Conor EI8GVBMar 10
Pavel A. Samsonov

Before you ask a diffusion model to barf up a banner image for your article, please consider searching one of the many existing sources of fine & free media:
• Public Domain Image Archive
• Openverse
• Wellcome Collection Image Archive
• Digital Bodleian
• Getty Open Content Program
• Wikimedia Commons

#publicdomain #substack

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Show threadJochen WoltersFeb 24
@PavelASamsonov Have you suggested that to Jakob for his blog yet? 😈
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Feb 24
@PavelASamsonov Also Unsplash.
Show threadJessamynFeb 25

@PavelASamsonov Flickr Commons too.

https://commons.flickr.org/

Flickr Commons

Browse a unique collection of historical photography from more than a hundred institutions around the world.

Show threadWill BradleyMar 9
@jessamyn @PavelASamsonov between Pexels and Unsplash there's barely any excuse honestly
Show threadMike Nelson PeddeFeb 27
@PavelASamsonov And creativecommons.org
Show threadKen Fallon (PA7KEN, G5KEN)Feb 27

@PavelASamsonov

Links and usage

[Openverse](https://openverse.org/) public domain.

[Wellcome Collection](https://wellcomecollection.org/) CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[Digital Bodleian](https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/) non-commercial

[Getty Open Content Program](https://www.getty.edu/projects/open-content-program/) freely available without restrictions

[Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) CC-BY-SA

Show threadArtemisMar 9
@PavelASamsonov @tante Also Open Access from various museums!
Show threadknowuhMar 9

@PavelASamsonov better still: take a photo yourself or use one you have!

Stock photos are a regression to the mean of standard expectations too! Generic images!

Let your freak flag fly.

The best thing we can do in this moment of AI is reject normie expectations.

Show threadknowuhMar 9
@PavelASamsonov don’t be boring! Be raw. Be wrong. Be human.
Show threadEmily van Lidth de JeudeMar 9
@PavelASamsonov ...or just take a photo or leave it blank. Also options that are far better than barf. And good for readership I think. I don't read articles with ai headers. They make me distrust the writer.
Show threadMuro deGrizecoMar 10

@PavelASamsonov

Agreed.

Or...wild idea...just don't have an image.

Show threadMike HanleyMar 10
@PavelASamsonov i fear you are preching to the choir here but approve the blast
Show threadrugkMar 10
@PavelASamsonov https://wellcomecollection.org/ looks interesting, but I doubt this is what you meant 🙃
Show threadPavel A. SamsonovMar 10
@rugk Surprisingly enough, https://wellcomecollection.org/search/images
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Show thread707KatMar 10

@PavelASamsonov A really good one, in case you write about AI and LLMs is Better Images of AI.

The images are made by humans and free to use under Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. Tech Policy Press uses them quite often.
https://betterimagesofai.org/

Better Images of AI

We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as inspiration for more helpful and diverse representations of AI.