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Paloma McClain

8 months

And then finally, reposting Glazed versions of my most recent environment pieces from the past couple years. :) Full-fledged imaginative work that I want to keep improving. ✨

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

AI bros seem to be misunderstanding the point of Nightshade. No, we aren’t trying to somehow stuff poison in your AI model datasets ourselves. We poison our own work. And if YOU choose to scrape our work, YOU poison your own dataset. It’s a retaliation to you offending first.

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7 months

The art community has warned the world extensively about the egregious ways genAI would be used. Exhibit A: Manufacturing propaganda in an attempt to show support that doesn’t exist.

MITO!!!🍉🍉🍉

@GOGO_YEEEEEEEEE

7 months

@samah_fadil Funniest shit i saw, they litheraly have tu use Al for pictures of suporters, zionists have nothing

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@palomamcclain

7 months

“Using it to “poison” this training data could damage future iterations of image-generating AI models, such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, by rendering some of their outputs useless” We can turn our artwork into dataset landmines? LET’S GOOOOOOOO NIGHTSHADE!

MIT Technology Review

@techreview

7 months

This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI

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@palomamcclain

11 months

This might be a hot take but hearing about 30+ year olds becoming successful in the games/animation industry inspire me so much more than the usual stories of successful super young prodigies. They are much more relatable and they make success feel much more possible

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8 months

Procreate publicly announcing their stance on protecting the rights of artists, their data, privacy, no image diffusion models…just throwing up the middle finger to industry trends. Such a flex.

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@palomamcclain

8 months

Wow, @Procreate releasing a groundbreaking animation app for a single purchase of $19.99…this is what progressing creativity means, developing technology with artists in mind. Procreate is a prime example of what it means to be an industry leader, not Adobe. Endless gratitude.

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7 months

The hatred towards artists is so bizarre. Our craft has been undermined and undervalued forever, our careers are deemed invalid. Yet instead of using AI to help the world the first thing they do is automate our craft using data that couldn’t exist without OUR labor lol.

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@palomamcclain

6 months

And this is why I find it so funny that they think they can sue. We can do what we want with our own work. Sorry! Don’t want to fuck up your model? Learn consent. And while you’re at it, maybe consider picking up a few skills so you aren’t dependent on our work. ❤️

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@palomamcclain

4 months

Calling Nightshade snakeoil is peak comedy when it’s free software created by a reputable team at UChicago and generating AI images requires a subscription 💀

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@palomamcclain

19 days

But why does this need to exist What is the purpose

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@bindureddy

19 days

The First AI-Generated Video That Looks Super Real Microsoft Research announced VASA-1. It takes a single portrait photo and speech audio and produces a hyper-realistic talking face video with precise lip-audio sync, lifelike facial behavior, and naturalistic head movements…

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

2 months

On this episode of Layoffs Hurt Morale:

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

4 months

Don’t announce your art is Nightshaded, let it be a little surprise treat 🤗

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@palomamcclain

7 months

I love this song

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@palomamcclain

4 months

Nightshade and Glaze never claimed to be the answer to every AI problem. It’s a way for artists to protect their work, establish consequences for violating consent, and feel comfortable posting their work online again.

The ??? Artist Named Zach

@zachhazard

4 months

Poisoning that data sets does absolutely nothing to solve the labor issues. The AIs currently suck at what they’re purported to do and that has not stopped big corps from using them anyway!

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9 months

It’s so weird how techbros inserted genAI into a space where there was no demand for it and just started…taking. And then tried to manipulate you into believing that if don’t use it that you’ll “be left in the dust” lmao

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@palomamcclain

6 months

@jewelmahou Their only definition of “adapting” is to assimilate into AI and forgot the kind of adapting that creates poison frogs

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@palomamcclain

7 months

They will never amount to the artists names they prompt. That’s why they are rushing to take take take from them. Without artists, they are nothing. :)

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

4 months

Now that Nightshade is out, prepare to see more takes like this. “You are in the wrong if we get burned from you protecting your work 😡” We can do *whatever the hell we want* with our own work. Learn consent. I hope they continue to get big mad at us exercising our agency. 🫶🏻

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@palomamcclain

8 months

Creativity privilege LMAOOOOOO

Pranesh Prakash (bsky.pranesh.in)

@pranesh

8 months

@Rahll @jamie_love @sunil_abraham @qirtaiba @A2K4D @naglarzk You have #CreativityPrivilege and can't see how the creativity challenged among us could be greatly aided by #genAI .

