#the perils of AI

[crowleysgirl56]

Spreading the word. This is awful!

Yet another AO3 bot situation - please spread the word!

Hi, it's me again, the person who wrote that viral post about fanfiction plagiarism! Today I'm here to warn you about abuse perpetrated by bots who have stolen AO3 usernames.

There's currently an epidemic of bots going around leaving (apparently random) horrible, hateful comments on people's fics. This isn't the first time bots have invaded AO3, but the big problem with this wave is that they're using real AO3 usernames to do it.

I learned about this when another writer contacted me after receiving the following comment on their story:

Now, while that is my username, I DEFINITELY did not leave this comment (and anyone who would leave something like that on a fic should be slapped! What an awful thing to post). This fic is in a completely unrelated fandom that I have never participated in, nor has that author participated in any of my fandoms, so the probability of it being some intentional fandom drama thing to make me look bad is also low.

The writer whose fic the comment was left on enlisted the aid of some friends and tracked down other guest comments with unrelated usernames attached, which is pretty strong evidence that they are being left by bots at random.

The TL;DR: If you receive a cruel comment from a (Guest) with an actual AO3 username attached, it's most likely from a bot. Please do not lash out at or dogpile the AO3 user who owns that name, and who in all likelihood has no idea that their name has been hijacked for evil.

If finding this kind of comment on a fic, even left by a bot, is likely to upset you, I would recommend changing your comment settings so that only users who are logged in can leave comments. To do this, edit your story settings, and under "Privacy," select the radio button that says "Only registered users can comment," as shown below.

Please spread the word to other AO3 users! And if you see mean guest comments on other fics, maybe let the author know that it's probably from a bot and not a real person who thinks their writing is bad.

[jaykruge68]

[thelastsmoke]

[gg-is-a-loser]

if we don’t get a sky and peril reunion then literally what is the point

[barbiebabalon]

The Artist At The Controls of The Plagiarism Machine

[cosplayandgeekstuff]

Wonder Woman X Frankenstein

Design by: badguy1313

[dont-be-a-gonk]

I love the idea of V going into the blackwall and accidentally becoming a corrupt rogue ai so much I love it so so so much AURGGGHHH

[thelastsmoke]

[resus-cpr-heart]

Hi, new film on my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/wandafantasy

"AI Spy-girls in peril 3" [attachment=0]AIperil3tittle.jpg[/attachment] More than one hour long video.

[barbiebabalon]

AI Is Not A Replacement For Other Mediums

Today I saw a notification for a comment on my post about my reading group pointing out that the Eiffel Tower didn't exist during the period of the Paris Commune and how that shows that AI art is dumb.

I'm not mad at the person making the comment, but for me at least, that oddness, that offness, that wrongness created by the Robot’s crowd sourced impressionistic inexactness is part of what I like about AI art, part of the reason it is the medium I chose for this project. I live in a society that's increasingly alienated from the “hands on” aspect of things, which leads to an ever increasing sense of floating unreality. This feeling of alienation is best expressed through the weird randomness of AI art, additionally many AI image generator’s vast data sets feel like a sort of connection to a collective unconscious of the internet, where “of course Paris means the Eiffel tower regardless of history because there is no time there, only image and association”

The images of myself, as a beruffled male “damsel in distress” and even the images of calmer or happier scenes are pervaded by the surreality of existence in the present unprecedented moment, where centralization of power and the vast surveillance apparatus of private business and the state are both ever present and irrationally mechanized to the point where systems are layers deep and not fully understood by anyone working on them. This is a project about my petty and deeply human daily annoyances and joys and the way they inevitably run into incomprehensibly vast systems of power and the dark absurdity of that interaction.

If I didn't specifically want the specific feel of AI Art that wouldn't be the method I employ to create these.

[jaykruge68]

[thelastsmoke]

[barbiebabalon]

The Artist Must Wash His Makeup Brushes

[fortunaestalta]

[jaykruge68]