#MIDJOURNEY

[deepseasmetro]

guy who knows everything: AI ""art"" is so SOULLESS. where's the human touch? the intention? you just type your prompt in and it gives you EXACTLY what you want and there's NO effort involved! and it's so good at this it's gonna wipe out all art jobs!

the robot living in my discord channel who doesn't know what the word "ponytail" means:

[yuzimi-online]

Name: Saitama

Series: One Punch Man

Capsule: Cherry Blossoms

I.D: SAI-002

[doomtrooper77]

Handsome Brute Series

[ai-musclebound]

> Naciss' Story <

Naciss was obsessed with his own beauty. Every day, he stood before a mirror, admiring his well-toned body. Yet he longed for more – ever more muscles. One day, he discovered an old mirror in a shop. The shopkeeper told him that the mirror was magical. Fascinated, Naciss bought the mirror and brought it home.

As soon as he arrived, a voice whispered from the mirror: "Naciss, I know your desire. I can make you more muscular. But in return, you must stop looking at yourself. Each time you see your reflection, your muscles will shrink twice as fast as I have made them grow." Naciss hesitated briefly, but the temptation was too great. "I agree!" he declared.

In the following days, he felt his muscles growing. His clothes became tighter; his body felt more powerful. But the urge to gaze upon his new self became overwhelming. He removed the cloths with which he had covered all the mirrors. Yet as soon as he glimpsed his reflection, he felt his muscles dramatically begin to shrink. Panic seized him. "No!" he shouted, turning away.

His body was now noticeably slimmer than before. Desperately, he avoided all reflections from then on – window panes, shiny surfaces – and ventured out only at night. But the world was full of reflections, and again and again he caught a glimpse of himself: in a puddle, in a shop window, in the gleaming surface of a car. Each time, the shrinking began anew. Naciss became increasingly paranoid.

In a fit of rage and despair, he confronted the magical mirror. "Take back the deal!" he shouted. The mirror replied coldly, "A pact is a pact. You made your choice."

In fury, Naciss struck the mirror with his bare fists. The glass shattered into a thousand shards. He felt a sharp pain in his eyes, clutched his face, and sank to the ground. Darkness enveloped him – he was blind.

The pain was unbearable, but he also felt his muscles growing. Destroying the mirror had not broken its magic. Horrified, Naciss realized that without the ability to see, he could never again behold his reflection. The magic of the mirror would now let his muscles continue to grow unhindered.

[8pxl]

PSA: Tumblr/Wordpress is preparing to start selling our user data to Midjourney and OpenAI.

you have to MANUALLY opt out of it as well.

to opt out on desktop, click your blog ➡️ blog settings ➡️ scroll til you see visibility options and it’ll be the last option to toggle.

to opt out on mobile, click your blog ➡️ scroll then click visibility ➡️ toggle opt out option.

if you’ve already opted out of showing up in google searches, it’s preselected for you. if you don’t have the option available, update your app or close your browser/refresh a few times. important to note you also have to opt out for each blog you own separately, so if you’d like to prevent AI scraping your blog i’d really recommend taking the time to opt out. (source)

[rhubarbes]

Jalal Merzoug

[steampunktendencies]

Le manoir des Légendes … Art nouveau creation by Thierry Lechanteur

[poisonnightmares]

Verba Mystica

[keepingitneutral]

Dream House, Capri, Italy,

Design by Seydou Djermakoye

[stanford-photography]

End of Summer By Jeff Stanford, 2024 Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[lindsay-lohannibal]

PSA! TUMBLR IS SELLING YOUR ART TO AI COMPANIES

I've just been warned by a coworker who spoke to people inside Tumblr's parent company Automattic that they plan to sell all original images uploaded to this hellsite to Midjourney AI. Here is that warning in his words:

In other words, your OC will be used to train AI without your consent, and your art style will be stolen by the AI.

DELETE YOUR ARTWORK NOW!!!

Spread this post so more artists will be aware of this blatant theft!

[yuzimi-online]

Name: Toshiro Hitsugaya

Series: Bleach

Capsule: Sanrio Dreamland

I.D: HIT-201

[leahberman]

married to the mountains

instagram - twitter - website

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

FYI artists and writers: some info regarding tumblr's new "third-party sharing" (aka selling your content to OpenAI and Midjourney)

You may have already seen the post by @staff regarding third-party sharing and how to opt out. You may have also already seen various news articles discussing the matter.

