> I think LLMs and diffusion models are unfair and that making or using one is a dick move > People who are profiting from existing generative models are behav

> I think LLMs and diffusion models are unfair and that making or using one is a dick move > People who are profiting from existing generative models are behaving much like the artists Lichtenstein and Erró. They were artists who went over the line in “borrowing” and appropriated the work of underpaid artists in the comics world, traced individual panels from comic and presented them as artworks that sold for millions, and never paid any of that to the original artists and instead behaved with a general disdain towards the work that made them rich and famous. “use” can be as casual as a kid asking a model a question, or for it to make them a pretty picture. with no intent to sell or otherwise profit from it. unless you count dopamine. perhaps “gain financially from using” would be a better fit. > if you use LLMs or diffusion models, a relatively small group of mostly mid- to low-income people who are largely underdogs in their respective fields will think you’re a dick. the author will. will this supposed group? they might be hesitant to associate with such broad strokes. > That’s something you’ll just have to accept as a fact. that’s, like, just your opinion, man.