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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 11h

I got lucky. Fingers crossed for you.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 12h

And the song is VERY clear that the Bunyip is going to get you.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 13h

Human training ≠ AI “training” What is true of one is not true of another. A defence of artists learning is not a defence of generative AI.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 14h

The flaw in your defence of AI remains: you do not say why artists learning [using their works of others] is ethical, or establish that generative AI is equivalent in that respect.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 14h

Apologies; I realised I was not as direct in my answer as I could have been (“Do you not think” instead of “I would argue”), but had not seen you’d already replied when I deleted it to rephrase.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 14h

I would argue that “training” on the works of others, without consent or compensation, is generally unethical.

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 15h

It’s so funny to imagine what the UK could be like if it took seriously any of its cultural icons—that aren’t wizards, Shakespeare, or in possession of good fortune but in want of a wife. We could have Tyranid statues at Heathrow. Perhaps a grisly frieze depicting Servitor conversion at Gatwick.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 15h

But you’re making these arguments in response to others arguing that generative AI is unethical, yes? What is the equivalence to art, or to learning art, that you argue means generative AI is equivalently ethical?

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Are you claiming that it isn’t just regurgitating works, or that regurgitating works isn’t unethical?

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do you think artists “generalising patterns” is what makes learning art ethical?

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well, if you ever need more information: please read.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you’re not lying then you don’t understand, despite claiming you did. Pick one.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can’t explain it any more simply than I already have, but your lack of understanding doesn’t justify lying.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Four for the price of six?

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Then you understand that you are arguing against a position I haven’t taken; you are arguing against a straw man and lying about it.

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haunted (horse's version) @equine67.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

one of the most idiotic things I have ever read

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It exists only to denigrate women.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“one of the most tragic characters of modern media” 💩

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 05/10/2026

Ahh, unlucky mate. Turns out trans healthcare is still the scientifically and morally correct thing to do. I assume you'll be apologising now? Not sure why you thought the last 5 years would be different to the nearly 100 before that but ok

Some prick from Twitter exactly 5 years ago saying "I do hope in five years when this has been consigned to the rubbish heap that your apology to the legions of mutilated 20somethings will be fulsome and abject, Katy. You're going to have a LOT of explaining to do."

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do you genuinely not understand that I am not arguing that generative AI is unethical just because it differs from art and how artists learn?

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That’s the straw man argument again.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This IS the reason. It’s not a valid argument, regardless of what A, B, α, β, γ, or δ are.

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Ghostrel @strangebeacon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Camden Town, London Underground Descending the spiral stairs yesterday, I saw that the walls were covered with ages of muck and grime and mould, seeming to crawl across the walls like some grasping, reaching thing. I couldn’t take a photo, but I’m pretty sure this is an honest recollection.

A digital illustration/art of a Polaroid photo. On the bottom is written “Camden Town 4/10”

The photo is a section of wall of Camden Town underground station’s spiral staircase. Two security cameras are affixed on the wall, one pointing left, the other hanging down, limp. Below are tiles of blue and white that line the stairs. All are quite grubby. Across the walls, stretching out from the upper right corner, are sickly black tendrils as mould, reaching out around the cameras. Red eyes are dotted amongst the branches.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Right…if you remove everything probabilistic then whatever remains is probabilistic. That’s true of all fuzzy/probabilistic systems.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Which traits? If A and B share traits β, γ, and δ, and B has trait α, it doesn’t follow that Α also shares trait α. That’s the flaw I already described.

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When looking for dungeonspiration, you could do worse than simply mapping out the Alhambra.

A visitor's map of the entire Alhambra palatial complex, with numbered areas

Floor plan of one of the palaces of the Alhambra

A photo of the Alhambra - a red fortress surrounded by mountains

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Anarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 05/10/2026

Years ago I used to say that Elon would be remembered as one of history's greatest monsters because he knew he could solve world hunger and chose not to. Then he decided to make everything so much worse, deliberately. The scale of death he is responsible for is difficult to grasp.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beats shops with portable air con units exhausting hot air into the same space they’re “cooling”.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The first for me was the Bunyip, but since you mention Freddy Krueger I was pretty frightened by Groundskeeper Willy’s Freddy pastiche when I first watched it. I think part of it was how jarring his burning skeleton was in the Simpsons style.

Screencap from Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror VI, of Groundskeeper Willy’s burning skeleton pointing threateningly.

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Juno | trabajando en comis @pupgrrrlriot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's so easy to just not draw fanart of the transphobic wizard books it's so easy you can draw anyone else

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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i actually think he's worse than wesley crusher tbqhwy

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Alternatively, if you take a weaker premise: 1. A is equivalent to B in some respects. then it does not necessarily follow that B has a particular property that A has (e.g. “is ethical”); you would need to demonstrate that A is equivalent to B with respect to why B is ethical. You haven’t.

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Kinsfolk Miniatures @kinsfolkminiatures.com · 05/10/2026

Can we just start a new internet where we all have our own cool websites with GIFs, animated cursors and auto-play midi music and we follow each other's blogs without caring about likes and views and without AI scraping it all? That'd be cool.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We have, and you’ve still not addressed the flaw.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For reasons I’ve stated earlier. It is not necessary for me to recapitulate the arguments of others (that generative AI is unethical) to point out a flaw in your counterargument. Neither the flaw in nor validity of your argument depends on my ability to answer to your satisfaction.

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thaspook @tharook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

An art director may be an artist, but commissioning an artwork does not make someone an artist. Any creativity involved in using generative AI is in the prompt, not the generation. When you commission art, you benefit from the creativity of the artists you commission.

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