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3 months

It’s funny when AI bros make the argument that “most people don’t care about how something is made, just the results.” Just feels like massive projection? Lets be real, if all genAI content was clearly disclosed online as AI, I bet the average person would be way less interested

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@palomamcclain

4 months

Nah a literal celebrity using AI for their promo is embarassing

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

7 months

This is my favorite AI bro comment about Nightshade ever

𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓻

@mansa_is_musa

7 months

@katriaraden @SpencerKSchiff @TheGlazeProject You're trying to destroy the efforts of countless AI researchers and feeling smug about it. Blocking human progress to benefit the individual, and you have the audacity to virtue signal.

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@palomamcclain

3 months

What’s the point of striving for a “cushy” AAA corporate game job if it’s not even stable

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

The game dev layoffs have showed me that it doesn’t really matter how good you are. You could be among the best of the best and still get cut. Way to demoralize an entire industry. Newcomers are right to be weary

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

2 months

AI was used to steal this woman’s likeness to create a deepfake of her promoting erectile dysfunction pills. 🙃 Regulate this shit into the ground.

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@palomamcclain

7 months

I saw this coming lol

3D World

@3DWorldMag

7 months

Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all

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@palomamcclain

4 months

Anyway, here’s the actual story about the Luddites that isn’t the ruling class’s version:

god's little reject

@destructionset

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@EriYami2 luddites were 19th-century textile workers were against the introduction of automated machinery that would remove requirement for their labour in the production of said textiles, to the point they destroyed factories of them in protest. they also moved against their emancipation

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4 months

This might seem like a dumb question but how does a junior concept artist get better at coming up with more creative and impactful ideas?

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@palomamcclain

2 months

Stuff like this is why I theorize the average person is gonna get sick of AI shit quicker than we think Not being bothered enough to at least give someone the effort of a thoughtful comment

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@nilansaha

2 months

I have created a monster 🤯 Engaging has never been easier.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

“Wow how dare you stop me from exploiting people to cut costs >:’(“

Rick 📚🦖 Luddite 🚫AI

@dreamosaurus

6 months

Cry me a fucking river.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

4 months

I’m really interested in seeing what an A+ hirable portfolio looks like for game concept artists for the current barrier of entry. I wanna see the quality of work and how I should organize my projects for when I build my own portfolio. Any resources would be appreciated. :)

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

9 months

For artists who’d like to protect their artwork from AI scraping, check out this info on WebGlaze. :) I am also sending invites! I want as many artists to have access to Glaze as possible. No genAI users please. If you’d like an invite, please send a link to your work. ❤️

Glaze at UChicago

@TheGlazeProject

9 months

One final update then sleep. We've been a little behind on documentation. But finally put up a webpage explaining the design of WebGlaze, invites, using Glaze, common questions and general info. It's here:

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@palomamcclain

9 months

It didn’t even occur to me that genAI users would use Glaze to cloak their own generated images…that’s…poetry. Truly.

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@palomamcclain

6 months

Lmaoooo the AI bros are seething over us protecting our work so much that they are openly planning to attack the site. Delicious

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@palomamcclain

6 months

“Artists are being so loud and arrogant about Nightshade on twitter” yes, yes we are

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@palomamcclain

7 months

The new terms AI bros are trying to make a thing like “drawmish”, “paintpig” and “drawcel” are so funny and cringe. Fetch isn’t going to happen, Gretchen

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9 months

I’m glad more people are seeing that genAI hurts the artistic integrity of creative projects, and I hope it stays far, far away from game dev. Nothing worse for the industry than a bunch of rushed AI-ridden games slapped together to make a buck instead of a valuable experience.

Thomas Brush

@thomasbrushdev

9 months

There is something about A.I. art that just seems off to me. I can't put my finger on in, but I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments! #makegames #creategames #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #artificialintelligence #aiart #midjourney

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4 months

I don’t see why anyone would even want a bunch of GenAI media all around them. What kind of human doesn’t want to see things created by humans lol

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@palomamcclain

6 months

Looks like a lot of artists want to watch the AI world burn 😎 Okay I like it, Picasso

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@palomamcclain

9 months

The derogatory use of the term Luddite to describe the art community is amusing to me when you learn that the Luddites actively fought against the use of child labor, unsafe working conditions, and falling wages when factory owner’s profits rose. Not an insult whatsoever lol

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

What a great example thread of how to *not* treat people responding to you. Holy shit.

Mike Arkin not at GDC anymore. Sorry.

