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fym people don't have OCs. Fym they don't daydream about complex stories in their head. Fym they don't doodle little guys they created in their notes for school. Fym they just? Don't write? Like I've been writing since I was four years old and it's just so weird to me how people just... don't. All my friends, all my family, and my s/o are all writers so it just throws me off.
also how do you need to use ai to create a story. daydream to music until it comes together like the rest of us you coward
Hey guys
Unfortunately, AO3 has been scraped for a dataset and put on an Ai website. I will be privatizing my fics so if you don’t have an AO3 account you won’t be able to see my fics. I’m really sorry. Hopefully this gets resolved because I definitely don’t want it to stay like this. Thanks for your understanding.
Silent.
Some blinkies
TW|| paranoid, AI related, internet is dead related
We made some blinkies (here) to vent because we heard about that AI profiles m3ta is working on... — N.
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Ai scares me
I miss the 00's internet
Internet is dead
Internet is dead
Since my most recent post made a few people aware that I might not be a big fan of certain usages of machine learning and image generators, I felt I should make one thing clear. Again. uwu
✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:Fuck AI.:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧
✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:Fuck NFTs.:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧
✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:Fuck people who claim AI regurgitated images are "art".:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧
✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:And especially fuck people who tag it as "traditional art" or "artists on tumblr".:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧
✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:You are nothing else but scalpers and scammers and I will never support you.:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧
✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:Don't like this? Well, lucky you! This is not an airport and you can leave without having to notify anybody about your departure! The unfollow button is there for a reason! <;3 :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧
With love: dra <3
Normalize stealing from AI "Artists"
The "No AI " hack on the searchbar almost got me KILLLLLLLLLLLEDDD ToT
If u don't know, there is a hack where if you curse in your search you will get no ai images.
I was reading the bonus story of a manga called NANA (book 9). Naoki dyed his hair platinum blonde. I had no idea what this looked like so I googled it, but all I got was ai slop of random blonde ppl, so I decided to search "platinum blonde fuck" to get rid of the ai and............................. Yeah, the results were just porn.
If I were alone, I wouldn't care. I'm 22. I can handle it. but what I COULD NOT HANDLE, WAS THE FACT THAT MY COMPUTER SCREEN WAS FACING MY MOTHERS DIRECTION
your art or writing could have been scraped, please watch and check the stuff in the description.
does anyone know if i can like block sites from appearing in my google images searches??? i keep getting those awful ai generated things with a hand coming out of a man's neck and just straight up not what i was looking for, because this was in a search for "curly hair in medieval paintings". it happens every time i search for anything vaguely art-reference-like and it's so fucking annoying and it clutters my search results so much. i don't wanna add specific commands to the query every time too, what i need is like a browser extension or something
i invited this guy i was talking to, (who im sure fetishizes trans men since he said how hed prefer me not to start hrt or get top surgery BUT wanted me to get bottom bc he likes futas LMAO) ,
to this viking roleplay minecraft server i was apart of
the issue?
you have to make a character to be able to join the r and play on it
mind you, ive been roleplaying since i was 9
i offered to help make his character
he.
decided to use chat gpt.
to make it.
yeahh after that i didnt really wanna talk to him anymore…
it also didnt help that he BARELY txted me back
Sometimes I think about putting my essays on substack or something but the idea of getting no views while actively feeding the ai scrapbot makes me want to
So.
Nothing inspires me to write poetry more than reading poetry. Literally every time I have ever sat down to read poetry, within 10 minutes I am bent over scribbling notes and annotations and whole sonnets.
Sometimes because I loved what I read. Sometimes because I hated it. Sometimes because I wanted to make it better, make it different, make it mine.
As an artist, there is nothing wrong with seeking inspiration in other work.
If you’re having writers block…READ!!!! CONSUME MEDIA
I feel like I don’t hear that given enough as advice for writers block..just read? Watch tv? Movies? Find inspiration in media.
Writers block is a lack of inspiration, so go collect more.
STARTER PACK
“oh but ai makes art more accessible!”, unless you need chatgpt to also fuck your wife for you you can engage in a basic human desire for once in your life and pick up a pencil :))
^^
Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.
ATTENTION ALL MUSIC LOVERS!
There's a YouTube channel called Zauret Records. They put out "full albums" from whatever year (70s-80s) and under a fake artist's name, however, all the music is AI generated. Granted, they do admit it's fictional, but nowhere on the channel do they mention AI, so unless you go to their Instagram or Twitter, you will see no mention of AI. What's worse is they constantly pull in thousands of views. Please, whenever you find an artist/band, make sure you can find search results related to them from before 2023, or can in some other way verify that they are, in fact, human. Please reblog with any other YouTube channels or any kind of internet anything like Zauret Records so we all know who to stay away from.
me and my homies support real artists who put their passion into their pieces instead of a machine who rips off the hard work of talented peeps
Everyone is making AI generated slop in studio Ghibli style now.
