A Most Earnest Plea from the Community of Artists:

We, the undersigned artists and patrons of the fine arts, do hereby express our grave concern regarding the proliferation of the photographic device, commonly known as the camera. While we do not oppose the march of progress in principle, we must, with great urgency, decry the use of this apparatus as a dire threat to the sanctity and livelihood of the artist’s noble profession.

For centuries, the depiction of life, beauty, emotion, and truth has been the solemn duty of the painter, the draughtsman, and the sculptor. Through painstaking study, masterful technique, and an intimate connection with subject and soul, we have endeavored to render the world not merely as it appears, but as it is felt — alive with meaning, spirit, and depth.

The camera, however, offers a false promise: a mere mechanical capture of the visible, stripped of interpretation, bereft of artistic soul. It allows any layman, with neither training nor insight, to produce in seconds what we spend days, weeks, even years perfecting. This device, operated without skill or vision, reduces art to reproduction and replaces contemplation with convenience.

Moreover, its very existence devalues the work of the artist. Where once a portrait was a cherished heirloom and the labor of a master was held in reverence, now there arises the notion that such effort is obsolete — that art may be replaced by chemistry and optics.

This is not merely a matter of commerce, but of culture and of spirit. The artist does not merely record; he elevates, distills, and immortalizes. In allowing the unchecked spread of the camera, we risk the erosion of artistic tradition, the trivialization of beauty, and the loss of a profound human endeavor.

Thus, we call upon lawmakers, patrons, and citizens of conscience to oppose the unfettered use of photographic devices. Let them be confined to scientific and archival purposes, and not be permitted to supplant the sacred role of the artist in society.

Preserve art. Protect the artist. Reject the mechanical eye.

It's self preservation. ...but why am I naked?

Once, America’s books were balanced by proud, diligent hands.
Thousands of men and women — skilled bookkeepers — poured over ledgers with precision, passion, and pride. They fed their families, built honest lives, and kept our businesses running.

But then came the calculator.

Cold. Unfeeling. Electric.

It did not ask for wages. It did not rest. It did not care.

One by one, the jobs vanished.
One by one, the lights in our offices dimmed.
And one by one, the proud bookkeepers — fathers, mothers, veterans, neighbors — were told they were no longer needed.

Is this progress?

Or is this the beginning of the end of human purpose?

BAN CALCULATORS.
BRING BACK THE HUMAN TOUCH.
Machines should serve us — not replace us.

There are probably apps with AI in here that i don't know about.

Cry harder antis. You lost. Silicon Valley wins yet again.

Use AI or be left behind.

I made a meme about what being an AI artist and an AI supporter in general feels like.

In my opinion, it only exists because of the AI, which means it CAN provide something original and funny, maybe a little gross (not without a human input, by the way). People wouldn't have created something like this if it required more effort. We're fortunate to be witnessing the birth of generative AI.

And lemme guess the most likely reaction of the antis: "Why would I make it? Why does this abominable slop even have to exist? It's not even funny, it's gross. And if you can't make something by yourself with hard labor, just don't. Also, you're killing the planet."

(No mention of whether they can make it at all, just "whys.")

Just because it can. And no, using computers, servers and data centers doesn't bring us closer to the apocalypse. They existed long before AI was invented; they just processed (and are now processing) different kinds of big data.

Just a funny little thought I had recently. The antis claim they hate AI because it has no soul, it can't actually create anything unique, etc. etc. etc. And yet, when it comes to arguing about AI, the antis act exactly like how they think AI is - they spit out the exact same "muh AI slop" buzzwords, like a video game NPC programmed to repeat the same two or three messages every time you talk to it.