people who are kind to me, and I am only caring to people who care (I think..?) about me.

I am located on ao3, my account is Dustsansm2 and I am in the making of a fanfic. I also do have Artfight which is also Dustsansm2.

What’s on this blog?: Shattered Dream Sans simping and a lot of selfship art, random shit and shenanigans, TONS of reblogs, and some roleplays cause why not. I have basically everything on here related to UTAUS of course. (UTAU= Undertale Alternate Universe)

Fandoms: UTAU, Wind Breaker, Pressure, TADC, TSAMS, TWST, Tokyo Revengers (sorta), and some others I have probably forgotten about.

DNI: P3dos, Zoophiles, gross weirdos in general, and people who ship stuff like incest or people with a huge age difference like childeren/minors and adults. (Not sure what they’re called-) Also people who use AI for shit cause their lazy. That ain’t art. Thats shitty programming making a image that’s absolutely disgusting.

Anyways moving on!

Do I have any Sonas and/or ocs? Yep, the reference sheets will be below!

ALSO @izmaddieyt MADE ME THE FURSONA THEY ARE ADORABLE!!!

Also if you would like to learn about me, heres some funfacts.

I am the worlds and universes biggest Shattered simp. <3

Also ship Cream (Dream x Cross)

I also have two sideblogs: @hatsunemikuht @freshyabroski

I am a traditional artist currently learning how to make digital art as well so please don’t expect much out of me art wise.

This blog stands for Palestine, and all other countries who are being affected in hurtful ways. They do not deserve what America and Israel are doing to them. So please anyone donate to them if you can. (I’m like, a minor so I sadly can not.)

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Last update: 07/17/25

[orions-hound]

this has been in the works for a little while, but im finally ready to begin:

Transformers: Prime Anniversary Fanart Fest (or just TFPFanartFest) is an event to celebrate the 14 years of transformers: prime through art! the event will run through September 15th - November 20th, where all fans are encouraged to submit their works to be displayed publicly on the TFPArchive on November 29th. info below!

Guidelines:

1. This event is all ages. thus, all images must be SFW, with no exceptions. this means no kink, fetish, or suggestive content. generally if a kid cant see it, dont submit it. 2. Till All Are Images. Any art form is encouraged, such as digital artwork, traditional artwork, physical craft (clay, handmade plushies, etc), as long as it can be posted as an image file, such as a PNG or JPEG. 3. All art must belong to you. this means no AI generated artwork, tracing, or outright snatching another persons work. 4. Every picture must pertain to TFP! such as a lone character, interaction, scene redraw, etc. however, please do not submit original characters, as they may be confusing without context.

How to Submit:

Create a post containing whatever fan creation youve made, whether made just for the event or an old picture you just adore, @ me along with using the tag #TFPFanartFest! its that simple, and ill try my absolute best to catalogue every single submission to the best of my abilities. i you will be credited on the archive with your tumblr username, and ill reblog your post to confirm ive seen it!

[whompthatsucker1981]

you said you think gay sex cats is the new duchamp's fountain. i dont disagree and i kinda see what you mean already but please elaborate

it was a silly and tongue in cheek way to say that a lot of people are getting mad about it in a way that implies reactionary views on art, and that there's no way to say gay sex cats isn't art that wouldn't also imply that the fountain isn't art. a funny meme image is a funny meme image, but it is also funny to overthink and recontextualize them as art.

and the reaction makes the comparison even more apt. neural net generated artworks are anonymized mass produced images, vast majority having no artistic pretension or meaningful content such as a thomas kinkade painting. gay sex cats was made with no intent to be art, but the discourse it has with audience reaction and its appropriation in derivative works make it so. why is gay sex cats not art if people talking about it negatively allow it to be called art? is art only things you find beautiful and valuable? if so, what is value and beauty, and how do you draw the line? if gay sex cats was still ai generated but had more "aesthetic qualities" would it be art? if someone copies the original image by hand with all its ai generated faults where is the value generated? does the original still have no merit of its own, even after appropriation as a digital ready-made?

but the main reason as to why gay sex cats is comparable to the fountain still is because it made a lot of people with bad takes on art really really mad. and that the pissed off tags wouldn't look out of place as reaction to modern art in the 1920s. art is a flat circle

EDIT: well. putting an addendum because in retrospect more people took either or both the op and image in face value and much more self serious than ever intended. a lot of people understood the tone i was getting at, and i still stand by the questionings i added on, but still for clarification. the original comparison is not serious. it's self evidently ridiculous to compare a meme image to a historically significant artwork, the comparison was only drawn because they were both controversial to an audience, who reacted denying their status as respectively as an image and as art, and that it was funny that the negative reaction people had to the original image explicitly denied its status as art, even if the meme never had pretension to be art, so it was funny to draw a comparison and iterate on that.

i did think it was valid to bring in questionings about art and meaning because that's the reaction i saw most and wanted to make people think about the whys, and that also i do not think it's valid to base your dislike on ai art on either grounds of questioning its position and value as artwork, or even as a question of ip theft. regular degular handmade art can be soulless, repetitive, thoughtless, derivative, unethical, open and blatant theft, and much more, and that does not make it any less of an artwork. neural nets are tools that generate images by statistic correlation through human input.

the unambiguous issue with neural nets in art is its use as a tool by capital, to threaten already underpaid and overworked working artists and to keep their labor hostage under threat of total automation. in hindsight i regretted not adding the paragraph above as it was a way in which people could either misinterpret or assume things about me, but hindsight is hindsight and there's no way to predict how posts would blow up. so shrugs. i had written more posts in my blog that elaborated on that because asks would bot stop coming. and i think my takeaway is that people will reblog anything with a funny image without reading the words around it, or even closely looking at the image.