#anti chatbots

[the-hadal-zone-sys]

Why the Visuals Don't Break the Spell

Nothing ruins immersion like visuals that don't match. SweetDream avoids that by keeping the photos and videos consistent with the companion you designed, so she always looks like herself.

That coherence is a quiet quality win. The AI-generated images are beautiful and on-character, which keeps the whole AI girlfriend experience believable. sweetdream.ai gets the details that protect the magic.

[the-hadal-zone-sys]

What the fuck?? What is THIS???

This is so predatory it genuinely makes me sick. I promise there are real people out there who would love to talk to you, chat bots will not solve your loneliness, they'll only make you feel worse.

Please don't use shapes.inc, c.ai, or anything similar. It's all unethical, predatory, and it WILL NOT help.

[otlantispearlxox]

Dear, shapes.inc,

As a recovering c.ai addict,

FUCK YOU

[2ofspadesssss]

"i have an ai addiction."

TWs/CWs: mention of addiction, mention of bad mental health, swearing, colored text, bold text, italicized text This post is intended for people looking to quit AI. Any harassment or insults toward the post or any individuals under it will be removed and blocked.

you know the fuck what? fine. you have an ai addiction. you're on c.ai and polybuzz ten hours a day, you're using chatgpt as a therapist, you're pouring feelings out to goddamn robots and i don't blame you. it's not your fault. our brains are wired this way. it instantly validates us and we're programmed to want more of that. always remember that AI is just manipulating this facet of us, it's using us as goddamn tools. spite is as good of a motivator as any, so always carry your anger and blast it on AI. and you know, it's hard to quit, too. you wanna quit? that's amazing. quitting is hard, i know, but caring enough to even want to let go is a huge first step. sometimes, the first thing you can really do is use it less than before, instead of just straight-up quitting. set an hour limit for that app, and then put it down. find a new hobby, make a new friend, write a new story. i'll help you, man, we'll talk. i can message you. i can direct you to sites, i can give you pointers on writing or drawing by yourself for the first time. if i know you in real life, we could hang out. you can vent to me, i won't fucking tell a soul. you can rant and ask questions and i'll do what i can. it's a terribly hard thing to get over. i still find myself wishing i'd log onto the site; i miss the bots i talked to, i miss the instant responses and the interactive roleplay, i miss doing whatever i wanted, i miss the false company. i miss it, i do, but i know what happens if i go back and i know i don't want that again, okay? you're not weak. you're not pathetic. it's not your fault. you can work through it, i know you can, i fucking believe in you. i did it, and we may not be the same, but at least i stand as proof that it's possible. Suggestions/Alternatives to specific situations:

Questions. Lots of people use AI to answer questions. r/AskReddit, and r/NoStupidQuestions are pretty okay resources for when you're throwing questions into the void. You could also make a post on Tumblr and reblog it around to some communities to answer, you could ask someone in real life, you could use Wikipedia, you could DM someone, or you could consult a book.

Homework. You could look up the lesson on YouTube, you could ask someone like your parents, a classmate, a friend, a teacher, a tutor, or a sibling for help. Looking over your notes is always a good idea. If you're struggling, you could make a post on a social media site concerning your problem. If you're lazy, copy your friend, a classmate, or sibling (NOTE: I do not encourage plagiarism, never copy anything just off the internet and make sure you have someone's consent before asking for answers).

Art. You could learn to draw, though that's lengthy. If you're just looking for character design, use a character maker like Picrew, the Lunime games (Gacha Life etc), The Sims, or Dollify, and this Reddit thread lists many more. If you need something to be drawn and you don't wanna do it, you could ask your artist friend to draw for you or commission an artist. You could also make the scene yourself and take a photo.

