mcc16h ago

My desire to use Mastodon is basically at zero now because post-"Claude", hanging out here means inevitably I'm going to have a conversation with someone who tolerates, or even uses, "generative AI". And what's the point of being in a community where that's a risk. Interestingly* there is absolutely no chance of this on Bluesky, because there are artists there

* And oddly, given how "AI"-brained the *admins* there are

Show threadmcc16h ago
No longer interested in talking about open source unless the conversation starts with how to build an alternate open source community without "AI code assistant" users contributing to it
Show threadmcc16h ago
AI is not a "tool". It is the users of AI who are tools HEYOOOOOOOOOO
Show threadbrib ​ 13h ago

@mcc I've noticed that artists, overall, do a much better job at resisting AI than programmers.

Notably, I have heard gamedevs often side with artists on this front.

In general, seeing programmers embrace the slop machine has really broken any final strand of trust I had in the profession. It's sad to see so many people I once looked up to treat generating the next likely word as some sort of industry best practice

Show threadFurbland's Very Cool Mastodon™13h ago
@brib @mcc absolutely. honestly I think it would be nice to build some sort of coalition of anti-AI instances
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@brib @mcc ...maybe @vantablack can help with organizing this?
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