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A small act of resistance against normalizing this bullshit
Jun 25, 2025
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part of me sorta wishes AI image development stopped around here. this is just far enough to be funny, but not far enough to create enormous amounts of slop and engagement bait
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🤖My #official take is that AI art generally on the whole fucking sucks. 90% of it is uninteresting slop content by brain dead techbros who have no knowledge of art or why we value it.
HOWEVER!!! There is one use case where I think using AI in your art can actually elevate the work, and that’s if the art itself is in some way trying to say something about AI.
Luckily, there’s actually a lot of things to say about AI – referencing it in your work pretty firmly places it in the current cultural landscape in super powerful way.
Some examples (note that these all have pretty nihilistic / downright dystopian outlooks on modern society, maybe that’s also imporyant): - Vegyn’s album under the Headache pseudonym - some of the scenes in Conner O’Malley’s 103 fever short
HOWEVER!!! There is one use case where I think using AI in your art can actually elevate the work, and that’s if the art itself is in some way trying to say something about AI.
Luckily, there’s actually a lot of things to say about AI – referencing it in your work pretty firmly places it in the current cultural landscape in super powerful way.
Some examples (note that these all have pretty nihilistic / downright dystopian outlooks on modern society, maybe that’s also imporyant): - Vegyn’s album under the Headache pseudonym - some of the scenes in Conner O’Malley’s 103 fever short
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Jun 23, 2025
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đź“ŤLog off Amazon prime and step into the real world. Go to a local physical store in your community. Look your neighbor in the eye and put money in their hand.
Go to a local venue and hear what musicians in your community are creating. Talk to them about it afterwards. Buy a T-shirt or cd or whatever they’re selling, they’ll make more money from that than from thousands of streams. Seriously, Spotify pays a fraction of a penny per stream.
Forget about Starbucks. Check out a local coffee shop instead. Learn your barista’s name and tip them.
Go to your local book store and library. Look around and see what book covers catch your eye. Ask employees for recommendations instead of just reading whatever’s trending on #booktok.Â
Go to your local museums, farmers market, theaters, restaurants, whatever your community has going on.
When you go local, you see your community in a new way. You make friends and feel more connected to the people around you.
You will discover new things organically instead of relying on an algorithm. You keep your money circulating in your community instead of making billionaires richer. You will have a greater appreciation for where you live.
P.S. Pay In CashÂ
Go to a local venue and hear what musicians in your community are creating. Talk to them about it afterwards. Buy a T-shirt or cd or whatever they’re selling, they’ll make more money from that than from thousands of streams. Seriously, Spotify pays a fraction of a penny per stream.
Forget about Starbucks. Check out a local coffee shop instead. Learn your barista’s name and tip them.
Go to your local book store and library. Look around and see what book covers catch your eye. Ask employees for recommendations instead of just reading whatever’s trending on #booktok.Â
Go to your local museums, farmers market, theaters, restaurants, whatever your community has going on.
When you go local, you see your community in a new way. You make friends and feel more connected to the people around you.
You will discover new things organically instead of relying on an algorithm. You keep your money circulating in your community instead of making billionaires richer. You will have a greater appreciation for where you live.
P.S. Pay In CashÂ
Jan 29, 2025