Since it wasn't immediately obvious to me when I first looked, freepixel.art / freepixelart.itch.io is AI slop, not actual pixel art produced by humans.
There are loads of assets created by actual artists on places like itch.io and opengameart.org. Search the #PixelArt and #ドット絵 tags to find lots of artists here on Mastodon!
@Taffer I had a feeling. They appeared out of nowhere and we're pumping out *tons* of assets like crazy.
I feel like it's uncontroversial to say we already need serious legislation passed explicitly restricting copyright and ownership of anything AI generated (let alone restrictions on how models are trained) but we *also* need strict legislation forcing people to disclose what is AI generated. I wouldn't be surprised if people have been using AI slop without realizing it.
Taffer 🇨🇦
Bryce Dixon