Done for Onedeadlymouse. Commissions are open, if you're interested.
There's a followup.
Kovukono
joined 2 years ago
Ignoring whether or not AI is able to deliver the same quality as humans, it boils down to that capitalism views human beings as a unit of work. So many of those units of work are necessary to achieve a product. AI is supposed to cost less than humans to produce the same amount of work.
Humans, however, aren't just a simple measurement of what they can put out. Your worth isn't tied to your productivity, or the amount of capital you have. Those factors might affect your total worth, but capitalism would have you believe that these are the only metrics that matter. Creative activity has been a staple of humanity throughout history, and it's now a job where you can produce something that has some semblance of soul attached to it.
So when it comes to replacing artists with AI, there's the offense that companies are trying to stifle what artists can get work by replacing them with versions that are mimicry, at best. I've seen fantastic works of AI art, but every single instance of it used by companies is replacing a creative human job for the sake of saving costs.
But AI doesn't do a good job at most things. It has a terrible record of answering questions accurately, self-driving technology isn't yet to the point where it's been deemed safe, and we don't have robots at the point where they can replace a human doing something as simple as stocking shelves. But what it can do, really well, is imitate art, whether it's drawing, or vocal performances, or to an extent physical performances. People are worried about artists because those are the jobs affected right now. But the minute those other jobs are able to be automated away in a cost-effective manner, you'll see people pissed about that, too.
I'm in this meme and I don't like it.
I volunteer with my party, and we got told last week that our candidate's campaign would kick off tomorrow, the 13th. Maybe they got wind of something like that.
Thanks!
You say that, but given the stuff I've experienced at work, you can have a functional site that's still a garbage fire on the backend (not to say that Pawb is).
Thanks! I kept checking Telegram this morning, but it looks like I stopped just before you guys posted the update.
Alright, source (unless it's Twitter)?
I couldn't find one originally, since I had it saved on my phone from a couple years ago, but I managed to dig it up with a lot of searching.
Thank you!
Thanks! It was definitely a perspective I hadn't tried before.
Done as a request for BalloonieLuna. If you're interested, my commissions are open.
This stupid idea popped into my head and I decided to put it down. If you're interested, my commissions are open.
Finished up the first piece for 2024, even though I definitely wanted to get this done last year. But done is done.
I started drawing in January of this year, and finally finished up my first piece in early February. Since then I've been trying to improve on it, and I decided to look back to see if there were any real metrics that could show I made decent progress.
The most obvious first step was to take a look at the upvotes I'd gotten:
Also, NSFW stats:
And, overall, it's a mixed bag. Lemmy definitely has a longer running time for keeping posts alive (it helps that there's fewer posts here), and Reddit has the issue that if your post isn't noticed inside 2 hours, it won't be picked up at all. There's no real sign of definite progress on Reddit, though Lemmy does seem to see at least some uptick in this metric, though that could be attributed to c/furry growing.
So, there's the next obvious metric, upvote percentage:
Reddit drops these metrics after 40 days, so I have no idea what it's like for the majority of my posts. Generally though, the response is more positive on Lemmy than Reddit, but it might be a bit too early to tell if the percentages are actually meaningful, or if the community doesn't downvote good content just because it's not their type, and upvotes are a more meaningful metric.
And, finally, FurAffinity:
There's not a lot of items there, either. If I post something good, I might get a fav. If I post something really good, I might get 2. Like Reddit, if it's not noticed inside a short window, it appears to get buried. The one exception appears to be this piece, which has gotten fav'd repeatedly over time. Watches, on the other hand, appear to be entirely random--or it could be my work's just not good enough to get people wanting me on their feed.
So, just some lessons from my time over the last year:
- Memes are faster and lower-effort to draw, but get a lot bigger response (yes, I know, groundbreaking statement of the year).
- Time and effort spent don't equate to response. I know, it's another obvious statement, but until you've spent weeks on something for nothing, it doesn't quite sink in.
- Either a) I've not become a better artist, or b) these metrics aren't the full picture, and I also suck at promoting myself. I'm hoping it's the latter.
Regardless, it's been a big journey, and I hope it's only the start. I came to Lemmy from Reddit after the API changes, and overall, c/furry's been an open, welcoming, and most importantly positive place. I love it here, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it continue to grow.
Some vent art.
Commission done for @[email protected].
I think this might be my favorite of his, aside from the "spice things up in the bedroom" one.