tl;dr: I peaced out of here on account of the whole AI thing a couple years ago, but couldn't bring myself to delete my account. Singling out DA feels pointless when so many other places have been going the same route, so if I have this account I might as well use it.
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Longer version:
Remember that whole "we're implementing AI" thing DA did in...I think it was 2022? yeah, a lot of people didn't like that, myself included. I'd played around with using genAI as an aid early on, but the tone changed to "AI will replace you" and you know, that was the end of that. So when DA implemented it, it felt particularly insulting, especially since I had a feeling that would open the doors to 100% genAI "art".
Unfortunately, I've had this account for 20-something years now, and it's served as a near-comprehensive archive of my artistic output from that time. Given my shoddy preservation tactics early on, the earliest work (c. 2003-2005) probably only exists in flattened JPGs here, and the
Have a wonderful day!
It was a good day. 