@zonomike

6 months

I'm looking for a game designer with some writing skills, who has shipped something adventurish and can work long term as a freelancer. Please DM your resume, and please RT. #gamedev #gamejobs #Videogame #HiringAlert

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@palomamcclain

7 months

But wait I thought genAI was just a creative tool and that disallowing it was limiting creativity? lolol

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@EZE3D

7 months

Interesting turn of events Artstation 🤔

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@palomamcclain

5 months

I hate that people are still using AI detectors. They aren’t trustworthy at all and are causing legitimate artists grief. Please be 100% certain about something before you make accusations. Pointing out mistakes in art isn’t really proof because even pro artists aren’t perfect.

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@CHofferCBus

5 months

"And if you see other old works, you can see that my tendency is very similar when it comes to painting. I always play with warm and cold ones on my face. Thanks to the work together with the art director. They give me the freedom and appropriate time to develop it." (cont)

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9 months

AI enthusiasts calling Glaze snake oil is next level funny

Ayes Aye

@LovenLoverLover

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snake-oil plain and simple

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@palomamcclain

5 months

From the bottom of my heart, fuck GenAI.

Shayan Sardarizadeh

@Shayan86

5 months

All the images in this tweet, which claims to show children in Gaza finding their pet cats upon returning to their destroyed homes, are AI-generated. The images first appeared in a TikTok video by an account that regularly shares AI-generated images from Gaza.

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6 months

Others mentioned a great analogy so I deleted mine in favor of this one. 😂 You can’t be mad if you’ve been stealing your coworker’s lunch every day, find that it’s now been labeled “WARNING: VERY SPICY” only for your mouth to burn when you continue to eat it.

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5 months

The AI slop that infests Pinterest like a cancer is frustrating. There’s nothing to study from an image that has no artistic intention.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

Lots of people asking what Nightshade is. Check out this thread and the team’s research paper!

Glaze at UChicago

@TheGlazeProject

7 months

By now, I'm guessing most have already seen the news on our new project, Nightshade. Lots of artists sharing it, but here's the article from MIT Technology Review (thank you to the wonderful @Melissahei ), and a thread explaining its goals and design.

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7 months

You can’t say it’ll improve our chances of employment when the purpose of genAI is to cut costs by replacing workers. GenAI devalues and exploits our work, there is no such thing as leveraging it to our advantage. Disappointed in this stance.

Andrew Price

@andrewpprice

7 months

Since it's making the rounds, here's the except from my newsletter for open discussion. Titled "When will artists accept #AI ?"

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7 months

The funny thing about AI bros thinking Nightshade won’t work is that it actually benefits us for them to believe that lmao. 😈

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@palomamcclain

6 months

Painting away at work and just thinkin about why in the world people wanna automate this lmao. Why automate away joy?

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@palomamcclain

7 months

An excellent video. It’s so funny how he wants to be perceived as skilled SO bad. The fact is the minute someone learns an image is made by AI, no one finds it impressive anymore.

Reid Southen

@Rahll

7 months

Here's my 22 minute criticism of Shadiversity's love letter to AI art, and AI art in general. "Yes, I can draw... But I don't enjoy it." Yes, he ACTUALLY said that. Check out the video where I talk about his bizarre takes and self congratulating.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

8 months

Deleted all my art on this app. Gonna slowly reupload with Glazed versions. A pain…but worth it. Let me know if any of you need invites to the web version of Glaze.

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@palomamcclain

7 months

Let this be a reflection of how Israel is terrified of the drastic shift in public opinion. Pro-Palestinian protests stretch across the horizon as far as the eye can see in countless cities. Pro-Israel turnout can’t compare so Israel’s social media has to manufacture it. Pathetic

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7 months

The idea that artists should leverage GenAI to our advantage is hilarious because why would we touch something that completely devalues our work? Using GenAI will make you fall behind, not the other way around.

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@palomamcclain

7 months

“Poisoned data samples can manipulate models into learning, for example, that images of hats are cakes, and images of handbags are toasters. The poisoned data is very difficult to remove, as it requires tech companies to painstakingly find and delete each corrupted sample.”

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@palomamcclain

7 months

The art community is so loving, creative and supportive. To pray for our downfall is so WEIRD lmao

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@palomamcclain

2 months

This skill of adding lighting that doesn’t exist in the ref is insane to me like how

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

9 months

I don’t bother arguing in circles with pro-AI users but the constant comparison of human study to data theft is tiresome. We are not made of 0’s and 1’s. Humans are capable of making completely new ideas. GenAI can’t evolve and could not exist without our work.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

25 days

Lmao all I can think of is the disabled artist who paints with her mouth and said fuck AI. There’s actually so many quadriplegic artists in the world painting beautiful art. The mental gymnastics used to justify exploitation is laughable.

