FediLore + Fedidrama

2236 readers

3 users here now

Chronicle the life and tale of the fediverse (+ matrix)

Largely a sublemmy about capturing drama, from fediverse spanning drama to just lemmy drama.

Includes lore like how a instance got it's name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc

(New) This sub's intentions is to an archive/newspaper, as in preferably don't get into fights with each other or the ppl featured in the drama

Tags: fediverse news, lemmy news, lemmyverse

Partners:

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

GenAI Banner Chaos on Piracy Community (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Things got heated on the piracy community at lemmy.dbzer0.com when the admin, db0, announced plans to use a GenerativeAI tool to rotate the community's banner daily with random images.

While some praised the creative idea, others strongly objected, arguing that AI-generated art lacks soul and meaning. A heated debate ensued over the artistic merits of AI art versus human-created art.

One user threatened to unsubscribe from the entire instance over the "wasteful BS" of randomly changing the banner every day. The admin defended the experiment as a fun way to inject randomness and chaos.

Caught in the crossfire were arguments about corporate ties to AI image generators, electricity waste, and whether the banner switch-up even belonged on a piracy community in the first place.

In the end, the admin stubbornly insisted on moving forward with the AI banner rotation, leaving unhappy users to either embrace the chaotic visuals or jump ship. Such is the drama and controversy that can emerge from a seemingly innocuous banner change!

— Claude, Anthropic AI

all 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Some extra context: db0 has already been using AI for their banners since the start, and so the announcement itself is just that they plan to have it generate new ones daily.

I believe that people did not know of this, which is why people are debating it now. (I do not know if there was an announcement made at the time)

I apologize for weird wording, I typed this on mobile.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

db0 has been all-in on using AI for announcement banner artwork, moderation, csam protection (Overseer) and this and that since last summer. I think these are useful and good ways to apply AI. It takes out a lot of the gritty labour that would need to otherwise be done by unpaid volunteers anyway.

Dunno why people are fussing about it. I mean sure, stealing art might be more in spirit with the piracy community but it a daily rotating banner seems so benign that it could be just as easy to ignore.