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I’ve already heard of this - mainly thanks to the nuclear backlash it (and basically anything related to AI) is getting. Pulling out a particular highlight, here’s Ashley Lynch tearing the whole thing a new one:
Stuff like this is perfect because it shows how utterly devoid of creativity genAI evangelists are. Great, you recreated a photo that already exists in a drawing style that only has currency because of who you’re stealing it from giving the world something with absolutely no value or meaning. I can’t tell you how excited I am that we’re literally burning the Earth up for this garbage.
Every genAI techbro needs to be sent to the Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity with how they’ve traded our future for this absolute bullshit. Straight up capital punishment for every one of these fucking losers responsible for cursing us with this garbage. I have zero chill on this issue anymore. They represent the end of humanity.
Value, for some, is purely an emotional state.
@BlueMonday1984 @dgerard as someone who lacks the skills to draw I’ve found it very helpful in some situations to create images way beyond my ability to create. So it does have uses, but I also know it is limited. So great for making pretty stuff but useless for accurate stuff. It’s just another tool that it takes skill to use at the right times. Sadly it’s being pushed as the answer to many things it is not.
Going from
as someone who lacks the skills to draw I’ve found it very helpful in some situations to create images way beyond my ability to create
to
It’s just another tool that it takes skill to use at the right times
in a span of less than a paragraph. C’mon, it’s not a tool that takes skill. It’s a substitute for skill. Knowing when and how it’s appropriate to use AI for art is as much a skill as knowing when to wear a hole-ridden perma-stained Coldplay T-shirt. You could contrive an answer other than “never” but nobody will be impressed either by you doing so or actually wearing the shirt.
@bitofhope there is a big difference between art and generative AI and I’d never claim otherwise (at this stage of development, and likely for a long time). But it is useful, but you need to know the limits. If it’s something professional I’d likely not touch it for many reasons. If it’s something hobby related… I’d give it a go. There is skill in being able to craft good inputs, and knowing what the limitations are of the system being used, and when you really shouldn’t even bother trying.
I’m just amazed they take the artstyle but nothing of the magical whimsy and wonder Studio Ghibli movies have and call it the same. A cartoon picture of Joe Rogan doesn’t come close to anything from Studio Ghibli. Talking about missing the point. It is almost enough to start believing in souls.
brian merchant’s take on this: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openais-studio-ghibli-meme-factory
not that this trend is anything new or surprising, but i just find it especially disgusting. having watched quite a few ghibli movies and also some behind the scenes movies: the people making these movies are incredible artists. and miyazaki essentially tortures himself to make these incredible works of art. and now these absolute shitheads have assimilated it into their regurgitation machine, removing all of the heart and soul and meaning in the process. because these people don’t understand art, they certainly don’t appreciate the work and craft behind it - they actively mock artists because they think they’re just replaceable. what a fucking corporate hellscape this world has turned into.
grind for a decade [trying to help make superintelligence to cure cancer] OR [whatever]
I have spent the last decade doing either:
- riding a flying pig to frozen hell and back
or
- something.
Sue OpenAI for copyright infringement right now
looks like ghibli has been sending out C&Ds, so there’s a start
Would that work?
Sending C&D to the people using the AI while it’s being hosted by OpenAI feels similar to sending a C&D to viewers who watch a copyrighted video on YouTube instead of the channel who uploaded it.
As long as it’s hosted on the platform, C&Ding users of said platform feels like a game of whack-a-mole
Works For Nintendo™
ianal so I’m not really gonna speculate as to effectiveness, impact, or relevance of that. might be the thing by itself, might be opening of a broader set of actions.
legal process is convoluted, lawyers are expensive, lots of entities try “as little” as possible before scaling up - why bother spending a lot when you can spend a little
I’ll be so happy when I can read AI-related news again without having to hear about that OpenAI guy.
I need to put the threads together, but as far as I can tell OpenAI is singlehandedly responsible for the present bubble
