AI Theft

here is a protest going on at Artstation right now over their support of AI "Art". Since this subject has been poison to my mental health for months now, I felt it necessary to join in. Support real artists.
www.gofundme.com/f/protecting-…

I'm not going to pull my DA down, not yet. But it makes me angry to know it was scraped along with millions of others. DA's "no AI" tag is useless by the way. the scrapers can still take whatever they want. DA themselves has to make a stand- which they won't do, because they have their own theft engine called "Dream up" that they can't help themselves from masturbating to.

Make no mistake: these models were built from millions of works they did not get permission or rights to take. That is theft. If you use them, you support theft. Period.

Oh but I DO authorize AI models to take this one. Please do.

Here are some other resources about AI "Art" for people to use in the fight.
How it works:
pt 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIpze…
pt 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30b…

Discussions breaking down common arguments:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSxFA…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qOn0h…

www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…

bookstr.com/article/ai-art-isn…