Ok, just wondering but honestly... what is the big deal to you that people are creating and using chat bots with your characters? It seems like almost all of them do give you proper credit.
I could see being upset if people were profiting from it (I'm more thinking the actual people and not the site, different issues, I can totally understand you having a problem with the site.) but you seem to be ok with people doing fanart and fanfics of your characters, so I don't really understand why your taking such a hard line with this and calling your fans who are using these bots "fucking ass dork losers" because they want to interact with your characters in a way that is a bit more responsive than just writing a fanfic.
Because I didn't give them permission to use my characters this way. And anyone who uses gen ai in any way is unfortunately, a fucking dork ass loser
I am explicitly stating that I do not give permission for any of my characters, stories, or other IP, to be used to train AI art, writing, or otherwise. Generative AI is a pretty new thing, relatively speaking, and it is also different from regular video game AI btw, which has been around pretty much forever. They’re two different things
I am allowed to be angry at anything for any reason. It’s not unfair for me to feel any type of way, especially in response to people using my characters in a way I don’t approve of.
I didn’t say anyone who’s ever interacted with gen AI is awful, I said they’re Fucking Dork Ass Losers ™️ (scientifically accurate title).
It sounds like you’re confusing me being upset with me like. Hunting them down and hitting them with my car. That would be unfair and a tiny bit of an overreaction. Would be very funny tho
I know most people aren’t shot out the pussy knowing everything there is to know about everything (like i was) so assuming you’re actually interested in learning why normal people hate gen AI so much, here’s a few things to bring you up to speed:
The spread of AI data centers is larger, more numerous, and faster-growing than anything that has come before to the electric utilities. The
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power – Environmental and Energy Law Program
A single AI-focused data center can use as much electricity as a small city and as much water as a large neighborhood.
Psychology experts have many concerns about the potential impact of AI on the human mind.
As uncertainty around AI grows, artists need legal protections
(Also i just gotta point out the absurdity of trying to explain to somebody why you shouldn’t take someone else’s characters and feed them to an ai machine. Apologies to my followers who came for art and instead get. This LOL)
Don't ever feed an artist's art to AI, kids. Don't fucking do it. And I want to add a part that Mars didn't even bring up here: AI is *not* """accurate""" character representation, whether it's generated fics or chatbots. AI algorithms are designed to be people-pleasing, to be addictive, to have you coming back for more, to get you hooked. That's why it's called slop. Slop means there *is NO driving emotional logic* behind an AI's responses, no matter how convincing it seems. There is no *artist* or *author* present who is making *emotionally-relevant* choices for dialogue or story. It will always just be a machine trying to make the sloppy crack that you like that will keep you coming back to it. This is not even you interacting with a Disney World version of Cinderella, where there's an actor behind the mask directing the choices; this is you dealing with a homunculus, a wraith version of the thing that brought you joy in the first place. It will appear so seductively fun and easy and Exactly What You Want It To Be that you'll get fucking hooked and never have to go outside and deal with *real fucking people* who you might have a chance of building real fucking relationships with.
I also want to be clear: I've worked in the tech industry for over a decade. I'm not using techy or academic language on purpose because I want you to understand what's going on, but you can easily google this shit. "AI psychosis" is a good place to start.
Get off AI, kids. Get off of it, I beg of you. For all of the environmental and cognitive health reasons, but also so that you can engage with the world-and fandom-in a way that will actually enrich your life. Don't destroy the very joy that the art brought you in the first place.
And if it wasn't fucking clear.... don't be a Fucking Dork Ass Loser about my art either. I want to clearly say that I do not give anyone permission to put my art or writing in any AI under any circumstances.
Apparently this made it around on tumblr back in 2021 but the person who sent Transformers mpreg to a Texas abortion reporting website until it shut down? yep that was me
(disclaimer: I was one of several people that sent fake reports but yeah. still funny as hell)
Known nazi threatens to bring guns and plant bombs at NA Fanfest in Las Vegas
This is a PSA and informative post regarding Holy Terror/Covington Smirk/Eazy Eee/Goth Brooks of Lamia and his threats. It contains all info I currently have. IF YOU HAVE INFO ON HIS PLANS, IDENTITY, OR OTHER RELEVANT TOPICS, PLEASE REPORT THIS TO THE FBI AND SQUARE ENIX. Contact details will be at the bottom.
WARNING TO EVERYONE GOING TO NA FANFEST: A known nazi has stated he plans to bring guns to NA Fanfest, and has made bomb threats in Discord with specific details.
Post on the subreddit TalesFromDF (status: locked):
https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromDF/comments/10pljzf/ffxiv_player_plans_to_bring_guns_to_fanfest_he/
The uncensored shout chat screenshots:
The bomb threats:
Source: reddit comment, see below
Please note that pressure cooker bombs were the IED of choice in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2015. The shrapnel killed in an instant, shredded limbs, destroyed people. This is an extremely serious threat.
Here is a link to a ton of screenshots taken from his discord server, be prepared to see a lot of hateful rhetoric: https://imgur.com/a/xEtHYKk
A choice nugget that may help in identifying him:
Here is a google doc explaining his known FFXIV history.
He is known for doxxing himself repeatedly. It seems he does indeed live in SoCal, perhaps near San Luis Obispo.
He is currently on twitter as DuskwightLore and has been following FFXIV people.
Last known update on law enforcement action:
Currently SE, FBI, and Las Vegas Convention Center are aware of this threat. The FBI requests that all tips be sent in to their tips line here: https://tips.fbi.gov
If we do not receive news of his arrest prior to NA Fanfest, I have a photo with his face uncovered and I will post it publicly to allow others to watch out for him. He claims to be Latino and speaks Spanish as well as English, and he is in his 40s.
If you have info on him and his activities which clearly encourage terror and violence, please please please report him.
please thank them for their service!! everything in that discord is gross from what I've seen and they helped warn everyone else in the bargain, I salute them
((mainly heard about it secondhand, mind you, so take anything I'm saying with a grain of salt, but like
if those screens weren't of the same datacenter-related discord I'm thinking of, then he was sure as hell saying the exact same thing in multiple places which even more yikes @_@ ))
Yeeeeeahhh if he's saying it in multiple places then he really is serious, despite him claiming currently that he's being cast as a dangerous person and therefore going to be victimized at fanfest by bad actors like myself (which for the record is clearly bullshit)
this guy is n u t s someone i know who specializes in psychiatry says he's terrifying because he's methodical and 'psychopathic', at the same time he clearly believes he will never be caught because he is simply continuing while trying to slant the narrative to say HE is the victim so no one will stop him from carrying out his plans.
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