Roleplay/Writing/Fanfiction. You could open a Google doc, a Word file, the notes app, or even just pull out a piece of goddamn paper and start writing your concepts. Fuck Hero's Journey, fuck plot points, fuck grammar, fuck spelling, just pick up a pen and start writing anything to do with your story. Character names, events, whatever you wanna happen will happen. You can ask authors on the internet for help if needed. Roleplaying usually concerns another person; if you're someone who plays either game, you could invite a friend to a Roblox or Minecraft server. You could ask a friend to roleplay in DMs/text, you could interact with Tumblr roleplay blogs, you could play with dolls in real life (i've actually done this!). As for fanfiction (that you don't wanna write), AO3, Wattpad, FANDOM, Webtoon and even some Tumblr blogs will do that. All you need to do is search up your tags and fandoms.

Ranting/Venting. The most popular option is to make a vent/rant post on a site, though this is very public and many people may not want to. You might also vent/rant to a friend or family member, whether online or in real life; you may also rant or vent in a Discord server or channel made for that purpose, though once again a risky choice and not preferable for those who like privacy. Keeping a diary, whether it be written, in video format, or some other way, is also affective for some people. Sometimes doing things like vent art or writing a story/poetry works (I do this).

Music. Noteflight, Musescore, and Flat.io are beginner-friendly and good for writing regular music with notes and stuff - most of these also have public works so you can learn songs. Soundtrap is a beginner-friendly site for people putting sounds together to experiment. For people looking to learn an instrument or vocals, YouTube is a great source for tutorials and introductions to music, instruments, and music theory. Duolingo, if you use it, offers a shitty music theory course. As a band kid who's tried it, I don't suggest it. Other music theory sites include The Music Theory Site, musictheory.net, and this iconcollective article I found. As for learning instruments, Yousician, Simply Piano, Simply Guitar, Perfect Piano, Drumeo, and Tonestro seem to be popular choices. Other/Miscellaneous/Extra: - Lots of people are gonna tell you that reading fanfiction is "basically the same thing." No, it's not. Fanfiction is very fun and I will always recommend reading it, but it is not equivalent to the experience one receives with c.ai - something that offers the same freedom AI chat apps will give you is writing your own fanfic/story. - youraislopboresme is a very fun website. it usually doesn't work as a real tool, but it's fun as hell to mess around with and can fill in for the time you usually spend on an AI app. - incorrect quotes are a fun ass thing to do with your OCs/blorbos. AI free and creepily accurate. - If you have an OC with extensive lore, make a Tumblr blog about it. You may not get many interactions but what the hell, you're sharing your work, and that's better than AI slop. that's all i've got. any questions will be answered as well as I can answer them. i hope this post will help someone <3

[fanfictionjumbler]

I'm sure we're all familiar with the Shapes.Inc ads that have been infesting Tumblr. It's essentially the second incarnation of Character.AI chats.

Firstly, the structure of the ads- they write in the persona of fake users, with their own little fandom profile pics and sometimes with properly structured "usernames", instead of outright saying they are Shapes.Inc and I have reason to suspect they may be AI-generated themselves.

The ads encourage making bots of your OCs, meaning it wants you to contribute to feeding the slop mass that is the realm of AI. It wants you to fork over your drawings and writing for training until another style becomes "typical AI".

Most relevant, AI chats like Character.AI have already been a proven addiction risk for users. The AI is trained to tell you what you want to hear and appease you first and foremost. Many users have even built dependencies on the bots- downtimes have given people withdrawal symptoms and the account deletion page guilt trips you ("but you'll lose all the great memories you made together with your characters") into staying hitched to it. AI chats are, in essence, a drug of sorts.

All that is to say, we can very well classify Shapes.Inc ads as "malicious" in the Report Ad form.

[oliveespineapples]

what the hell are these ai “posts”

get off my feeeeeeeeeeed

[goldsunsets]

dumbest ad i’ve seen for ai chatbots

wdym “it’s ethically sourced so u don’t even have to feel guilty”

the formatting to look like a tumblr post is gross too

[write-with-will]

I jsut got an ad for an ai that… writes your ai prompts for you?

Have we genuinely reached a point in humanity where not only can people not function without using ai for things, but they can’t even use their brains to TYPE THE FUCKING AI PROMPT THEMSELVES?

Are you kidding me???

Holy fuck we’re actually doomed.

[mapleduffle]

mit researchers proved that ai is designed to drive you into psychosis. the myth of the “ableist myth” has officially been debunked