<![CDATA[Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art.]]>Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. Click the link, "created with AI tools" ๐Ÿ˜’

Why are you telling your daughter who has made actual award winning art about this person who made a computer make a picture that a million people without taste looked at?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f404ac5c-37f2-41db-9194-50ed4d4aa37b/mom-telling-me-about-a-friend-of-a-friend-who-got-a-million-views-on-art-he-posted-on-deviant-art.RSS for NodeFri, 23 Oct 2026 00:24:16 GMTThu, 22 Oct 2026 18:10:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:17:28 GMT]]>@eniko @c0dec0dec0de To be honest, it's not really the work life that hurts the most.

I've had low-wage jobs before. I've also been long-term unemployed. It fucking sucks, but it's survivable - at least here where I am. I can make do on very little if need be - I know this for a fact, because I spent a large chunk of my youth under the relative poverty line.

But the thing I always had that I could hold on to when life sucked was programming. I've been programming since before I knew it even could be a job.

And it's also the one thing I've ever had in my life where I'm not just some disabled fuckup. The one thing that I could actually do that anyone actually valued.

Seeing the value of that plummet to 0 in nearly no time at all has sent me reeling, and I don't know if I can get back up.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117486167555807974https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117486167555807974Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:15:28 GMT]]>@cuirass_entertainment Who ever said we'd be in the bunker? It'd be the twats in the bunker because they'd think their ai is going to exterminate all humans while we just unplug it

@eniko @Tijn

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117486159665831656https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117486159665831656Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:06:19 GMT]]>@eniko @c0dec0dec0de anxiety *and* depression. and a work life that increasingly feels like i'm running myself to death trying to prove that i still have any worth at all.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117486123736610286https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117486123736610286Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:06:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:06:06 GMT]]>@eniko @Tijn I've seen a few counts. In most age groups, AI-lovers are in the minority. In most industries, they're in the minority. No one seems to want to count the general population, though, because that's apparently dangerous

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/FrankHghTwr/statuses/117486122848640797https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/FrankHghTwr/statuses/117486122848640797Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:06:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:04:09 GMT]]>@eniko with how the gen AI systems have been trained, I'd almost say it's more like "taking something home from the british museum and showing everyone the cool thing you made"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/users/timotimo/statuses/117486115163639689https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/users/timotimo/statuses/117486115163639689Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:04:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:02:43 GMT]]>@eniko the funny part is like, its definitely expensive to use in any real capacity. everyone who shows their whole ass has easily sent hundreds down the drain for that garbage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/discatte/statuses/117486109544349257https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digipres.club/users/discatte/statuses/117486109544349257Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:02:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:02:20 GMT]]>@c0dec0dec0de @datarama not great for anxiety either lemme tell ya

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486108069173056https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486108069173056Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:02:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:01:06 GMT]]>@datarama @eniko itโ€™s not an ideal setting in which to try to recover from burnout, live with depression, or anything, I guess.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/117486103206257446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/117486103206257446Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:01:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:58:08 GMT]]>@eniko even if I am, it's not like the *present* situation where the pile of financialized instruments hasn't exploded doesn't ALSO suck

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/SnoopJ/statuses/117486091537837890https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/SnoopJ/statuses/117486091537837890Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:58:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:58:07 GMT]]>@eniko @Tijn The twats canโ€™t conduct a game jam without fibre op internet, we can build games in a bunker. We win.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cuirass_entertainment/statuses/117486091439780070https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cuirass_entertainment/statuses/117486091439780070Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:48 GMT]]>@SnoopJ I hope you're right

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486090219751733https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486090219751733Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:43 GMT]]>@eniko I'll never understand it.

I had a coworker send me an LLM-generated email yesterday. I complained about the unreadability and unnecessary padding about it to another coworker, who suggested I *run it through an LLM for a summary*.

I remember being thrilled that I get to do this kind of work. Now it's like trying to work under a cold wet blanket.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/notthatdelta/statuses/117486089905660047https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/notthatdelta/statuses/117486089905660047Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:13 GMT]]>@eniko Those who are twats will bring their inevitable end, while those who aren't will continue to prosper - Sun Tzu, probably, or it might have been Kropotkin /hj

@Tijn

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117486087912623355https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116910044435735581/statuses/117486087912623355Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:11 GMT]]>@eniko I think the great filter is something that will need a little more staying power in terms of "capable of continuing to exist as a thing"

all this *gestures* being propped up on the financialized instrument equivalent of a pile of nitroglycerine does not make me think it's going to last as-is

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/SnoopJ/statuses/117486087810907925https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/SnoopJ/statuses/117486087810907925Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:57:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:56:42 GMT]]>@sinbad I'm not having an amazing week no lol

Sorry to hear you can commiserate

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486085879334490https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486085879334490Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:56:10 GMT]]>@eniko they probably just found a funny rock or something

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/deshipu/statuses/117486083801747445https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/deshipu/statuses/117486083801747445Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:56:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:54:28 GMT]]>@eniko you seem to be having about as good a week as me about this stuff. Solidarity with your conclusion of: gaaaaah

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/sinbad/statuses/117486077122436859https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/sinbad/statuses/117486077122436859Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:54:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:54:17 GMT]]>@eniko

I for one, will not submit to the digital boot stomping down - as much as it is attempted to Trojan horse it through the doors as "just a tool"

That said, it is hard seeing the people you looked up to fall into it. The people you love, relegate to it, not even spending the least amount of effort into you or the relation between you.

I have no solution, I have no joke or pun.

I am sorry. You are not alone in this, for all that may be worth.

๐Ÿซ‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Aprazeth/statuses/117486076379689586https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Aprazeth/statuses/117486076379689586Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:54:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:52:56 GMT]]>@Tijn the twats outnumber us 10 to 1

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486071071840794https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486071071840794Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:52:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:28 GMT]]>@eniko CONT. the main thing is that it's not YOU doing the process of using knowledge and skills to transform an idea into reality, most of it is done by a machine that 'is not doing a mere machine task' it's replacing a personal/transformative process that a human should take and doing it 'with an algo' that 'doesn't really know what is doing' because AI has no consciousness. I think the problem in this case is you are "delegating too much of your task to a machine". And what if it malfunction

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/117486061391123074https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/117486061391123074Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:18 GMT]]>@eniko It's definitely the one thing AI is very very good at: making it real clear who is a twat and who is not

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dosgame.club/users/Tijn/statuses/117486060751348296https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dosgame.club/users/Tijn/statuses/117486060751348296Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:05 GMT]]>@eniko https://social.treehouse.systems/@YKantRachelRead/117237545685395536

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/YKantRachelRead/statuses/117486059863588783https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/YKantRachelRead/statuses/117486059863588783Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:02 GMT]]>@eniko honestly, this feels in the same vein as watching some people I know ask chatGPT for health advice, or asking it what direction to go to get back to their car when they have lost their place on a hiking trail, or asking it to find them a quiet restaurant (and it put them by a highway). Yes these all happened.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115708188881910739/statuses/117486059659001090https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115708188881910739/statuses/117486059659001090Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:50:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom telling me about a friend of a friend who got a million views on art he posted on deviant art. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:48:27 GMT]]>Maybe this is it. Maybe this is the great filter. The wholesale fully automated computerized slaughter of meaning

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486053478185177https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/117486053478185177Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:48:27 GMT