From YARF! #17 (1991, via archive.org)
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From YARF! #17 (1991, via archive.org)
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computer, bring me the asuka shinji tone and gladiolus faggot image NOW
computer please show me wierd al transfem realness dot mp4. high resolution. enhanced color. eminem optional
in an era of encroaching computer-aided lethargic mediocrity on all sides, the most important thing to do is to be a neurotic tryhard forever
anyway i honestly think rallying against generative AI or whatever you wanna call it is at best a distraction and a waste of time. the problem was never the programs. the concept of image generation is amorphous and materially unstoppable, but the companies using it as a justification for firing artists (which they would do no matter what) is. you can't unionize against an AI, but direct action against the industry itself WORKS. when you attack the programs themselves you are shooting yourself in the foot and playing into a corporate fiction that disassociates the capitalists from their actions
really i think the reason the ideological well is so poisoned on the issue is that "AI" has a PR problem, it rose into the zietgeist because cryptocurrencies and NFTs crashed and the tech unicorn ranchers and their evangelists needed to latch onto something else. and because of that, the atmosphere around that persists even when the two really are not comparable. i have plenty of issues with the ethics of so called 'artificial intelligence' but the technology itself is almost completely irrelevant to them
last thoughts on this i promise. i also don’t care about copyright or trademark law. the issue of artwork or writing being fed into training models without user consent is part of the broader issue of user privacy, not fair use (a losing game). legally speaking, there is nothing unique about what the latest iteration of machine learning companies do, by interacting with the modern internet at all you have already signed a contract that allows companies like google and facebook et al. to scrape everything you’ve ever posted into an algorithm to serve you ads. copyright law only exists to protect the exclusive interests of large companies, it will never be a leg to stand on in an ethical matter