#edit without ai

[zemkzone]

In the newer editions of Office/Word (2024 onwards), the labels are a little different.

File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Under the header "Connected Experiences", go to All Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on all connected experiences”

Note, this will also uncheck the boxes for Experiences that analyze your content and Experiences that download online content, but really, you do NOT want AI doing those things anyway.

As an additional and, I hope, helpful PSA for your writing projects, primarily fiction or creative non-fiction, here are some non-AI'd (fuck you, Grammarly) reference materials, available as physical books, eBooks, and audiobooks:

Elements of Style by Oliver Strunk. E. B. White - Colloquially known simply as Strunk & White in some circles, it's really short, quick and dirty reminder on the general rules of English grammar, at less than 200 words, I believe. It's on its 4th edition, has usage examples, and the illustrated version has an adorable basset hound on the cover.

Chicago Manual of Style - Printed by the University of Chicago, it's one of the most widely used formatting guides of the big 5 publishing houses in the USA (as far as I have been told by editor friends, so don't go hacking me to pieces if you've heard differently). This one's pricey and heavy as a brick but, on its 18th edition as of this year, it has been updated for 2020s pronouns and has more fiction-friendly sections than past editions have had. Even if you get the 17th and older generations, you're still getting a large chunk of the good stuff.

There are a LOT of other reliable references out there, whether you're here for research or just the fun of writing up a little prose. Remember, you gotta KNOW the rules before you go and break em. AI has some good uses, but not in this arena!

Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.How to Turn off Word’s AI Access To Your Content

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”:

File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[starssoblue]

“things were so hard with dad in recent years...how did he go from paparapluie to père? i wish i could face him and understand, but while he was still here i didn't dare try to tell him [any of my feelings] and now...it's too late.” * paparapluie is a pun on the words papa and parapluie (umbrella) since the plush is a frog. père is the french word for 'father.'

[b33tlejules]

using generative ai for fanart and fanfiction is literally so vile. where the fuck is the joy of creation.

[gaysidesalad]

potential skybound #18 spoilers ?

kept seeing that one two page panel from the newest issue everywhere and thought it'd make a banger wallpaper

so i made this in 2560 x 1440 px, if anyone wants it

[butteredfrogs]

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[rpmemegraveyard]

PSA: This RP Blog is firmly Anti-AI.

There's been somebody (or some people) using anonymous messages going around certain RPC's threatening people that if they don't become less selective and write with them, they'll use their writing to feed an AI so they can write with that instead.

Not only is this weird and blatantly creepy, as people are allowed to be as selective as they please and threatening someone only looks bad on your end. Even outside of the broad debates about AI, AI generated work has no place in the RPC, a collaborative hobby between artists and writers to engage with another human being.

This blog will not engage with people who openly use AI to generate writing, graphics, or whatever the machine coughs out with stolen work. AI's are well documented to scrape different places for data. You are using stolen work. AI generated content, writing especially, goes against what the RPC stands for. End of story.

[pillowspace]

yo as a heads up there’s like a dude on c.ai that has your old art in a couple character pfps

https://share.character.ai/70U7/q87pl6l7

Ahh, yeah. There's like at least 20 AIs using my art as character pfps. It's been awhile since I counted but there's at least like 11-15 AIs using two of my Eclipse drawings alone (<- not upset, more... bewildered and amused??)

Just added "I do not consent to me or my creations having anything to do with AI" to my bio, that should cover a lot. I already have a rule about not wanting Celestial Sundown used for AI but it's buried in the CSD post and I need to reword it anyway, so I don't blame anyone for not knowing

Honestly I'm not bothered enough to say anything, but thank you for telling me! I appreciate being told! <3

[iwoulddieforienzo]

Something really great about the persona 2 cast is that they all individually fucking SUCK to talk to casually. Every single one of them. They are all infuriating. We have:

Tatsuya, who will stare at you blankly if you try to initiate conversation (IS) and will dip without saying a word afterward (EP)

