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In my opinion, AI just feels like the logical next step for capitalist exploitation and destruction of culture. Generative AI is (in most cases) just a fancy way for cooperations to steal art on a scale, that hasn't been possible before. And then they use AI to fill the internet with slop and misinformation and actual artists are getting fired from their jobs, because the company replaces them with an AI, that was trained on their original art. Because of these reasons and some others, it just feels wrong to me, to be using AI in such a manner, when this community should be about inclusion and kindness. Wouldn't it be much cooler, if we commissioned an actual artist for the banner or find a nice existing artwork (where the licence fits, of course)? I would love to hear your thoughts!

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[โ€“] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Is it AI? It's been the banner since at least the Reddit API thing and I don't see common AI artifacts. All the eyes and whiskers look fairly consistent for example, so do the paws. Especially with the relatively primitive AI models back then it would actually be impressive if they generated this image. I think it's just a generic looking CGI image with the same off shelf 3D model posed in different ways.

[โ€“] Ithi@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

These kind of posts always have the feeling of UFO or cryptid people dissecting a grainy 3 second clip of video and coming to the conclusion that Bigfooted Aliens exist.

They already have their conclusion before they even start.

[โ€“] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

These kind of posts always have the feeling

They already have their conclusion before they even start.

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[โ€“] patatas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

"It's not AI, also even if it is (and honestly why are you looking at something critically for more than 3 seconds to even determine this, you should just let the slop wash over you in perpetuity and never think about it) then it is good actually and the people criticizing it are just cranks"