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"why are people so upset that i used AI for a throwaway image that's just a tiny part of a much larger work"
because if you used AI for that they cannot know what else you used AI for and so they cannot know if they can trust the core of your content and its message
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@expiredtoken @eniko the whole industry seems keen to make the world "consistent". The enslopification of everything.
@stragu @expiredtoken @eniko Consistency? Homogeneity? Unity? Power through Unity!
@eniko When I use AI, I hold full responsibility for truth and accuracy because AI simply can't. I will never blame AI for my mistakes. That would be rediculous. You shouldn't distrust my entire work for using AI.
It shows at least that you devalue the human effort that goes into other creative efforts.
"I'm a writer. Generative AI could never do what I do. But banner art? That's perfect for generative AI."
"I'm a video essayist. I research, write, film, direct, and produce all my videos. I take pride in my artistry and technical skill. But I need some music to play in the background so I'll use generative AI."
putting a little AI generated stuff in your work is like putting a little sewage in a drink: now the whole thing is sewage
it's interesting everyone seems to be assuming i'm talking about games but i'm actually talking about anything. blog posts with AI header images, youtube videos with AI images or thumbnails, books with AI covers, music with AI cover art, etc
but yes also games
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@eniko Today I discovered my employer replaced a purpose-made, pixel-by-pixel, hand-crafted drawing on a blog post my teammate wrote by a LLM-generated image. Reason? Consistency across articles. Yup, all articles look shitty now, well done. No heads up, no ask, just the violence of a personal work thrashed.