Jess Miers 🦝

@jess_miers

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Many of the artists on here have demonstrated their dedication to keeping marginalized folks (including those with disabilities) out of their community and the marketplace. Gen AI says "fuck that." Those barriers come down now, and I'm here for it.

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6 months

Also see: poison dart frogs A result of adapting to your environment!

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@palomamcclain

6 months

I’m fucking geeking Oh yeah? Straight from the project huh? So you’re saying you have a team member from UChicago, who worked on Glaze, on your discord channel claiming that a screenshot breaks Nightshade? Which doesn’t even work on Glaze? AI bros log on and just lie LOLLLL

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@palomamcclain

6 months

That’s actually insane. The AI swipes the part of the guide that it calculates the user wants (which might not even be accurate), and completely cuts out the guide that provided the information. Which means less clicks on the actual guides. Less revenue = less guides 🙃

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@TheRealRutledge

6 months

Fuck this shit. Thanks so much for taking our work. Google going the "Saved you a click" route is so frustrating. ESPECIALLY on guides.

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6 months

I think it’s funny when GenAI users try to insult artists like “well your art isn’t good enough to train on anyway” One has the capacity to learn art skills, the other leeches off the skills of others who put in the work. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I know which one I’d rather be lol

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@palomamcclain

4 months

She could kick a puppy and you stans would say it deserved it. Their heads hold nothing but air I stg

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@lawstcuhse

4 months

obviously she likes the AI better than what these wack ass artists are pushing 😭

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@palomamcclain

7 months

My fucking god. This has to be the most useless, uninteresting, idiotic idea I’ve come across in a hot minute. Literally no one asked for this. When are techbros and tech companies going to focus on BETTERING the world again? Elevating human connection, not replacing it?

Jules Terpak

@julesterpak

7 months

Meta’s AI personas are here. Buckle up y’all Meet -K̶e̶n̶d̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶J̶e̶n̶n̶e̶r̶- … I mean Billie

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7 months

What lame ass account lmao. Touch grass. And no, the fact that I don’t depend on exploitive tech makes me a better artist for not using a crutch. Sorry not sorry, I take pride in learning the actual skills that it takes and will never let a machine do it for me.

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I’m thankful to have went to school when I did. Can’t imagine what it’s like to depend on an AI crutch so hard that I feel incapacitated to write without it. These skills go so far beyond school.

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9 months

“AI isn’t going anywhere and it’s gonna replace you so you should just accept it and look for a new career”

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3 months

These layoffs just make me wanna set myself up to be financially stable off my own work eventually. Even tho I don’t know the first thing to figuring out how to do that. Really dislike the concept of depending on a company to eat

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@palomamcclain

6 months

@moepuff Oh yeah. They think we’re sabotaging progress! 💀

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@palomamcclain

6 months

I can assure people like this that the things we individually create do not belong to nor are created by “all of humanity.” Olympic mental gymnastics to argue that you’re entitled to other’s work.

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8 months

Such a shame that AI prompters still insist on lying. If they really thought their generative Ai process was valid, they’d own that. Nope, the only kind of artists they are, are scam artists.

Grey DeLisle

@GreyDeLisle

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They say that it isn’t AI but I’m asking for the master file so I can be sure. 😩

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6 months

Wasn’t Bungie there to encourage those laid off from Epic to apply to their studio? Wtf is this

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@palomamcclain

8 months

Innovating technology by extracting the humanity out of everything doesn’t feel like meaningful progress at all

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@palomamcclain

5 months

A really cool thing happened where the instructor of a creative course I’m enrolled in messaged me on Discord saying he liked my portolio. He asked if he can commission me for an illustration he can use for a new lesson on the very same course 😭 life is cool sometimes

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6 months

@sxilor_1010 You’re in luck. :) Though it’s in the works with a different team

Ben Zhao

@ravenben

7 months

@BadMuthaHubbard @katriaraden @TheGlazeProject also there is a paper coming out at CCS 2023 (one of the big 3 in computer security conferences) that effectively protects human voices like glaze does for art.

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7 months

I am so mf excited for this

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3 months

Creating human-made art is more important now than ever. As the internet gets infested with genAI, more people are going to be wading through it all seeking actual human connection.

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@palomamcclain

9 months

Pretty sure the only reason these AI-supporting platforms make you opted-in by default and offer opt-out after is because they know no one would willingly opt-in to begin with lol

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@palomamcclain

19 days

Oh right of course their favorite use-case is frankensteining dead actors cool cool cool very ethical and not unhinged at all

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@palomamcclain

2 months

The ill-gotten datasets are still unethical regardless of what stage of production you use it for. If I was desperately job searching rn I would be upset that I would be pressured or required to use these.

