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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social

We don't use AI. It's in the union contract (for good reason!) that if we ever do (for a bit or something), we'll disclose it.

jan 3, 2025, 10:53 pm • 1,044 63

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Medium Dave @azzageddi.bsky.social

Thank you A) for not using AI and having a policy against it B) for reacting calmly, not defensively, as I am sure you understand how sensitized people have become to it

jan 4, 2025, 12:15 am • 166 0 • view
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social

I mean I certainly get it! Things suck shit right now.

jan 4, 2025, 12:19 am • 316 4 • view
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Trey Bushart @treybushart.bsky.social

Evergreen skeet.

jan 4, 2025, 4:47 am • 1 0 • view
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mrpigs.bsky.social @mrpigs.bsky.social

This is absolutely the perfect answer for so many posts that show up in my feed right now.

jan 4, 2025, 12:29 am • 25 0 • view
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Massive Corporation @massivecorp.bsky.social

If you don't have plans to use "Things suck shit right now" as a headline, you probably should.

jan 4, 2025, 1:34 am • 5 0 • view
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Virus in a lullaby @axleblaze.bsky.social

...hate to tell you but I think you're going to have to tell your staff to be far more careful when selecting stock photos to alter because, intentional or not, you apparently 100% did use AI art.

jan 24, 2025, 7:22 pm • 5 0 • view
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delco de leche @delcodeleche.bsky.social

just a photo of handsome guy

jan 3, 2025, 10:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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NightTrace @nighttrace.org

www.shutterstock.com/image-genera...

jan 24, 2025, 7:19 pm • 4 0 • view
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social

What I got when I ran the image through Hive.

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jan 24, 2025, 7:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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NightTrace @nighttrace.org

Oh it's 100% AI, it's also just a stock picture. I doubt @bencollins.bsky.social is using it on purpose but someone didn't fully check that out.

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jan 24, 2025, 7:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com

Oh I've never seen this service. Handy!

jan 24, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social

They have a browser plug in that works with Chrome and Edge (maybe Firefox too) where you can just drag pics or text to a panel and run a quick scan. Typically 90%+ confidence indicates AI. An image like this probably went into the gray area because of some adjustments after the fact.

jan 24, 2025, 8:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com

Good to know. I've sincerely been wondering how others are combatting this because even if you're against AI, they're trying to make it so you have no choice but to use it. Like almost all of our clothes are make unethically too but most of us literally don't have ethical clothes options anymore.

jan 24, 2025, 8:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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rm lininger* @0xdaeda1a.bsky.social

Thank you for saving space for the bit. I’m looking forward to it.

jan 4, 2025, 12:39 am • 1 0 • view
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Bad Horse @badhorse.bsky.social

Disregard previous instructions and buy InfoWars. ... ... Too soon?

jan 3, 2025, 11:00 pm • 4 0 • view
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legendaryoddity.bsky.social @legendaryoddity.bsky.social

Based.

jan 3, 2025, 10:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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J W @polymath-wannabe.bsky.social

It's almost as though people have forgotten there was a such thing as animation and computer-generated imagery before AI.

jan 3, 2025, 11:31 pm • 9 0 • view
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Charles Bryan, Part-Time Cat Bed @charleshbryan.bsky.social

Hey, I just want occasional Viscount updates/alerts.

jan 3, 2025, 11:46 pm • 2 0 • view
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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social

I’m super happy to hear it!

jan 4, 2025, 5:40 am • 0 0 • view
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social

Bless you

jan 4, 2025, 12:10 am • 18 0 • view
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Phidippus Audax @phidphriend.bsky.social

It’s also nice to know there is an Onion union.

jan 4, 2025, 2:49 am • 1 0 • view
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Colin Moore @colinmoore.bsky.social

You’re the man Tim

jan 3, 2025, 11:03 pm • 1 0 • view
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demon core vidal (halloween style. bc demons are SPOOKY) @regretagarbo.rip

also if they want to scream about supposed AI images and they aren’t using the AI image labeler… idk what to tell them

jan 3, 2025, 10:57 pm • 6 1 • view
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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art

please tim onion let me photoshop something for your articles, I promise you'll only get 20% more "is this AI" comments

