this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva the fucking way people use the "ai" for stuff that a decent world would view as despicable minstrelry is horrifying and the lack of guardrails around doing so should be as serious an issue as it telling people to suicide
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva I'm sick of this shit.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
That sounds like the modern equivalent of those "Easy Music" radio stations playing faked-up "orchestral" instrumental covers of popular hits. I wonder if they screwed the original artists like LLM/AI is doing now.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva Sadly the author doesn’t pound this point.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
Yep!
"There is also something disturbingly racist about the thing too. The bot is a caricature of a soul artist. Worse in its way than the white, blackfaced minstrels of the early 1900s."
source = https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2026/04/01/eddie-dalton-ai/stories/202604010073
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva It's not just racism. It's also machine-made slop. Both need to be fought against across the board.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva If it was created by a robot, then the work has less value than if a human created it. I can still enjoy the music, but I don't think that robots should be able to claim ad revenue. That said, this is platforms using ai generated music to keep more of the revenue pool for themselves, or by spammers to take a slice of the pie without putting in the work. It doesn't matter if people actually like the music because robots are the primary audience.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva *soul* music, of all things!
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@blogdiva It's not just racism. It's also machine-made slop. Both need to be fought against across the board.
@maniandthenonos @blogdiva Not trying to be mean, but you people will always say we need to fight against it, but you don't actually acknowledge the original problem because you're so brainwashed just like everyone on the left and right at this point in time (we'll, at every point in time actually, but you know). The actual problem is that definition, "race". It only causes problems in itself and it just claims to be classifying people who are different when it just results in violence.
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@maniandthenonos @blogdiva Not trying to be mean, but you people will always say we need to fight against it, but you don't actually acknowledge the original problem because you're so brainwashed just like everyone on the left and right at this point in time (we'll, at every point in time actually, but you know). The actual problem is that definition, "race". It only causes problems in itself and it just claims to be classifying people who are different when it just results in violence.
@maniandthenonos @blogdiva Think of it this way: There's the U.S. and China, correct? These are both very patriotic/nationalist countries. These two will not actually be able to get along due to that. Why? Because of the way they both think. With race, it's kind of the same way. If you continue thinking you're different than someone else, then you're just subconsciously being "patriotic" about being different, it's just subconscious and you don't even realize it's an issue.
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@maniandthenonos @blogdiva Not trying to be mean, but you people will always say we need to fight against it, but you don't actually acknowledge the original problem because you're so brainwashed just like everyone on the left and right at this point in time (we'll, at every point in time actually, but you know). The actual problem is that definition, "race". It only causes problems in itself and it just claims to be classifying people who are different when it just results in violence.
@Invector07 @blogdiva Blah blah blah, "you brainwashed" blah blah blah... what do you think this is? Seventh grade? The Boy Scouts of "I am smarter than you"? Who are you to call people who say we should always fight against racism names? Grow up.
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@maniandthenonos @blogdiva Not trying to be mean, but you people will always say we need to fight against it, but you don't actually acknowledge the original problem because you're so brainwashed just like everyone on the left and right at this point in time (we'll, at every point in time actually, but you know). The actual problem is that definition, "race". It only causes problems in itself and it just claims to be classifying people who are different when it just results in violence.
"you people"?
if you don't want me to block you, you better edit that out. am not here for you or anybody to disrespect me like that.
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"you people"?
if you don't want me to block you, you better edit that out. am not here for you or anybody to disrespect me like that.
@blogdiva @Invector07 I know, right? "You people"... "You're so brainwhashed"... The guy known as "Invector07" with zero followers comes here to tell "us people" how we should think. The Invector of free thinking. Laughable.
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@Invector07 @blogdiva Blah blah blah, "you brainwashed" blah blah blah... what do you think this is? Seventh grade? The Boy Scouts of "I am smarter than you"? Who are you to call people who say we should always fight against racism names? Grow up.
@maniandthenonos @blogdiva See, this is exactly what I mean. You're not different than those on the far right who don't listen to anything that is told to them. You both are completely lost causes and I don't see how you think you're any different from each other. Please, just read and think about what was said. It's not that difficult.
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"you people"?
if you don't want me to block you, you better edit that out. am not here for you or anybody to disrespect me like that.
@blogdiva @maniandthenonos I did not say a single thing to offend you. I literally said nothing. You are just trying to be offended at this point. What I said was a little Disorganized because I happen to be quite disorgsnized with my thoughts, but I think it made sense enough for you to know what it meant. I would love to know why you don't like what I said.
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@maniandthenonos @blogdiva See, this is exactly what I mean. You're not different than those on the far right who don't listen to anything that is told to them. You both are completely lost causes and I don't see how you think you're any different from each other. Please, just read and think about what was said. It's not that difficult.
@Invector07 @blogdiva I know one thing. I don't need to listen to you, 'Invector07". Go away, clanker. Blocked.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
This is like the YouTube trend of AI generated black female crafts people it’s just AI slop to sell goods manufactured and Asian sweat shops as handicrafts you know by people who can’t tell that something has been mass produced
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
@blogdiva I can’t hate this enough. This is what I reserve the word hate for truly. Like a perversion of everything these artist ever did. Soulless!
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116332497422486698
this is digital blackface and racist as fuck.
whomever is doing this knows Black people are THE Culture; so how swell it is to make money off Black culture without Black people?
and don't get me started with the fact that automata are proxies for SLAVES.
don't hesitate to call out Alphabet/Google/Youtube for making money off Black digital slaves.
this isn't progress. this is still baldfaced racism.
"...raising the question of where people think beauty and art lives..."
Beauty and art live in people.
There is no art and beauty in stochastic errorist machines.
Unless it's all the stolen art and beauty that was funnelled into their grinders to make slop.
Soul music? Stole music.
