As someone in the referenced community, wanted to express thanks for taking that uncomfortable sentiment this seriously. I still even scrunch up a bit when it comes to logo creation with the knowledge that's probably money indirectly taken away from a graphic designer, but full-on character illustrations an even more extreme variation of that experience. -- The idea of using a tool whose popularizations build on scraped work to hold up marginalized voices or tell community stories is interesting, and I acknowledge that there is that "must use" mindset for some like the small volunteer team scenario. I just pray that doesn't turn into the kind of exploitative overreaching because in much the same way as nerds get turned away from church, it's hard for me to not see the targets of generative AI data sets as turned away from churches who signal to them they likewise don't matter and don't belong by discrediting and undermining their craft just to cram one more initiative item onto a todo list.
As someone in the referenced community, wanted to express thanks for taking that uncomfortable sentiment this seriously. I still even scrunch up a bit when it comes to logo creation with the knowledge that's probably money indirectly taken away from a graphic designer, but full-on character illustrations an even more extreme variation of that experience. -- The idea of using a tool whose popularizations build on scraped work to hold up marginalized voices or tell community stories is interesting, and I acknowledge that there is that "must use" mindset for some like the small volunteer team scenario. I just pray that doesn't turn into the kind of exploitative overreaching because in much the same way as nerds get turned away from church, it's hard for me to not see the targets of generative AI data sets as turned away from churches who signal to them they likewise don't matter and don't belong by discrediting and undermining their craft just to cram one more initiative item onto a todo list.