Owlcat Games

@OwlcatGames

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@anafigreen Guys, we would like to clarify this issue. We use AI as a working tool for our future project, which is in the early stages of production right now. AI will be used exclusively for additional work with concepts and speeding up some internal processes (for example, for creative…

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@palomamcclain

4 months

🤗🤗🤗 For the gAI bros who swear up and down that the Glaze team doesn’t do any research lolol

Glaze at UChicago

@TheGlazeProject

4 months

9. I have talked to plenty of lawyers, none of them have any concerns about legality of me creating NS, or anyone using NS to protect their own art. Putting hot sauce in your lunch that is clearly labeled "DO NOT EAT/SCRAPE" does not make you liable when someone steals your food

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Someone posted this in a digital artist group on Facebook. It’s ridiculous that these studios are trying to micromanage our creative process like this by requiring the use of exploitative tech.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

You literally tried to tell us there was a Nightshade team member mole in your discord channel that somehow circumvented Nightshade (not released yet) by screenshotting a “nightshade pixel.” Your thoughts are just as valid as your credibility buddy

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

7 months

This only emphasizes how important and powerful our voices are. Don’t stop talking. Don’t stop spreading knowledge.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

2 months

I want to live off of making games and art for as long as possible, but I feel like if I wanna buy a house or have kids or have enough for retirement one day I probably need to consider adjacent areas to pivot to just in case

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

4 months

Super amusing to watch these AI companies dig their own grave. 💀

Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape

@JonLamArt

4 months

Midjourney developers caught discussing laundering, and creating a database of Artists (who have been dehumanized to styles) to train Midjourney off of. This has been submitted into evidence for the lawsuit. Prompt engineers, your “skills” are not yours

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

3 months

Ah yes, gatekeeping art when artists create accessible resources to learn art literally everywhere

Zé Burnay ✹

@Ze_Burnay

3 months

I'll forever be fascinated by the notion of artists "gatekeeping art". Like what does it even mean really...

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

8 months

I don’t have time to respond to every single point because it’s stuff our community has heard time and time again, so I’m just going to reiterate what’s most important. Just because GenAI is available to all creators does not make data scraping okay. We did not consent. (1/2)

Freedom With AI

@FreedomWithAI

8 months

We are all entitled to our own opinions and understanding so please know that I mean no disrespect in anyway. I disagree with your assessment though. Worth looking at how every new technology starts and disseminates through the general population. Eventually helping set a new…

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

7 months

“I’m not educated enough on this topic” is such a piss-poor excuse to be neutral in the midst of genocide when you have the internet at your fingertips. It’s not that you’re not educated, it’s that you refuse to educate yourself to justify staying neutral. Grow a spine.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

2 months

DreamWorks not offering severance is WILD What rotten management.

Christina Holland 🐀

@americanwombat

2 months

Apparently there have been huge cuts going on at DreamWorks including my entire former department?? Part of a push to outsource everything and avoid dealing with the union?

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

9 months

The amount of genAI users who are viciously territorial over their prompts and images they can’t even copyright is next level hilarious. We are trying to keep WebGlaze invites exclusive to actual artists only, let me know if you’d like to try it. :) Still have a few left.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

5 months

Miyazaki knows what’s up

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

I’m confused why artists would want to use AI images as a live reference…why use something that is further removed from a photo reference or studying an artist’s original work?

Martin Nebelong

@MartinNebelong

6 months

@leslievdb In this case it actually does feel more like live reference than anything else.. Which is why you see me sticking pretty closely to the AI version. I've been drawing and painting all my life btw and for the last 20 years it's been my job as well, so even if I'm scared of the…

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

9 months

Before, I always liked the idea of technological innovation. But that’s because I was considering the possibilities of how it could benefit the working class. And yet, here we are. It’s being used to exploit us and then sold back to us marketed as productivity tools.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

7 months

Cursed spaghetti arms

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

4 months

“Learn gAI now or get left behind!!” is peak snake oil behavior 😭

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

6 months

I’m glad ppl are reinforcing healthy work habits regarding getting a job in the game industry. I get you have to work hard to break in and possibly make sacrifices but idk…it’s weird how hard it is to break in when much of the pay and treatment is mediocre.

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Paloma McClain

@palomamcclain

11 months

This is not to take away from the hard work & talent of teens & early 20 somethings! They’re amazing. But to break in the industry while you’ve been raising a family, working in customer service, dealing with adult trials & tribulations? Holy shit you’re amazing tell me more pls

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