Bottom line: if you want to participate in communities where art is valued, stay away from AI. Don't use it as a placeholder. Don't use it as a joke. Don't use it to conceptualize. Don't use it to roleplay.

As the technology currently exists, there is NO ethical use for generative AI. None.

I've seen other people come to that conclusion as well and it's definitely awkward af

Not only that, it was the only way his story could end. His only freedom.

this still works but the fact is that I have had to do this twice with my phone because I had already done it once and then an AI-related OS update undid it.

I started closed captions editing with a company called CaptionMax. It was full time, overnight hours, heavy workload.

A few years ago, CaptionMax was bought and absorbed by 3Play Media. And guess what! Today, they use AI in their workflow, because of course they do.

That's where it comes from. It's people who make a distinction between the greater trans community and "REAL trans people." They're scum about being "the TRUE transes." Hence, Truscum. It's a broader term than transmedicalist, but definitely includes transmedicalists.

You don’t get to promote yourself as a vegan friendly company when you’re using tech that’s literally killing the environment. Not without being massively disingenuous.

You also can’t pretend you’re pro-artist either. AI is artistic theft being used to try and make artists extinct. Fuck off.