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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8853946" data-attributes="member: 86653">"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kellymckernanart?__cft__[0]=AZW6Snkrcl-hcbSDG4nHuRnzUGCLr_kPOfOE7z6dMrEwW63klIEIaVD89RYblE4dpTQXakzdOzEc2Bs_vBCZbg6QUB8wjKjhhFtultglekVj82lYTLBbOticT96blTgiS-sQ4znKPyheSswxQsymOZiFq1L912CHeqehiBrey_G4Z_Q43Zho2-JDx5HRdO3gAmcMckMplly7y3IJ8euB2Szi&[B]tn[/B]=-UC%2CP-y-R" target="_blank">Kelly McKernan</a> What a time to be a career artist, huh? <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t71/1/16/2604.png" alt="☄️" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />rolls up sleeves ok darlings, I’ve got a platform and I’m using it: if you haven’t been following my IG stories, my art has been trained on by AI without my consent or compensation. For some reason, I was one of the first 400 artists stable diffusion’s tech bros chose to train their database with.At first it was exciting and surreal, now it’s nauseating and devaluing. I’ve since discovered nearly all of my artwork shared online since 2010 through <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhaveibeentrained.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR33MDxbQSDmZ0R5UihjtfaAtkHZPIZSlw5MiDIU0CBaP6wNynjWBnQ0MVs&h=AT0ZYZDeWF2nLY8lGaINUogZHGccnMa94cGpITNFtCLb4EvRhHxgilxz5ckWJvbiA5vcWOFMCYriRUjix4e55r-x_5dlhW4xW3dR4Mu0jVfWs_iP7fA8qcwSClBT0p4InkcwRObmjtQUAEk9pWGYNiM&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT0JAvOiNYQndIkyah0qbdL0zuyIjshPTnwelIQ2l2kTijLzNLMr3Sa7e2LG1NUxYtWxlwWf-px5DH6iErASOGtiVNeLXNUmZigEsTk0Bi1ErgOM9O0OBKVgy5zlZDHK4i3oBb9NyA_gQkN3YKrmh7M_BSzNU7wK4NcVLTwK67eTyHkYGLiMwACyqjFyJB610VFYkRToxcxwfnCd13JWtN0sTTQsW_in9hN0NadqWA" target="_blank">haveibeentrained.com.</a> I’ve been shown my own art regurgitated into “new” artwork (all I see is uncanny valley, tbh). I’m credited along with the legendary @yoshitaka_amano on the Wikipedia page for AI art as a “style prompt.” I’m getting tagged in image prompts and met with indignation when I request my name removed. And now many feel comfortable profiting from these images with others happy to pay! wtf y’all??To me, much of this is unethical. It feels violating. No, I will not argue on it in the comments, but I do wish to make my position clear in my statements. I’m incredibly anxious for the future of my career, more than ever before. Further, I’m concerned for the future of human creativity.Current art students are discouraged from continuing to study; professors don’t know what to tell them; emerging artists are feeling hopeless and giving up. The gaslighting and disrespect shown toward artists by those who believe they’re entitled to use this exploitative tech has been incredibly disheartening.Please don’t support the unethical use of AI image generators while thousands of artists are infringed upon. Demand better, and please keep speaking out! If artists can’t defend the use of their names and artwork, what have we got left?"</blockquote>

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