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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is inarguably horrible but the use of AI seems irrelevant. You could make this same thing with any animation tool. It's the idea that's disgusting.

Do you think AI is mentioned because it makes the article seem more up to the minute and in keeping with current tech trends?

"A man drew a disgusting picture of a horrible event using pencils and paper this week."

"Pencils and paper are so awful."

[–] TheBat 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ratio of effort to output is off the chart. Don't pretend you don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does that matter in this context?

[–] TheBat -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You really don't see any difference between using an AI to generate powershell script and using AI to milk murder of children?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't see the difference between doing this with AI or doing it with Photoshop. It's horrible independently of the tools used.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks. That was precisely my point. The tools used to make this are irrelevant. It's fucked up regardless.

[–] TheBat -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These assholes are generating this content at superspeed while putting in minimal efforts. They're hurting more people in less time.

Your point sucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So what is your point? It takes less effort now, therefor...

[–] TheBat -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cool, so you see no problem with these ghouls being even more efficient with AI because governments have zero fucking clue about new technology?

Are you too stupid to understand why that is a horrible thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, what does Government tech-illiteracy have to do with this?

[–] TheBat 2 points 1 year ago

These people are using likeliness of actual people without their (or their heirs'/parents' in case of dead people) permission to make money off of tragedies. I don't know about you, but I think we as a society should have laws from preventing this from happening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think there should be legal avenues to shut down people who do that shit.

It doesn't matter what tools they're using. The solution is the same regardless.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you would support government limiting an individual's right to run software on their computer because you don't agree with what the software outputs?

That's absolute nonsense. The entire premise of these machine learning models is that they accept any arbitrary input, you would want to neuter that?

[–] TheBat 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're not just running the software on their computer. They're publishing it on the internet for mass consumption you amazingly dense potato.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So it's acceptable for AIs to generate these sorts of outputs, as long as they aren't shared online? Sure, the outputs aren't very tasteful, but they're certainly not illegal by any stretch.

Why do you think the government should intervene, and what you would even expect them to do? No laws are being broken.

If you somehow forbid AIs from generating this through a national law just because it's offensive, it'll open to floodgates to ban 1,000 other things that are offensive. Where do you draw the line? Ban this content from websites like TikTok, sure. But it doesn't make sense to regulate this from the AIs themselves.