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Artists dump X as launch of new AI image editing feature sparks outrage - Cryptopolitan (www.cryptopolitan.com)
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Digital artists and illustrators are abandoning Elon Musk’s blogging platform X (formerly Twitter) over the introduction of a new controversial image-editing feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI). According to reports, the creators claimed that the new tool could be used to modify others’ works without their consent.

One such popular creator championing the boycott is Mu-jik Park, the renowned South Korean artist known by the pen name Boichi. Boichi is the creator of the hit manga series Dr Stone and Sun-Ken Rock.

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[–] 220 points 8 months ago (14 children)

“The Nazis were inconvenient, but the use of GenAI that you find everywhere else is a bridge too far!!”

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  • [–] 66 points 8 months ago

    Yeah, I'm not going to defend training AI with copyrighted works... But I'm not going to waste energy siding with anyone who was okay with X. If you stayed in X, you'vr made your own bed. Now don't cry because the owner is an AI-pandering nazi, we all knew that already.

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  • [–] [S] 21 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Generally in Japan they don’t see much of Elon’s “prowesses”, so I can kinda understand why artists like him might not have caught wind of the Nazi direction the platform has taken until it actually hit them.

    And yes, Ignorantia non excusat, but it’s still something, at least.

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    For anyone wondering, "Ignorantia non excusat" is Latin, and it means "I speak Latin, and you don't. Suck my balls."

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Japanese here. They do know.

    They choose to ignore.
    Precisely because they sympathize.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I’m not saying every Japanese person still on there is unaware of that, but the general coverage is MUCH smaller than what you get if you’re in English-speaking spaces.

    I also heavily doubt someone of korean origins like Boichi is a Sanseito supporter, but that’s just my guess.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Sure. But the other artists in the article are English🌐 users.

    Japan is addicted to their SNS anyways.

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