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actual artists are getting fired from their jobs, because the company replaces them with an AI, that was trained on their original art.

Are you sure that’s happening? Under the previous mode of capitalism, what kind of companies were hiring artists?

As I understand it, that isn’t the actual gripe from the general perspective of the artist. Instead it’s about copyright, a concept I fundamentally disagree with. I don’t think it’s necessary, and that the artist’s capacity for prosperity being tied to copyright is a symptom of a bigger problem than being usurped by software.

I think there is good art and bad art. I think there is good AI art (tbh I can’t think of any examples, I just think in principle AI art has the capacity to be good) and bad AI art. I think the relative ease of access skews people’s exposure towards slop. I use the term slop as a descriptor for AI art that is sloppy or wholly derivative; not to prejudge it.

I think perspectives like yours haven’t compelled me to think they are meaningfully different from that of the Luddites, or those opposed to implementing computers in the workplace, etc. I genuinely sympathise with those groups, but ultimately wouldn’t have us go back.

I guess it depends on what your individual priorities are for this sort of platform. I already created and later abandoned @[email protected] after they blocked piracy comms, and in hindsight feel that was the right decision - hence creating this account after learning I’ll soon be unable to access @[email protected]. At the end of the day, the ability to migrate to another instance with a different approach on issues like federation, moderation & administration is part of what drew me to this platform. If lemm.ee compromised on their approach simply to remain active - I’d likely have migrated away from it anyway.

I think you’re missing the point. The call for new admin volunteers was stickied by the instance for an extended period. Even using an app rather than the web interface, it was stuck at the top of my feed until I hid the post.

The group of people who ignored that call to action yet would have volunteered with a follow-up post of a “big ticking clock” as it were, aren’t necessarily the type of people you want to admin an instance. Especially one as big as lemm.ee. Certainly, if any admin will do then increasing recruitment efforts makes sense.