AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators

Bill Zebub · 2026-03-25T05:19:26+0000

Umbran said:
Determining that the process does not need to be justified is itself an act of justifying the process.

I think The Sphinx said that in Mystery Men.

Or...maybe I'm thinking of Yoda.

doctorbadwolf · 2026-03-25T06:48:36+0000

VHawkwinter said:
Almost no one works that way. It is worlds more practical to make something rough and then refine it iteratively. (Even AI image generators run on many cycles of iterative refinement, from plain procedural noise, albeit not in a human way).

Regarding the power consumptions: I understand MS, Google, and Amazon are supposedly now well on their way to being net zero by the hour or even carbon negative, are they not? That seems a very different direction than burning down rainforests.

Considering AI is resonsible for a massive global spike it total energy use, if they are still on track on paper it is vecause they are booking the numbers right alongside the planet.

Maxperson · 2026-03-25T06:51:03+0000

FrogReaver said:
And we have many carve outs allowing for using intellectual property you don't actually own or have permission to use.

I'm not aware of any of the fair use exceptions that would apply to AI.

Maxperson · 2026-03-25T06:55:07+0000

bedir than said:
By this logic the person who places an order at McDonald's is the head chef at head quarters.

Placing an order isn't creative.

That's not the only way to use AI, though. You can reduce AI to just being a tool to create art, just like a paintbrush is a tool for creating art. It's far more in depth than just using a prompt to get it to give you a picture.

Morrus · 2026-03-25T10:13:30+0000

Bohandas said:
the consumer is the only important part of the economy.

This is the oddest thing I've read so far today!

Pale Violet Light · 2026-03-25T10:57:08+0000

Bill Zebub said:
It's ok! It wasn't very funny. :-/

It was both funny and in very poor taste. I am mostly annoyed you got there before me.

aramis erak · 2026-03-25T12:14:04+0000

Maxperson said:
I'm not aware of any of the fair use exceptions that would apply to AI.

There's only one that applies to the initial scraping, and that requires ascribing personhood to the AI: educational use - violations solely for the purpose of educating a person in techniques.