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[Discussion] New sidebar banner submissions for sh.itjust.works (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/agora@sh.itjust.works

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A recent post in c/main has sparked interest in finding a new sidebar banner for our instance. The current one is AI generated, and was chosen by our users from a bunch of other AI-generated submissions. It has been three years since then. Also, the mood toward AI has shifted. Maybe it's time for something new, and human-made?

This post is a place to collect submissions for new banner artwork. Put your art in the comments below! We plan to leave this post open for two weeks, and hold a vote on Friday, Sept. 11.

For context, here is the recent post in c/main: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65729579

Here is the old banner discussion: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097

And here is the old banner vote: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1432783
(Unfortunately, some of the image links are broken.)

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I vote for keeping the old one.

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[–] eyekaytee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

good lord, people hate on ai then submit dogshit for images and want people to do work for free, it’s hilarious:

ai art steals work from artists!!!!

ok then if any actual artists want to step up feel free to

crickets

i guess thanks to the anti ai people for giving another reason why ai art is useful even if it isn’t 100% accurate

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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 hours ago

Gosh, I wonder why more artists aren't active on the instance with the AI banner image. Surely, the lack of artists justifies the hostility towards artists and doesn't create a vicious cycle.

Those dogshit images are a vast improvement to AI.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago*

The competition is less than halfway done and AI folks want it to be over already. Be patient, bud. Gloat after it's over, not 4 days in

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Seconded. It's fine. It's a product of a particular moment, but it's only intended to be seen as a little side image for flair. I've thought about painting over it, but (1) it would look identical in situ and (2) the reactionaries would not care. They can complain about the details, but addressing those complaints doesn't work. The nature of bad faith is that there is no right answer.

Admittedly the case for keeping it is weaker than e.g. the Games community's "name any object in this image" sidebar. There, the abstraction is a feature, looking appropriate at a glance but devoid of specifics. It never needs to be updated with newer games or pruned of fallen creators. It's cover art impressionism. Here, though, it's just a cute rodent and some computer shit, as illustrated by a robot. People being mad at the robot is not reason enough to drop in any slapdash alternative as if the human wrist has magically imbued that with intent.

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