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we got:

- enemy portrayed as both strong and weak

- the "either with us or against us" no-nuance mindset

- the use of shame and fear to play upon the insecurities of the vulnerable and turn them against others who are ultimately also vulnerable and yet treated as enemies

- glorification of "good old days" in an exaggerated, rose-tinted fashion

- portraying an exaggerated sense of decline, victimhood, and humiliation when the material reality of artist earnings and feedback before/after isn't even reflecting that as a whole

- the elitism and exclusion building in the pro-artist sentiment

- the lack of unbiased research and the general anti-intellectual, overly emotion-based and reactionary approach to all this

- the fearmongering towards something different and new

- the scapegoating

- the glorification of harsh action, shame, and mockery against not *just* AI, but any user and any sympathizer

- obsession with AI being Intrinsically Evil instead of the ways its used being what's flawed + general conspiratorial Downfall Of Civilization doomerist thinking

also the way i have yet to see anyone really productively do something or have a cohesive PLAN for how anyone actually intends to meaningfully resist beyond "just dont use it" (clearly not even working + business and schools can basically just foist it on you whenever the hell they want, which is something I *do* think is an *actual* valid complaint, but people noticeably post way less about that type of issue)

at this point, for all the tears about AI, the naysayers basically seem to serve no materially useful purpose beyond forming a virtue signalling in-group for making each other feel better and rooting out any degree of AI optimism or sympathy so that anyone who *does* admit to using it has to adopt the language of being some kind of pathetic drug addict and not like. a guy with a hobby.

(I promise you, the person using it to have that RP they're too ashamed and self-conscious to have with anyone else is nowhere even remotely on the same level as the bigwigs who are making bank largely off of stocks and venture capitalists and will therefore be pretty much unharmed even if this guy and a million other guys give up the hobby forever. hence another part of why your movement is pretty much materially flaccid and toothless.)

Okay, I’ll use it to make fanfic and other art that’s not for profit. And I’ll use models trained on public domain works-

“No! It’s not real art! You still can’t do it!”

Okay, I’ll just use it for non artistic purposes like writing corporate emails-

“No! That’s a waste of water and electricity!”

Okay, we’ll put our efforts into more sustainable models-

“No! It’s stealing!”