Disclaimer: This post has strong opinions against (generative) AI. If you don't like that, don't read, because you "don't need me, anyways, as I'm an artist and you have a Midjourney account".
Art: "The expression or application of HUMAN creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power." -Oxford Dictionary |
For as long as people and companies, (including Wacom, who make drawing tablets, y'know, those things designed for artists and pretty much no one else.) have been using generative AI, it's become a giant trigger for me (as an artist; eg. my Dad saying something, followed by "According to ChatGPT", chances are, I'm gonna ignore him for the rest of the day.) I don't know why I get this mad whenever this happens, but I know that I hate it with a passion.
While it wasn't always like this, I can barely remember a time when I was neutral about it, let alone positive. So, firstly, where did it go wrong?
My first encounter with generative AI was in 2022, when using Dall-e mini was the "hot new thing to do", according to every single YouTuber. Later that same year, ChatGPT became all the rage, and then Midjourney hit the scene, I don't think it was until (2023?) AI was confirmed to actually be stealing from artists, confirmed to be using up more power than a small country, getting more "realistic" that I was converted to someone strictly against AI.
The image you can currently see to your left is a sample image of Adobe's "Firefly", their AI software. This is the best they could do, yet there is so much wrong with it.
So, this is obviusly a dog wearing a sweater, but what breed is it??? Well, while looking through the list on the Purina webite, it looks to be some kind of Terrier, but with Willow's ears, in which seem to be knitted out of some material. Crossbreed? Definitely not, oh! And just look at that miscolouration! This dog also has a red glow on the top of it's head, as if it's shooting a laser (or being shot by one).
Onto the sweater: This doggo seems to be celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever other event takes place in december in their religon. I probably would be able to tell, if I was able to tell what the sweater actually said. The sweater reads: "Heaa"? No, that can't be right. from the one red bit that looks like it was supposed to fully wrap around but just gave up, it must spell somethi- No. It's a bunch of literal squiggles.
And it's not just Adobe...
C'mon, Google, you're a multi-billion dollar company dammit! Why, oh why, does your AI screw up so much? First, it cites WELL-KNOWN, SATIRICAL news site, "The onion" as a source on why you should eat a small rock every day, but I can hear the idiots already shouting: "But that was when Gemini first came out! It's gotten better; See for yourself!" And my answer is: "See what?", as just a couple of days ago, I googled "Are Michael Jackson's pronouns actually 'he/he'?" as a joke, but Gemini took me seriously, the result is the following image I then posted to Bluesky, on your right:
No matter how true it is, when you Google something now, you don't get links to other websites on top, (y'know, like Google?) but rather an AI-generated response, with no official way to turn it off.
Even when you search up stuff like "Disable Google AI", or "Opt out of Gemini", you're gonna get an AI overview, telling you there is no real way to. One of the only ways people have found are installing browser extensions, or... Swearing at it. This is real, try it.
When I first got my Laptop, I made sure that this Laptop would not have the spyware (CoPilot+). This section isn't about that, but rather me thinking I was free from Microsoft's AI, only for it to run after me at lightspeed and stab me in the back.
A couple days ago, I uninstalled CoPilot while organising my hard drive, so you can imagine my suprise the next time I opened Notepad:
Notepad is where I write down my thoughts, but NOW, they've added stupid AI features! I can no longer do anything digitally without this crap getting in my way now!The ironic part? I uninstalled Gemini TODAY? Why must we live in this world?Step up your game, @microsoft.com.
— sranly (@robonerd.neocities.org) February 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I am never going to ever use generative AI again, you shouldn't, too. It saves the artist, and saves the environment. But at the end of the day, it's your decision. If you want to watch the world burn, fine, but everything negative that happens because of that decision will be on you, and the other idiots who thought this was a good idea, encouraged the suits, and helped them make this distopia.
