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Specifically about the pivot to AI art??? I gotta know…
The one a bit iffy big boobed bald robot was pointed at as a 'stop doing this', as in a bit of a (understandable, not that I totally agree, do think we should he more careful. And it would be bad if all it was was 'unsexy' male and 'sexy' robots which it doesnt seem to be (see women sleeping on robot image from a while back) some less heteronormativity would he nice however, bring out the biker bear bots) streak they now seemingly not want to see bald robot women re ai/robots ever again. So it was more the final drop and an example than people being really mad at pivot.
I didn't point out that the other similar robot wasnt bald but head dread cables. (I didnt interact at all iirc, might have liked an post) because I know might be a hot button issue as well (esp in the usa, and well im not American, so not my place to even tell how much of an issue it even would be, and it would just be more oil). Prob for the best nobody linked the thread here in those comments.
E: not saying this to pick a fight, so please don't go searching for the thread etc. Esp as we all prob agree for 99% with each other and it is just squabbling over the importance of the final 1%, and I'm not, nor should any of you be Rutger Bergman (For context, he started blocking people who quote tweeted him and agreed a bit too aggressively, so much for building coalitions. Enjoy your EA but Dutch organization).
I didn't see that thread. But I stand by the image as being perfect for the story on several specific points.
Yeah, the image was quite tame and I don't think we should ban all female robots, I do agree with the point that there are too many conventionally attractive bald female coded robots being used as imagery next to robots, but I also don't think we should overreact and remove them all. Not like pivot has not used a lot of other robot images, including Rosey. And part of the problem pivot is talking about is that the pro robot/ai people see robots/ai as doing the roles beneath them (ai as maid/nurse/secretary), so an image like that while being critical also fits. And it also is just part of the American cartoon artstyle the Russian artist is going for. It was just a small badly timed thread on bsky anyway (as it was at the same time as the other guy here), lets not make a big thing out of it.
sounds dumb as hell and I'm not surprised they avoided tagging me in then