Chris MessinaMay 20, 2023

Anti-NFT digital collectibles platform Neonmob has added a policy banning generative AI art.

If genAI commoditized the NFT marketplace, does this policy enhance the collectability/authenticity of digital art?

http://help.neonmob.com/faq/2023/5/10/neonmob-policy-on-ai-generated-imagesai-art

NeonMob Policy on AI-generated Images — NeonMob Help Center

Images created in any part with generative AI trained on content you do not have rights to use are not allowed in either Pro or Amateur series.

NeonMob Help Center
Show threadsqncsMay 20, 2023

@chrismessina gonna say not really. Maybe the art on this one platform is more collectable if you are only finding digital art through this platform but in the galaxy of art, digital or otherwise, this doesn't matter. Right click save still applies and ownership of digital goods isn't a solved problem. NFTs killer app was and still is money laundering.

Basically if one art gallery doesn't have the art you want, you'd just go next door to the next one.

Show threadChris MessinaMay 20, 2023
@sqncs Neonmob is more like a digital art collectible game — with an internal trading system intended to make collecting fun. Right-click save is boring in this context, because you can't interact with other Neonmobsters if that's how you play.
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@chrismessina I have a hard time believing there isn't some ideological or technical loophole to the platform's stated blocking of usage of generative ML trained on other people's work. But to be completely honest, I've got better things to do on a Saturday afternoon than try to understand what a "digital art collectable game" is.
May 20, 2023 at 7:19pmWeb
Show threadhenryMay 20, 2023
@sqncs @chrismessina As a long time small time collector of sports memorabilia, I must confess that #digitalcollectibles probably have a brighter future than even the real thing. Gamifying collecting appeals to the youngest in intuitive ways. With the #WWC2023 approaching, I came across #FifaPlusCollect that follows the same formula of on-site trading of moments (including women!), competitions etc.
Show threadsqncsMay 20, 2023
@henry @chrismessina you don't say