Dude, even Microsoft engineers use/trust that script. Why do you think it’s still up on GitHub?

I’ve been using it for years, and switched to that repository soon after the previous versions were taken down. No issues with it afaik, and I’m very grateful to the developers for keeping it going.

It’s an unbelievably stupid decision imo. Talk about tone deaf.

Another banger read

Hear hear!

Awesome, well now we have one :)

Thanks, interesting article. What is the source? I couldn’t find it.

You can edit the post to remove the NSFW tag. I can’t do it for you unfortunately.

I agree with you in the sense that that corporations are stealing jobs from artists by usurping content creators on their massive platforms and replacing them with highly profitable (because they don’t have to pay anyone) GenAI images. That’s not a problem with GenAI though, it’s a problem with corporations and capitalism which prioritize profit above all else.

And the question of fighting for the rights of artists to rent seek an income based on 100 year+ IP rights (or whatever ridiculous number it is nowadays) is hard to square with a leftist position. Aren’t we supposed to be against that sort of thing?

I agree the ethics of corporate ai are problematic from an environmental and use case perspective, but not from a copyright perspective. Ethically, copyleft makes a lot more sense. Copyright only serves capitalism and is a fundamentally neoliberal concern.

Sure but what is a good or bad meme is extremely subjective. Bad memes from an artistic perspective often do very well in getting the message across. I mean I sort of get what you are saying but I think there’s a lot of subjectivity involved. If we look at the post numbers, the ratio is the same as earlier. +671 to -122 = so downvotes are only 18% of where the upvotes are sitting, which isn’t bad considering all the brigading. And anyway, we have a good mix of different types of memes. Only a small handful use genAI. It’s completely been blown out of proportion by a very vocal minority.

Tbh that just shows Drag doesn’t understand leftism very deeply.

1. Being anti-AI is an intrinsically reactionary position to hold.
2. Leftists should be trying to seize the means of production, not trying to destroy them.
3. The anti-AI movement puts heavy emphasis on the impact on artists, but most leftists don’t believe in copyright or the ownership/privatization of ideas and that includes things like art. Artists absolutely should be publicly funded and properly compensated for their work. But simply fighting against AI tooling will accomplish nothing, and arguably serves to perpetuates copyright rent-seeking by corporations and individuals.
4. Fighting against or banning the use of AI tools in leftist spaces will accomplish nothing, except to give the capitalists an advantage over leftists. The genie is already out of the bottle. AI tooling, although incredibly annoying in some aspects (such as when it gets inserted into fucking notepad) is also extremely powerful and useful for certain applications. Why would we want to fight with a hand tied behind our backs over some romantic idyll of pre-gen AI times?
5. A hammer can be a tool or a weapon. Same with AI. Nobody is talking about banning hammers, despite the fact they are often used as weapons or for nefarious purposes.
6. The anti-AI movement is primitivist and regressive in nature. It hearkens back to the “good old days” when artists were well compensated by rich patrons, and artisans and skilled craftsmen filled every small town. It’s a fantasy that never really existed, and one that will never exist under capitalism.
7. FOSS AI projects are available such as Db0’s AI Horde which seeks to democratic access to GenAI. There is no requirement to use corporate tooling.

At least Proton isn’t a scammy company compared to most other free VPNs. And they still allow port forwarding on paid plans, so they are quite a good choice for torrenting. I think Proton and Mullvad are probably the most recommended options around here.

Being gay is totally optional, but recommended lmao

I added your alt text, thanks.

Hmm interesting. You actually don’t need to manually open a port if you are using a VPN that allows port forwarding - is that the case for you?

For the uninitiated… this actually means your incoming connection port is blocked :p

US copyright law has been co-opted by corporations for the exclusive profit of corporate copyright holders. Just because a law exists doesn’t mean it is just. Props to the IA for fighting the good fight.

I don’t know what we’d do without you fxomt! Appreciate you buddy.

Hey buddy, sorry for your loss.

Just by way of reassurance, I think what you are feeling is very normal in this sort of situation and your experience is very relatable to me.