🕯️J.B. Lampwick🕯️

If you're a Christian creator and I see you use AI consistently or defend it, I'm muting you. I'm just really fed up of seeing Christian creators posting slop on my timeline. Before you read further, I'm not looking for an argument on the topic and I will not argue with anyone in the replies. What I say here is the entirety of what I want to say on the topic right now. 1. Generative AI is theft Gen AI scrapes art from thousands of artists across the internet. Most of not all of the big models scrape indiscriminately, meaning they take art they find from websites they have no connection to (so it is not taken under TOS or any sort of agreement). The art is 99% of the time stolen without consent in any form. It's theft, plain and simple. 2. Gen AI is a mockery of creativity. I believe that being able to create is something inherent to being made in God's image. We are the only creatures to create art for no practical reason - just to appreciate beauty. We are created to create, creativity is a form of worship. To let a machine do that for us is a mockery of creativity, a powerful gift God gave us to honour Him with. Furthermore, generating images of God is completely blasphemous. 3. Gen AI is killing creativity. So many people who would have valued art enough to learn to draw, or to write, or to direct films, or to create music have instead settled with using AI to do it for them. I see an enormous amount of people content to "hire out" every creative process and decision in their lives to a soulless machine. Which is tragic for me, because what does that leave you with? As a Christian creator, you simply should not support AI. On top of these reasons, I haven't even mentioned the horrific impact it's had on the environment, the cultural impact of AI and convenience culture, or how insulting it is to your brothers and sisters in Christ who are artists. "I'm too broke to hire artists." That's okay, I'm not asking you to hire artists. Tbh, I would be happier if you learned how to draw yourself. I don't buy art either because of the same reason - I'm broke and I can't afford it lol. But that doesn't excuse you participating in a system that is stealing already finished work from artists and slowly killing the last shred of appreciation for process and hard work left in the West. You're not entitled to art. You do not have a right to have art done of you or your character or anything. You simply just do not get to have it if you're not willing to obtain it through moral means. Furthermore, creators have been surviving online just fine without AI for quite a while. There are ways to make it by without getting new pieces of art every five seconds. And I'd actually be willing to help anyone who wants help in that regard ^^ "You just don't want AI to steal your job" Nah. I know this is a big issue people make with AI, but I don't think it's a good argument tbh. Because technology is always changing the way society works. People lose jobs to advances in technology all the time. Personally, I started my art career after AI was already a thing. I know I can survive just fine with it out there, as I know most artists can do the same. The issue I take with AI isn't self serving or motivated by fear. I am simply claiming that AI is morally wrong on so many degrees and I'm tired of seeing other Christians support it. It's frustrating. I plan to make a video at some point talking about just how Generative AI works, it's history, it's impact, and what it's future looks like. Until then, this is my obligatory yap. And hey, if you do use AI and want to talk to me about it (respectfully and calmly) and perhaps workshop solutions to your content that doesn't involve AI or throwing loads of cash down the drain, I am more than happy to talk. I'm not blocking anyone, just muting so I don't have to get flashbanged by AI slop every time I open this app XD Thanks! ❤️ Phrog

I feel like the VTuber space needs… a Dad figure 😂 And I don’t mean ‘that’ kind of Dad figure 😏 I mean the one who goes like, “Nope. Back to your room! If you wanna go out in public you’re NOT going out dressed like that! What would your grandmother think?!” *Door SLAMS* followed by unintelligible screeching They’ll absolutely hate you at first… but eventually maybe they might actually thank you? …Kinda Dad figure 🤣 Just me? 🤔