Batsuya, who will scoff and brush you off/otherwise act dismissive

Eikichi, who might honestly be the best to talk to in the IS crew and that is not saying much, who WILL talk extremely loudly over you (probably not on purpose?) and will not be paying particularly close attention to the conversation beyond whatever he wants to say (gets points for talking about his gf. gets points taken away for constantly talking about his gf)

Lisa, who will automatically assume bad faith and will be rude to you the entire conversation unless you manage to defuse her temper (good luck)

Jun, who is uncommunicative at BEST and requires an encyclopedic knowledge of flowers, metaphor and body language just to get a HINT on what he’s thinking, and who will be extremely polite but completely unhelpful. If you tried asking him what he wants for dinner I guarantee it will be the longest 30 minutes of your life as he goes “oh I have no opinion :) whatever you want. :))” EXCEPT HE DOES HAVE OPINIONS. He has SO MANY OPINIONS. He is Expecting you to be able to pick up on his “obvious” clues. He will be passive aggressive if you don’t. (Jun babygirl you suck so bad I love u)

Maya, who is a delight but will very quickly become grating if you try to talk to her about anything serious as she hits you with the white suburban mom's "how to live a happy, healthy life" lifecoach slogans. You can’t even mention, like, stepping in a puddle or something without her hitting you with the positivity beam.

Yukino is great actually. 10/10. She’s fabulous we love her. Incredible conversationalist, chill and fun and easy to get along with. But she’s from Persona One, she doesn’t Count.

Ulala, who WILL bring up her relationship problems in every conversation within 10 minutes at least once. Any longer and she will start talking about Maya.

Do I even need to explain Baofu. Have you seen him.

And finally, Katsuya, who is a cop and a kiss ass and Very Obvious about these things. Also he can't talk to women. He can barely talk to men. Help Him.

And yet they all work wonderfully as a group. They are so annoying I love them

[fortunaestalta]

[jeres-red-g-string]

ngl when I first saw the pictures I thought they were a joke…like some of you fooled around with photoshop again…how are they real??? you cannot tell me that everyone looked at those photos and they were like „yeah..okay..they look good. let‘s use them!“ like????fr?????

[xiaomao-ai-wo]

It's anti-establishment to reject generative ai

[dullahandyke]

'i hate ai so i'm gonna make sure everything about my fanfic writing is original and organic' ohhhh whos gonna tell them what the basic premise of fanmade fiction is

[jupiterlandings]

In every timeline, in any universe.

[dykesynthezoid]

Truly a thesaurus is more useful to me as a brainfogged disabled writer than generative AI could ever be

[alicepao13]

There is one comment that I read which annoyed me and I tried to let go without mentioning it but, you know what? The poster didn't think of keeping their thoughts to themselves about it, and it's the second time this exact thing is happening in relation to one of my shows, so what the hell.

Because of the anti-AI sentiment and discourse, some of which is justified and some completely unhinged (example: if you've ever bullied disabled people online for using it to make their life easier, please rethink your life choices and touch some grass), I'd think that people would be more careful who they're accusing of using AI in art. Turns out, people are not careful.

I've read quite a few "this must have been made with AI" false accusations lately but I did not expect someone to suggest that they used AI on Hudson and Rex. On footage that has already been filmed years ago, no less, and re-used in the new intro. Most of these scenes, including footage that had been used for a S4 promo, are not new. I assume that the use of the footage from S4 is what's confusing here, along with some not-so-smooth transitions and slow motion, which is something I found jarring as well. As a fan of the show, I don't need to know the technology to say that this wasn't due to AI. But as a person who has always tried to keep up with technological advancements and understands some of the AI technology, and as an amateur (non-AI) video editor, I can say that there was no AI use anywhere on that intro.

To people who have no idea what is or isn't AI or don't know much about film/tv/video making: Please don't make accusations like that. It's that simple. And think before you make a post. Posting an opinion presented as fact on a social medium, whether you realize it or not, is like saying something out loud in a crowded (or less crowded but certainly not empty) space. Someone is bound to see it sooner or later. And in a small fandom, it's actually more likely for someone to see it, even though the number of eyeballs is likely to be small, because content is scarce and your post will not "disappear" amongst an influx of other posts.