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My thoughts on GenAI and the abuse of it
a year ago
❀Azure's journal❀ Hiya y'all! It's been a bit since I wrote a journal here. I'm still around and I plan to post more sketches here, as well as my process. For now I'm focusing on here, Deviantart and Krita Forum. It's just too difficult to be on too many sites at once so I'll be limiting that, which means, I won't be as active on Twitter for awhile. I need a break from that site. I have a bad back atm so I'll be resting. Probably for a few days. I should be fine by then.
With that said, on to the topic. So, I'm not sure if y'all heard of GenAI, but it's a huge issue. There's a lot of stolen art being fed into this machine. Artists such as Yuumeiart, ErgoJosh, and I heard Adam Duff supporting the use of GenAi. I couldn't believe what I was hearing... I understand that they want to be open minded, but it's not about that, it's about the unethical use of AI that's an issue. That's what people's concern is.
I understand that there needs to be more nuanced discussions about this, but the current GenAI is just not right. It's hard to have a nuanced chat with how bad it is right now and people losing their jobs... It needs artists' consent and also more eco friendly. But with the way things are, I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon, if at all. I've heard of how much energy it's using that can be harmful to the environment and I just can't support such a thing. And I never ever will as long as it's like this.
I love researching and looking for references, but the right way. I need to know where stuff comes from, so I only use trusted sources. There's a lot of free stock on Deviantart that isn't GenAI... So, imma just use that like I've always been to study. There's also free sites like Pixelovely, it's now called Line of action https://line-of-action.com/practice.....figure-drawing. Honestly, there's no need for GenAI and I think it's so wasteful.
That's all I can think of. I just want to write a little update since I didn't get to make a journal here in July. I was so busy. I need to take a bit of a break now though since I've been drawing quite a bit. More than usual. I'm very happy about it, but there needs to be a balance so I'm taking care of myself.
Thank you for reading y'all. I really appreciate it. I hope y'all have a good day/evening.
With that said, on to the topic. So, I'm not sure if y'all heard of GenAI, but it's a huge issue. There's a lot of stolen art being fed into this machine. Artists such as Yuumeiart, ErgoJosh, and I heard Adam Duff supporting the use of GenAi. I couldn't believe what I was hearing... I understand that they want to be open minded, but it's not about that, it's about the unethical use of AI that's an issue. That's what people's concern is.
I understand that there needs to be more nuanced discussions about this, but the current GenAI is just not right. It's hard to have a nuanced chat with how bad it is right now and people losing their jobs... It needs artists' consent and also more eco friendly. But with the way things are, I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon, if at all. I've heard of how much energy it's using that can be harmful to the environment and I just can't support such a thing. And I never ever will as long as it's like this.
I love researching and looking for references, but the right way. I need to know where stuff comes from, so I only use trusted sources. There's a lot of free stock on Deviantart that isn't GenAI... So, imma just use that like I've always been to study. There's also free sites like Pixelovely, it's now called Line of action https://line-of-action.com/practice.....figure-drawing. Honestly, there's no need for GenAI and I think it's so wasteful.
That's all I can think of. I just want to write a little update since I didn't get to make a journal here in July. I was so busy. I need to take a bit of a break now though since I've been drawing quite a bit. More than usual. I'm very happy about it, but there needs to be a balance so I'm taking care of myself.
Thank you for reading y'all. I really appreciate it. I hope y'all have a good day/evening.
