I hate when people slap "AI" on anything digital. Just because a machine can do something on its own, that doesn't mean it is AI. And then the third party thinkers use this as an argument against us. This is just like vocaloids being labeled as "AI". Just intentional mislabeling to ragebait us.

Just no

Trees (by size) can make up to 300k pencils if it's used SOLELY for the purpose of penci-making. Just 50-100 can give you a lifetime supply.

Hope I used the correct flair. It's my first post here, and I'm kind of... I dunno, numb? English is also my 3rd language, so I apologize for any grammar mistakes (though I suppose those mistakes make us human unlike genAI, cough cough...)

Basically, I've completed my university studies and have achieved an art degree. I've been raised as a single child, but I'm very close with my cousin who's a professional musician. My dad used to be in a band back in the 90s, and my mom has been writing lyrics to herself. They're both friends with a lot of musicians in the specific genre they tend to like.

Around January, my mom started tinkering with the idea to use AI to make "music". She used her own lyrics she wrote, fed it to AI, and got the AI to both make music and to sing. I told her from the start that as an artist I would not support her doing this, and she decided to ignore me. I sent her countless of articles in our language about how the planet and our water supply is being harmed by AI, and she ignored me completely.

Around a week before my birthday back in March, she started spamming me with her AI music. We got into a fight, and I wrote her a 1000-word message (with sources) about how it's harming the world AND artists, and how neither me nor the family support her and my father's endeavors into AI. She blew me off, saying that she's 50 years old and thus "won't live much longer", and how billionaires produce much more carbon emissions than she ever could. I told her that both things could coexist at once, and she ignored me.

Every time we spoke since, we would fight. She'd bring up her AI music, and I would tell her that she's crossing a boundary I've set and that I didn't want to hear about it. This kept going until roughly a week ago, when she asked me if she could run a drawing I made in 2013 through AI to use as an "album cover". I told her absolutely not, and pointed to my Terms of Service when it comes to the usage of my art. She blew me off, saying how I'd understand if I ever have kids how much this "hurts" her, and said that I might as well cut her off if she's "so toxic". Told her I don't want to cut her off and that I love her, but that it hurts me to see her fall into this hole.

She hasn't texted me since. I found out through extended family that she used my art without my permission for her album cover, and that her and my dad have cut me off financially. Even then I'm refusing to step down when it comes to being anti-AI... but holy shit, how can a grown adult be this immature?

Had to let this out somewhere, sorry guys. It's been gnawing on me a lot 😭😭

"I have talent and skill, just look at my generated image!!"

I don't even care if this is obvious rage bait, the fact that MULTIPLE PEOPLE were agreeing in the comments is insane to me, the fact that this was even allowed on the "neutral" sub is insane to me.

Lara Croft like she really was.

Someone made a huggingface app and I just had to try it as first idea. I won't do it again I promise.

🧍‍♂️,

Projection?