And we just turned a point where we can't say that AI doesn't look good.
It looks okay, but it's as pointless and harmful, as it was.
It doesn't create anything new, it only steals.
And you may say it's just a joke and it doesn't really harm anyone.
But it does. It harms hundreds of artists, who worked thousands hours to create the frames, that now are being fed to genAI. It harms millions of future artists, who won't exist anymore, because it will be impossible to make a sustainable career as an artist soon. It harms every human, because it leaves no place for human art and imagination.
It may look fun, but it is not.
Please, support human art instead. Here is my artworks, inspired by Studio Ghibli 🩵
Some of them took weeks to create. But I learned a lot and made something new ✨
I got inspired to write a poem--
This Poem Was Made By AI
(please note this poem was not, in fact, made by ai. I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning writing this)
Imagine a world where everyone could write. There’d be no need to argue, no need to start a fight. No need to stay up until all hours of night, No need to squint at the paper and say, “This can’t be right.”
Imagine a world where you could spitball a book. It’s really quite easy, I promise, just look! You don’t need to worry about finding a unique hook, Just borrow this neat one from this author I took.
Imagine a world where you could make a series for tv. It’s quite simple and really stress-free! All you have to do is write a sentence, you see, And our Inkitt AI can turn it into an episode, two, or three!
A single bullet point can turn into a flourishing story. There’s no need to draft, no need to worry. All the “real” writers will run away and scurry. Compared to our stories, theirs looks like an unfinished painting, blurry.
Imagine a world where we took all the joy Out of writing for every girl and boy. It’s our writing they want, our writing to enjoy, And our platforms are as enticing as a small nostalgic toy.
AI is better. This, people just know We’ll steal from all the “real” writers; just keep it on the down-low. Everyone will come to us, and our platforms will grow. We’re practically as iconic and cool as uh… Odysseus and Calypso.
That was the first thing, but this better thing is second: All the helpless writers to our platforms, we beckoned. And here’s a little secret, it’s something we recon, That we’ve turned our silly tools into a weapon.
Imagine a world where people for themselves don't think. And creating a piece could be done in a blink; And they’ll use our tools more and more like the alcohol they’ll drink As their helpless brains and their skills of craft start to shrink.
On our words of wisdom and greatness, they’ll rely While subpar original works out of “writers’” hands we pry And use our cool AI programs to modify— And if they come after us, we’ll simply just deny.
Their brains will grow stupid, tired, and weary, And we’ll have the power to answer all their writing queries. We may do some things that might cause some to be leery, But not to worry, we’ll still write your english essays and letters to mother deary.
Imagine a world where everyone could write. With what we’re doing, everyone’s ideas can take flight. And with the way we’re going, we’ll be All Writers’ sole—blinding—light, And no one will be able to look at what we’re doing and say, “This isn’t right.”
Each week (or so), we'll highlight the relevant (and sometimes rage-inducing) news adjacent to writing and freedom of expression. This week:
Inkitt’s AI-powered fiction factory
Inkitt started in the mid-2010s as a cozy platform where anyone could share their writing. Fast forward twenty twenty-fuckkkkk, and like most startups, it’s pivoted hard into AI-fueled content production with the soul of an algorithm.
Pictured: Inkitt preparing human-generated work for an AI-powered flume ride to The Unknown.
Here’s how it works: Inkitt monitors reader engagement with tracking software, then picks popular stories to publish on its premium app, Galatea. From there, stories can get spun into sequels, spinoffs, or adapted for GalateaTV… often with minimal author involvement. Authors get an undisclosed cut of revenue, but for most, it’s a fraction of what they’d earn with a traditional publisher (let alone self-publishing).
“'They prey on new writers who have no idea what they’re doing,' said the writer of one popular Galatea series."
Many, many authors have side-eyed or outright decried the platform as inherently predatory for years, due to nebulous payout promises. And much of the concern centers on contracts that don’t require authors’ consent for editorial changes or AI-generated “additions” to the original text.
Now, Inkitt has gone full DiSrUpTiOn, leaning heavily on generative AI to ghostwrite, edit, generate audiobook narration, and design covers, under the banner of “democratizing storytelling.” (Bullshit AI? In my democratized storytelling platform? It’s more likely than you think.)
Pictured: Inkitt’s CEO looking at the most-read stories.
But Inkitt’s CEO doesn’t seem too concerned about what authors think: “His business model doesn’t need them.”
The company recently raised $37 million, with backers including former CEOs of Sony, Penguin, and HarperCollins, proving once again that publishing loves a disruptor… as long as it disrupts creatives, not capital. And more AI companies are mushrooming up to chase the same vision: “a vision of human-created art becoming the raw material for AI-powered, corporate-owned content-production machines—a scenario in which humans would play an ever-shrinking role.”
(Not to say we predicted this, but…)
Welcome to the creator-industrial complex.
