I can see how using a “middle man” like AI instead of constructing something oneself would come across as lazy and offensive to creators.
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This is probably why I don’t like using AI. I’ll do mashups, reference other artists or styles, but I would be doing it with my own hands and thoughts. That’s probably more respected these days.
aug 21, 2025, 2:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Generative AI displaces labour, contributes to environmental degradation and works against the very basis of plurality. If you want to resist fascism you'd heed the warnings articulated by Critical theorists who escaped Nazi Germany. Don't fucking outsource your political satire. Create with intent.
aug 21, 2025, 3:06 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes. Ultimately, this is the strongest point.
aug 21, 2025, 3:08 pm • 1 0 • view
With AI being the Middleman it's less about being creative, which can be subjective, and more about the Middleman's tactics of using immense amounts of stolen data to construct their datasets. AI wouldn't be half as functional without stolen property, and that's the main ethical and legal issue.
aug 21, 2025, 3:04 pm • 14 0 • view
I could make my own points about creativity but it's all subjective. What's objective truth is the property stolen that becomes used for a dataset, entirely without repayment, consent, or any legal rights to it.
aug 21, 2025, 3:06 pm • 12 0 • view