But here's a little further clarity re some questions I had, and you may too. Caveat: Not all of this is on official tumblr pages, so it's possible things may change.

(1) "I heard they already have access to my data and it doesn't really matter if I opt out"

From the 404 article:

A new FAQ section we reviewed is titled “What happens when you opt out?” states “If you opt out from the start, we will block crawlers from accessing your content by adding your site on a disallowed list. If you change your mind later, we also plan to update any partners about people who newly opt-out and ask that their content be removed from past sources and future training.”

So please, go click that opt-out button.

(2) Some future user: "I've been away from tumblr for months, and I just heard about all this. I didn't opt out before, so does it make a difference anymore?"

Another internal document shows that, on February 23, an employee asked in a staff-only thread, “Do we have assurances that if a user opts out of their data being shared with third parties that our existing data partners will be notified of such a change and remove their data?” Andrew Spittle, Automattic’s head of AI replied: “We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who's opted out since the last time we provided a list. I want this to be an ongoing process where we regularly advocate for past content to be excluded based on current preferences. We will ask that content be deleted and removed from any future training runs. I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point. I don't think they gain much overall by retaining it.”

It should make a difference! Go click that button.

(3) "I opted out, but my art posts have been reblogged by so many people, and I don't know if they all opted out. What does that mean for my stuff?"

This answer is actually on the support page for the toggle:

This option will prevent your blog's content, even when reblogged, from being shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models.

And some further clarification by the COO and a product manager:

zingring: A couple people from work have reached out to let me know that yes, it applies to reblogs of "don't scrape" content. If you opt out, your content is opted out, even in reblog form. cyle: yep, for reblogs, we're taking it so far as "if anybody in the reblog trail has opted out, all of the content in that reblog will be opted out", when a reblog could be scraped/shared.

So not only your reblogged posts, but anyone who contributed in a reblog (such as posts where someone has been inspired to draw fanart of the OP) will presumably be protected by your opt-out. (A good reason to opt out even if you yourself are not a creator.)

Furthermore, if you the OP were offline and didn't know about the opt-out, if someone contributed to a reblog and they are opted out, then your original work is also protected. (Which makes it very tempting to contribute "scrapeable content" now whenever I reblog from an abandoned/disused blog...)

(4) "What about deleted blogs? They can't opt out!"

I was told by someone (not official) that he read "deleted blogs are all opted-out by default". However, he didn't recall the source, and I can't find it, so I can't guarantee that info. If I get more details - like if/when tumblr puts up that FAQ as reported in the 404 article - I will add it here as soon as I can.

Edit, tumblr has updated their help page for the option to opt-out of third-party sharing! It now states:

The content which will not be shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models, includes: • Posts and reblogs of posts from blogs who have enabled the "Prevent third-party sharing" option. • Posts and reblogs of posts from deleted blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from password-protected blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from explicit blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from suspended/deactivated blogs. • Private posts. • Drafts. • Messages. • Asks and submissions which have not been publicly posted. • Post+ subscriber-only posts. • Explicit posts.

So no need to worry about your old deleted blogs that still have reblogs floating around. *\o/*

But for your existing blogs, please use the opt out option. And a reminder of how to opt out, under the cut:

The opt-out toggle is in Blog Settings, and please note you need to do it for each one of your blogs / sideblogs.

On dashboard, the toggle is at https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/blogname [replace "blogname" as applicable] down by Visibility:

For mobile, you need the most recent update of the app. (Android version 33.4.1.100, iOs version 33.4.) Then go to your blog tab (the little person icon), and then the gear icon for Settings, then click Visibility.

Again, if you have a sideblog, go back to the blog tab, switch to it, and go to settings again. Repeat as necessary.

If you do not have access to the newest version of the app for whatever reason, you can also log into tumblr in your mobile browser. Same URL as per desktop above, same location.

Note you do not need to change settings in both desktop and the app, just one is fine.

I hope this helps!

[8pxl]

so a huge list of artists that was used to train midjourney’s model got leaked and i’m on it

literally there is no reason to support AI generators, they can’t ethically exist. my art has been used to train every single major one without consent lmfao 🤪

link to the archive

[zoomar]

Imaginary pictures from an occult flea market.