Ok. I’m muting this now. Thanks for the supportive comments. Want to make a real difference? Seek out human artists whose work speaks to you. Retweet their work and shop links. Buy their stuff if you are able. Vote with your $ and your engagement. THAT is how we will win. 🙏

@DragonsofWales Why censor them? Let thieves get what’s coming to em

@MDB2K_YT Not gonna sink to their level. 🙏

@DragonsofWales I'm going to extend a touch of good will when I ask, 'Is there any chance this was intended as a joke?'

@SquaSquiStudios Judging by their other posts, no. But absolutely respect that you are prepared to give the benefit of the doubt. 🙏

@DragonsofWales ugh

@BrianEngh_Art Yeah.

@DragonsofWales I'll take Things that didn't happen for 500, Alex

@DragonsofWales Someone with no knowledge and no tie to the industry earning 2000 dollars on a non-specified freelancing site, a notorious outlet for poorly paid job and terrible clients?

@DragonsofWales Literally who else can be this proud of stealing off other people's stuff but AI bros

@DragonsofWales Making money off off using someone's work as ai reference and then saying that they will loose their job...wow...

@DragonsofWales This makes my blood boil, I fucking can't wait for any sort of regulations at this point

@DragonsofWales And they wonder why working artists are resistant to AI when its most strident supporters speak like this… Apart from actual bigots, it’s possibly the most harmfully antisocial attitude I’ve seen from any community. Ever.

@DragonsofWales I’m just disgusted

@DragonsofWales Just steal it back, their “art” is non copyright. So legally speaking, anything they generate from your art is fair game and in the grand scheme of things, still yours.

@DragonsofWales The same guy would be positively foaming at the mouth if the artist had glazed their artworks to make them unusable for AI.

@DragonsofWales technically is illegal for them to profit on AI art, since they don't hold the rights to it.

@DragonsofWales If it’s true, you can sue him for real.

@DragonsofWales For what it's worth, I have to imagine they're lying about how much money they've made with their synthetic image hustle, if indeed any

@DragonsofWales "I'll take a trip to small claims court for 2000 plus damages please Alex." Make sure to document and archive such a direct admission to a crime. 😍 It's rare they make it so easy.