AirAssaultRando

With the release of @StreamWithMeld new Spark update, there is going to be a divide among the community, because each creator chooses where they draw the line in the AI/LLM sand. I see a lot of creators taking a stance on never using a tool like this, and it makes me ask questions. - Do you play music on stream? Are you currently using the VOD track to route audio so you don't get dinged with a DMCA? Do you consider monetizing content using assets you're not licensed for to be stealing, or do you consider that $10/month for spotify almighty absolver of guilt? - I also assume you've never used a mp3 or mp4 downloader for YouTube, whether it was to grab a scene, sound effect, funny clip, etc. etc. Is that different? - You also don't watch YouTube videos on stream then, correct? How do you differentiate? Is it "fair use" to watch videos from beginning to end, using that content to monetize your own? - If you're against how spark works - does that mean your streaming app canvas is completely void of any images from Google? Any screenshots of things you've found on the web? I assume all your visual assets have either been sourced by artists, or created from scratch. I'm sure at some point you needed an image for a background or a wallpaper for stream or for a youtube video. Whats easy? Go to google, search for "colorful polygon wallpaper" and use it. If instead of that, I ask claude to create that wallpaper instead. Is that the same? Why not? I always see the argument "well it's just background music, it's not the whole stream and the reason for the content..." Look, at the end of the day, if the music wasn't providing you some kind of value, you wouldn't be using it. - I think you have to be naive to think that the artists or developers you purchase assets from are NOT using any LLM tools to help them do their job. And I'm not specifically talking about using generative-AI for art. I just mean using any kind of LLM tools helping out with certain parts of workflow. How do you vet that? Are you asking every merchant how their assets are created? The plugins for OBS you're using - are they all free of vibe coding or code agent workflows? These questions make me look inward as well. > Have I ever used generative AI to create me a visual asset like a Notion header, or a wallpaper for my PC? Absolutely. Have I ever shared those assets with anyone, especially people that have asked for my wallpapers? Never. > Have I ever used AI to write me a script for a video? Never. Have I written a script for a video, and used an AI tool to go over it, clean it up, provide suggestions for edits? Yep. > There are many tools out there especially for short form content that just scrape the top performing videos, pull the script, and reword it so you can just read the script and post to cash in on the views. Never would I do that. But would I look at the data of the video to see why it performed that way and try to apply it to my own? Absolutely. I'm not going to tell you where to draw your line in the sand, rather just take a look at all the aspects of creating content and be honest about how you acquire all the things you use for creating said content before you cast a stone. Because don't tell me you'll never use spark because reasons and then edit with CapCut. oh and Spark is optional. Use it or don't, you Meld Studio will work the same if you don't.