Wild to see these reactions, when the announcement is this tame. I believe CivitAI made a correct, respectful decision towards artists without whom these models wouldn’t even exist, and to their users who want their hobbies to be as ethical as possible.

The sense of entitlement is baffling, really. No, copying someone’s art without their consent isn’t a ‘basic human freedom’ come on. And they are training these models with our original artworks. Not their hand-drawn interpretations of our styles, but with our work specifically.

It was brought to my attention that someone from CivitAI is behind that despicable SamDoesArts model contest apparently??? I can only hope the person got fired and this new decision regarding takedowns is company’s way of trying to rectify the situation 🫣

The moment I start thinking I’ve finally reached my bafflement limit they outdo themselves. And it’s been like this for months!

Yep, it was them. And it’s our fault we’re not trampling over each other for the honor of kissing their feet at doing the bare minimum and after such a disgraceful act at that? 🫠

@katriadoodles The little guy said "both" then listed 3 things

@broodsmoof It’s the ‘anti-human’ for me 🫠

@katriadoodles Not wanting to automate creativity is "anti human". 🫠

@jramseyi Not only that, but merely imposing SOME limitations on the technology that automates creativity and has great potential for harm is apparently anti-human.

@katriadoodles “Copying style and learning from anyone’s work is a basic freedom” <- ummm no, that’s just called stealing 😒 But glad to see more restrictions and protections in place around AI generated images used artists’ work without their consent! This is a step in the right direction

@michellieart Someone said the main problem might be that these people simply neither know nor care about the etiquette in the art community. Directly ripping one person off is still considered an awful offensive thing to do, even if done by humans.

@katriadoodles ...weirdly getting vibes like an incel complaining about women from this... kinda funny. mostly sad that they'd be this incensed over basic human decency.

@seaottvrs I’ve been getting these vibes from that subreddit from the get-go. It takes a special kind of entitlement and resentment towards something you secretly covet.

@katriadoodles principle of BASIC DIGNITY ??? did they by chance confuse the side they were on ? X'D

@WyldKin Yep, it feels like a bit

@katriadoodles love how consent is written in quotation marks.

@ErsatzNorma Truly telling

@katriadoodles This was brought up in the No-AI server but wasn't the dev/team behind CivitAI the same people behind the samdoesart AI model contest?

@jaesekki Wait WHAT?! Was it really them behind that despicable ‘contest’? @HelloCivitai

@katriadoodles 1. NOT getting consent from the artist is “100% moral” ? Since when is consent negotiable? You can argue legalese all you want, but using this as a talking point makes you out to be a creep. 1/

@BertrandMaegan I guess consent is negotiable for people who put the word under quotation marks 😅