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Co-Founder Unannounced Game Studio (Currently cooking) | Prev. Lead Character Artist DBD | Art Gremlin | Game Dev | Support Artists |
May 15 24 tweets 5 min read
The AI bubble & data center issue is at peak stress. They have invested far too much into AI to let public opinion put that at risk. They will do anything to flip the narrative, create a real "luddite" boogeyman & sweep real criticism under the rug.

List of criticisms below. 1. Surveillance - Pay attention, surveillance has been ramping up. Not only do they want to monitor every citizen with AI under the guise of safety, but collecting every piece of data they can from the populace is essential for them to break through their data wall they've hit.
Dec 13, 2022 16 tweets 3 min read
Update - I was refunded and lost access to Midjourney. They are no longer profitting off of these images and I assume didn't want copyrighted characters generated. I hope this thread created discussion around AI and where data is sourced

Here's some takeaways and opinions 🧵 1.Right now everyone's data is being pulled from all over. This data seems to be under the protection of legal loopholes and being sourced from non profit companies scrubbing the internet. As far as I know the majority of this data is a black box 🧵
Dec 10, 2022 9 tweets 6 min read
Someone steal these amazing designs to sell them on Mugs and T-Shirts, I really don't care, this is AI art that's been generated. Legally there should be no recourse from Disney as according to the AI models TOS these images transcends copyright and the images are public domain. ImageImage More shirts courtesy of AI , I'm sure, Nintendo, Marvel and DC won't mind, the AI didn't steal anything to create these images, they are completely 100% original. ImageImageImageImage