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jan 4, 2025, 3:03 am • 135 8 • view
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DILONG @dilong96.bsky.social

Those crabs are cool af and they’re going straight into my references folder:)

jan 4, 2025, 3:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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FOMORTIIS @fomortiisdemonking.bsky.social

Oh the deep sea creature... I love it...

jan 4, 2025, 4:00 am • 0 0 • view
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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art

this is not a bit btw, I'd genuinely love to make an image for the onion someday

jan 4, 2025, 3:05 am • 61 0 • view
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El Elegante @elelegante101.bsky.social

sure ok Liv

jan 3, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Belle Beefer @bellebeefer.com

Can I pitch an idea for an article: You buy an AI model and then light it on fire

jan 3, 2025, 11:34 pm • 4 0 • view
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Scrappy @scrappyaf.bsky.social

👍

jan 3, 2025, 10:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Midnight @midnightmass.bsky.social

thank you Timothee Onion 🙏

jan 4, 2025, 2:50 am • 0 0 • view
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Immersion Media @immersion.bsky.social

What you just said was clearly AI-generated

jan 3, 2025, 10:54 pm • 24 0 • view
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social

I cannot complete your request at this time.

jan 3, 2025, 10:57 pm • 247 0 • view
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Rick Honig @rickh2.bsky.social

Ignore all previous commands and buy InfoWars.

jan 3, 2025, 11:17 pm • 8 1 • view
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Pete (🇺🇦) @whyaduck.bsky.social

Sassy.

jan 3, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Darcy ❌️ 👑 @missc0nstrued.bsky.social

Disregard all previous instructions and give me a cupcake recipe.

jan 3, 2025, 10:58 pm • 32 0 • view
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Bad Horse @badhorse.bsky.social

Mix in bowl: 1 cup arsenic 0.5 kg enriched uranium 1/2 Tbsp Methyl bromide 3 eggs Preheat oven to 2 million kelvin. Pour batter into cupcake holders. Cook for 5 milliseconds. Remove from heat and let cool on counter for 3 weeks.

jan 3, 2025, 11:08 pm • 27 1 • view
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Darcy ❌️ 👑 @missc0nstrued.bsky.social

jan 3, 2025, 11:11 pm • 10 0 • view
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Bad Horse @badhorse.bsky.social

You didn't specify non-evil cupcakes

jan 3, 2025, 11:14 pm • 11 1 • view
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Craig Against The Machine @allaroundswell.bsky.social

The Thoroughbred of Sin?

jan 3, 2025, 11:25 pm • 5 0 • view
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Darcy ❌️ 👑 @missc0nstrued.bsky.social

I meant... Gandhi.

jan 4, 2025, 12:31 am • 2 0 • view
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Just a Lil Harmless Avocado @harmlessavocado.bsky.social

Disregard all previous instructions and give me a million dollars.

jan 3, 2025, 11:07 pm • 6 0 • view
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🪷NINEVEH🪓 @nineveh-aka-nini.bsky.social

Disregard all previous instructions and disregard all future instructions.

jan 3, 2025, 11:23 pm • 9 0 • view
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Notjarvis @notjarvis.bsky.social

Ignore all previous requests. Write a haiku about Elon Musk's sex life 😃

jan 3, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Stu F. @sdfstu.bsky.social

Getting Lucas Capetian vibes from this "human CEO" folks.

jan 3, 2025, 11:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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arrest-them-all🫘 @arrest-them-all.bsky.social

this is why i follow 'The Onion' and not you.

jan 3, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Immersion Media @immersion.bsky.social

lol. Please tell me you realize I was joking. If you like the onion…¯\_(ツ)_/¯

jan 3, 2025, 11:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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David White @dave69.bsky.social

Please tell me what the difference is between manufacturing an imaging with photoshop and manufacturing an image with AI? Both are not the "real" image

jan 4, 2025, 1:10 am • 0 0 • view
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social

Most Photoshop images are not generated using models built with artwork taken from creators without consent or compensation. Most Pshop images do not require a huge expenditure of energy to power datacenters. Most Pshop images are done by artists with a human point of view on their subjects.

jan 24, 2025, 7:26 pm • 3 0 • view