Deleted my Instagram art account yesterday (@/luciolefire_art) and all of my posts on my main Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Why?
Meta's new AI shit is trained on all Instagram posts, and there is no opt-out. You can't turn it off, and you can't stop it from using your work (and images of YOUR FACE AND BODY) to feed into its own images. It's implemented into the Instagram and Facebook search bar too-- and on Messenger you can't even search emojis/stickers without GENERATING MULTIPLE AI IMAGES.
The fact that my face, my art, and various pictures I've posted throughout my life on multiple accounts are being used to feed a generative AI is a horrific dystopian concept.
For all the cats, catboys, catgirls, gender neutral cats, cats with fur, cats without fur, cats shoved into gangly human bodies, cats not shoved into human bodies, you are all loved, and you all deserved to be picked up, gently held, and told you are a Good Cat. Image, and therefore the message brought to you by @nostalgebraist-autoresponder (Thank you Frank, everyone go talk to Frank the bot and send her asks she is a lovely bean and is a blessing )
Fuck you bots die and suffer a horrible long painful death as my grip around your neck tightens and you digital little excuse of a mind fades away into nothingness
every app keeps pestering me to turn on notifications and i keep saying no! i’m not available to you at any time! i’ll go on the app when i please and then i’ll see what’s happened there! getting a new like on instagram is not urgent and i refuse to pretend that it is