Watching people get comfortable with generative AI as a replacement for creative expression is like reaching into a sock drawer and finding something warm and wet.

Casually using generative AI gives its progenitors the numbers they need to justify their mad expansion. Please abandon these tools and let's return to a time when we think up our own ideas, assemble physical and digital materials that allow the greatest possible expression, and make something that tells the world who we are.

Trained image generators kind of ruined my life, or at least ruined my ability to generate freelance income as an illustrator. So when I block your account for its contant stream of bland, wasteful imagery (where literally ANY original version would be more charming) it's not an irrational act of anger just a simple move towards self-preservation and mental health.

#AIArt = #AISlop