They will also delete any comments that complain about AI at all, even though there is no rule against it.

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After second look, that’s not entirely true, but they definitely have a trigger finger for it and leave plenty of other “off-topic” comments.

Considering the amount of posts deleted, it should have just been locked instead of nuking comments with a negative view of AI

Here’s the thread in the screenshot:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43426671/18476015

Also, here you can see other’s seem to think this was an attempt to silence dissent (though, I don’t think that this coming from drag is a great point for it):
https://lemmy.ca/post/43313594

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Just look at this completely insane comment from an instance admin:

  • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    148·
    1 day ago

    It’s weird to see the doublethink of people here.

    “We don’t want corporations to control everything! They have too much power!”

    “Exactly, we should ignore their requests and the copyright system they made!”

    “Yeah! Copyright doesn’t help us! Pirate everything!”

    “We can use their tools to dismantle them! Including AI!”

    “Woah, I don’t know if I actually agree with copyright being abolished… Maybe copyright is actually good when companies get to abuse the laws they made… I’m for copyright abolishment in everything but using tools.”

    How much do you want to bet that the people who think being Anti-AI is somehow revolutionary, shares memes and media without permission of the copyright holder of the images and media? Disney would love to enforce that sharing a meme with any of their IP is a crime and you must pay to do it.

    The hypocrisy of these people never gets old. They’ll advocate for piracy and soulseek but the moment you ask a open source, single instance AI thing to make a meme, its suddenly an affront to mankind.

    • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      117·
      1 day ago

      i think you misunderstand entirely.
      it’s not about copyright, it’s about stealing other people’s work and pretending like it’s your own, as well as selling it as your own….
      as well as, it dilutes and drowns out real artists with infinite low-quality slop….

      • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        89·
        1 day ago

        Like how piracy steals from corporations, ruining the value of the movie made in 1996?

        Wait it doesn’t steal, it copies. It doesn’t remove anything from anyone. Same for AI. If you want art, pay an artist. Pay for the right to share the media.

        • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          114·
          1 day ago

          nope, not like that.

          people aren’t going on the pirate bay and saying, “i made this movie! it’s my creation! i’m a bittorrent director!”.

          that would be like AI artists stealing things….
          i don’t care about them copying things to train their models. I care about people taking the output and posing as artists.

          • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            85·
            1 day ago

            i don’t care about them copying things to train their models. I care about people taking the output and posing as artists.

            That is fine, I can agree with most of that. It’s not stealing, it’s just slapping a new label on something. Maybe plagiarism is a better term.