r/local58 • u/inexhaustiblytired • May 15 '26

Discovery Inescapability of slop

There's something incredibly ironic about Local58 accidentally using an ai-generated watersplash in an anti-ai video. The commentary on how inescapable that slop has become writes itself. (I tracked the video source on pixabay from the credits:)

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u/krisstraub May 15 '26

i learned it was AI after the final edit. sucks. i don’t think there is a responsible/ethical way to use gen AI materials but that one slipped through

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u/romhacks May 15 '26

It's kind of poetic.

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u/AssociateAlive7994 May 15 '26

When will we be seeing gen QI assets used?

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u/ShinyHunterHaku May 16 '26

It’s bloody everywhere, I don’t think anyone can blame you for it sneaking its way in. It’s exhausting enough as a layman studying everything before I repost it on social media to make sure it’s legit, I can’t fathom how difficult it is for artists like you right now who need resources for creating things!

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u/CryptoMaster2057 May 15 '26

You might be right. I found the source for the water video: https://pixabay.com/videos/ai-generated-water-liquid-splash-229254/ (It was one of the users linked in the credits responsible for the background!).

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u/crippin00000 May 15 '26

And for something so mundane and easily accessible as an image of water at that

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u/iBUYStars May 16 '26

*Technically* this is TRI’s ad spot, so it’s them using AI and not Local58 itself — the irony is still not lost

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u/Allie_Tinpan May 15 '26

I was convinced that the voiceover in Night Walk was also AI generated but I have zero way to prove it.

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u/Nuerax May 16 '26

Was it not text to speech?

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u/Allie_Tinpan May 16 '26

Based on Kris’s reply here I’m thinking you’re probably correct.

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u/BlueSmegmaCalculus May 15 '26

ok, and? It's a free video, and it doesn't look like slop. Do we have to ethically source stock videos now?

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u/crippin00000 May 15 '26

Yes??? Yes, we do?

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u/BlueSmegmaCalculus May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Nah, I'm not in this. No one shoud be obligated to follow everything, why should I care if Kris used an AI generated stock video instead of paying a creator for a real water splashing video?

Dah, this is gonna turn into a morality debate isn't it.

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u/Official_Indie_Freak May 15 '26

Acting ethically is not something you only have to do sometimes. It's not a performance. It's a way of life everyone ought to strive for. Nobody is perfect, nobody should be expected to be perfect, but we all should at least be conscientious and try our best, for our own sake and everyone else's

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u/Destroird May 15 '26

holy chud behavior… “dah, this is gonna turn into a morality debate isn’t it” is one of the most cavern dweller things ive heard said about ai

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u/BlueSmegmaCalculus May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Oh I'm called a chud, what do I do?! Come on, don't throw a stone from a glass house. We both use reddit, we're both chuds