I hope it won’t come to this, and try to be hopeful. We’re all dealing with this as best as we can. Please extend some compassion and kindness. We’re dealing with an unprecedented threat, we feel like we’re on our own as a community and fear and dismay are natural reactions.

Especially so when stuff from my last retweet just keeps happening! It’s hard not to feel angry as well.

I’ve been talking with other artists about this. We try our best to encourage each other, and the way this community has come together is really wonderful. Major companies, publishers and the like publicly denouncing this is what we would need to feel safe. Not very realistic.

There’s no end in sight. @Kickstarter you need to take action on this.

@katriadoodles I get the fear, but... come on. Have you seen the actual quality AI pushes out. Oh, sure a 900p image looks good online. Does it have commercial uses, though? Does any serious professional care about a file that's a single layer?

@yaboimisha The thing is, those images are already being used for book covers and editorial illustration. I’m not a concept or game artist, I work with publishing and in commercial illustration. This is a HUGE blow.

@katriadoodles I do believe that despite how it feels right now, art will be one of the few things that will survive automation. But it's frustrating because we are speaking out about about something that will affect everyone *very* soon and the general public could not care less.

@jramseyi I think so as well, but I’m not so sure when it comes to commercial art. Some would say we’d be better off but I’m sincerely gutted about that 😭

@katriadoodles Big hugs. AI can never replace true human connection when it comes to art 💕💕

@suramarspicejar That’s true, thank you ❤️

@katriadoodles Considering it's coming for millions of jobs whether we like it or not I feel like we need to change the conversation to the decommodification of artistic practice and focus on building a society that provides for eveyone's basic needs

@wry_fungi I’d argue that society should have begun forming BEFORE we unleashed this. And I appreciate your point but personally don’t think I feel that strongly about the commodification of (commercial) art. It’s a profession, and one I love.

@katriadoodles The cost of progress is the loss of people who previously served as tools. Illustrators are going to have to find a way to use the technology. It can’t replace the human touch. The human intention. Use it. Don’t be replaced by it.

@CetoEdits What sort of progress does this bring? What problem does it solve? Existing artists were already fulfilling the demand, so much that we’re underpaid and undervalued.

@katriadoodles It’s not just professions that face obsolescence, it’s a fundamental human activity that predates civilization. Making art is part of what makes us human and it’s being devoured by unchecked greed and hubris. This is a catastrophic dismantling of universal culture.

@frankcauthenart I completely agree with you.

@katriadoodles This is so alarmist. Most art is commissioned by an art director or client, etc. AI cannot generate exactly what the client wants so there is very little threat to any actual artist. Most people making AI art are artists anyway, just having fun with it. Lol

@CaCaCaCapricorn This IS a cause for alarm.

@katriadoodles I always find it weird when people make this complaint. Like fair enough it will suck. But its no different to other forms of automation and technological advancement. When 3D animation become popular many traditional animators were put out. Unfortunately it's part of life

@SilverLillith Yes, I think those other instances of automatization for equally devastating for those affected. I don’t see how this is a counter-argument.