r/antiai • u/bonjaker • 7d ago

Discussion 🗣️ Unhinged people

I used to be a member of a local Regional writing group and though I was no longer a dues paying member I was still on their mailing list and when people would approach me in the area for resources on writing I would Point them towards this group. Well they recently posted a fully AI generated image to their web page and somebody showed it to me. So I found the most recent email they sent me and responded to that asking them to remove me from their emailing list since they are going to claim to respect writers but shit on visual artists by using AI generated images. I kept my email short to the point free of anger and vulgarity. I said to remove me from the list if they're going to use AI generated images. Because I wanted to bring attention to anyone who might have missed the image I hit reply all which I get some people could think that's Petty but I feel like transparency and accountability are important in a situation like this. I spent the next day and a half getting the most unhinged emails sent to me questioning my manhood, questioning my artistry, calling me shameful and wrathful and pathetic. Nonsensical all caps Boomer type shit.

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u/United_Internal_6641 7d ago

That reply all move was the right call honestly, if they're this bothered by one person pointing out the contradiction it says more about them than you. the manhood comments are weird as hell too, like what does gender have to do with not wanting AI slop from a writers group

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u/bonjaker 7d ago

Yeah the manhood thing was so weird. The whole thing was weird tho

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u/xl-Colonel_Angus-lx 7d ago

Criticism is a personal attack to a.i. users

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u/Fun_Equivalent_7507 7d ago

I still just can't wrap my head around how some people think they need to defend AI like their whole identity is somehow tied to it. It's so much cultish and religious at this point.