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.

  • FundMECFSEnglish
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      I would ignore the people who are vehemently against AI and just do what makes you happy. Most of the time, they are just looking for a fight. I recently commented about how AI allows some disabled people to create art, but many people assume only able-bodied people are using AI. That was a mistake. I soon had some people recommending ways for me to make art without AI, and they would not work for my disability, of course. I had one person say if I’m able to type this comment, shouldn’t I be able-bodied enough to make art? My favorite is when a person said look at this disabled person paint using their mouth and another disabled person with low vision that is legally blind both create art and put down any disabled people who need AI, because they don’t need AI. Must be nice to live without the constant burden of a disability that prevents you from doing the things you enjoy. I’ve been shamed so many times for being disabled since I was a teen, disabled people do not need extra shaming.