I take a hardline stance on AI "art," because I am a Pagan.
Paganism has only one core belief, and that is reverence for the Earth. It is now common knowledge that the AI bubble is causing huge energy expenditures that will worsen the climate crisis, which I take very, very personally. That's my mother that you're hurting.
So, just know that if you post AI art, I have you muted.
If you post AI art trying to pass it off as real, that's a block from me.
@Cat_LeFey that Wolf-something guy who did the pagan music lifestreams had the audacity to outright block me without comment when I, as politely as possible, told him that I’d rather have no illustration than AI sludge not just for theft machine reasons but also because it burns the earth. Shows how superficial some people can suddenly be when it comes to their comfort (having an illustration and not having to pay an artist for it).
AI sludge most of the time is slightly nauseating to me, even.
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Anne Deschaine