JOSEPHSERAPH'S PROFILE

The thrill! Why does reading stat threads affect my hormonal levels so much.
Also, we had an over 20% increase in userbase over the last year! That's pretty cool!

i made this a while ago

what if i started using ai instead of drawing back then? :I

I'll follow rm in 2034 when an invite manifests into my hands

How is a smedia platform supposed to thrive being invite-only for so long anysay? Tf! Weird

But, im so glad rmn is ahead yeet agian

peak...

OldPat
AI is part of progress

Horrifyingly true, but only in the 'linearity of time' sense of the word progress. I mean labour laws have progressed but we as a collectively still experience labor in a much more oppressive way than before capitalism the emergence of certain aspects of contemporaneous social organization.
Now whether that's progress in the more colloquial positive sense, that's another story

To make a parallel: Climate change is progress lol

Puddor
This rule isn't about enemy AI or the photoshop healing tool or the proofreading AI injections coming into writing software. Look at the itch.io new assets page. That is what this rule is for. To avoid that.

Razor-sharp precision.

Quentin
Yeah we are about to be deluged by a sea of mediocrity in all facets of art and entertainment.

Ouch what did Marvel Studios do to you


Anyway it's inevitable that such a decision would stir many sentiments both amongst AI bros AND artists, and as the latter, I do find myself struggling to understand how to navigate the post-Dall-E world

Specifically, I got hospitalized last year, during that period the whole Dall-E craze happened, then my uncle had his stroke, I spent 2 months caring for him entirely removed from my existance as an artist, and then in November when I got back, well, things were the way they were.

Am I supposed to learn to work with AI if I want to continue to make a living out of my work？I don't know. I know that my family is hungry, I'm an older brother to 3, with a sickly but hardworking mother. I know that I have to make ends meet. And as such I find myself navigating this AI field and understanding if and how it'll impact my work and my workflow. To be clear, the thought of using AI to do commission work or asset packs has never even crossed my mind, but the local company I used to work as an art director at HAS added AI to their workflow and they reached out to me early this year to hire me back. (Due to my uncle's recent passing I was in no condition to accept.)

My mother on the other hand, she is a tattoo artist, and she uses Midjourney to generate tattoo ideas. She, once again, supports a family of five. Midjourney helps. But it can't and it won't replace her 30 years' worth of skill as a tattoo artist, her ability to compose tattoos on a person's body, her ink application technique, her medical knowledge so tattoos heal properly, her sensibilities so she knows what a client may regret later or her attentive ears as her needles prick their skin.
I had several arguments with her over her using Midjourney but I have to shut up, I can only argue with her if I can feed her children, my siblings. In the end this is a very sensitive topic to navigate when it directly affects your job, and I'm sure y'all can relate, or will be able to sooner or later.

That is to say that

Frogge
I long for the day Liberty can make an admin decision on this site without someone calling her a tyrannical overlord lmao

This isn't very helpful. It's not about Liberty, it's about a complex issue that would obviously stir reactions.

In that same breath I agree with Puddor's take on it 100%.