While I enjoyed receiving feedback on my art, I’m just getting tired of people ignoring the link in the description, baselessly accusing me of using AI and not apologizing after I correct them. The latest accusation was on Tumblr and it was then that I just thought to myself “you know what, I’ve had enough of this”
I’ve kept receipts associated with my art on Internet Archive. I am also vehemently against using AI image generators, especially as someone who has had her art used without permission for usage in an AI output.
While I cherished the positive comments that I got, I don’t want to associate what is my hobby with any form of hostility, don’t want anxiety about people spreading misinformation about me as an artist so I’ve decided that from now on, I won’t be posting my art online. I’m still going to keep my old art up, I just won’t be posting any new art even though I’m still drawing.
I’m sorry. Somewhat related experience:
As a disabled person who is physically unable to do a lot of things. The advances in AI are pretty cool in that I can do stuff I never had the capacity for before.
But people seem to reflexively demonise anything to do with AI to the point I’m shamed out of even using it as an accessibility tool. It sucks. Sometimes feels like a sort of “moral panic” just like we had back when TV or the internet or dungeons and dragons got big.
No way, haven’t you heard? There is NO moral use for AI /s