Publishers to AI: Stop stealing our stuff (please?)
Major publishers—including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Vox Media—have launched a "Support Responsible AI" campaign, urging the U.S. government to regulate AI's use of copyrighted content.
Like last month's campaigns by the Authors Guild and the UK's Society of Authors, there's a website where where you can (and should!) contact your representatives to say, “Hey, maybe stop letting billion-dollar tech giants strip-mine journalism.”
The campaign’s ads carry big mood slogans like “Stop AI Theft” and “AI Steals From You Too” and call for legislation that would force AI companies to pay for the content they train on and clearly label AI-generated content with attribution. This follows lobbying by OpenAI and Google to make it legal to scrape and train on copyrighted material without consent.
The publishers assert they are not explicitly anti-AI, but advocate for a “fair” system that respects intellectual property and supports journalism.
But… awkward, The Washington Post—now owned by Jeff Bezos—has reportedly already struck a deal with OpenAI to license and summarize its content. So, mixed signals.
Still, as the campaign reminds us: “Stealing is un-American.”
(Unless it’s profitable.)
#WarForever
We at Ellipsus love a good meme-turned-megaproject. Back in January, the-app-formerly-known-as-Twitter user @lolt64 tweeted a cryptic line about "the frozen wastes of europa,” the earliest reference to the never-ending war on Jupiter’s icy moon.
A slew of bleak dispatches from weary, doomed soldiers entrenched on Europa’s ice fields snowballed (iceberged?) into a sprawling saga, yes-and-ing with fan art, vignettes, and memes under the hashtag #WarForever.
It’s not quite X’s answer to Goncharov: It turns out WarForever is some flavor of viral marketing for a tabletop RPG zine. But the internet ran with it anyway, with NASA playing the Scorcese of the stars.
In a digital hellworld increasingly dominated by AI slopification, data harvesting, and “content at scale,” projects like WarForever are a blessed reminder that creativity—actual, human creativity—perseveres.
Even on a frozen moon. Even here.
Let us know if you find something other writers should know about, (or join our Discord and share it there!)
- The Ellipsus Team xo
Did I have to rush my essay? Yes. Did I turn it in 10 minutes before midnight when it was due? Yes. Did I proofread it? No. Did I probably fuck it up at least a bit? Yeah. Did I get a good grade? We'll see.
But at least I didn't use AI. I wrote a good, genuine, shitty essay, instead of getting a program to write a shitty essay for me that would probably be easily flagged as AI.
WRITE SHITTY ESSAYS!!! A BAD GRADE FROM TRYING IS BETTER THAN A ZERO FROM GETTING CAUGHT USING AI!!!
"this is how you can use ChatGPT to achieve all of your goals" "use this AI hack to glow up" "I asked ChatGPT for life advice and you guys will never believe what I learned"
It really depends on what language you're learning, but I personally for learning Japanese use actual physical books to learn grammar and all that jazz, and I use an anki deck (the wanikani deck) for learning kanji/vocab. Anki is a flashcard program, it's very popular for learning languages, and most common languages have multiple decks available to download. It's kind of annoying to get set up bc the standard settings are wacky, but once you get that done you won't have to look at it ever again. If you need any help just shoot me a message!
Also physical books are awesome bc you can annotate on the page and that really helps me, but you can also find pdfs and online lesson plans for most books fairly easily.
Been wanting to learn a new language for a while now . I know Duolingo is trash since they fired most of their staff and replaced them with shitty AI and it seems like that's most language apps nowadays. Does anybody know of one that doesn't use AI, or if not an app then an online course?
You WILL do random stuff around the house or office and then pause because you just had the greatest idea for a plottwist or plot idea and skedaddle to a notebook to write it down quickly.
You will not use AI to get ideas for your story. You will lie on the floor and have wretched visions like god intended
no way ppl are using ai to write ao3. what happened to being a tortured writer. what happened to blood on the page. what happened to the ao3 curse. people used to get run over, have their houses burned down, break their entire spines and they still put in the work to finish a chapter. fuck you, using ai. y’all are weak
Shooting myself.
Why is an AI going to art school and why did they have to name it Flynn. That's my name. I'm gatekeeping my name now. I'm not sharing. Why couldn't they spare us and let Elon give it some weird ass name instead of a human one. Why is an AI going to art school. Why is this a thing.
like i'm sorry but we as a fandom have to stay firm on our anti-AI values. we cannot suddenly start giving AI a pass when it's something we "want to see" like destiel kisses. it's not suddenly fine. we're not going to start using AI to make fanfic scenes come to life or audio AI to make characters "say" stuff we want to hear. you have GOT to be firm on your anti-AI stance. if you start making exceptions then suddenly anything will fly. fandom is for real art and creations made by real people. no AI fanfics. no AI art. no AI rendered "bonus" scenes. no AI audio. none of it has a place here.