The Doctor's Rose

if anything, I think it’s better if these people feel comfortable enough to tag their stuff as ai, so that other people can avoid their works if they’re not comfortable with ai-generated contents.

that said, I think ai writers will stop tagging their stuff as ai entirely if people shame or harass them for it.

so now their stuff is still ai, just untagged, meaning there’s no way for others to know if it’s ai.

keep in mind that speculation, accusations and witch hunt harm genuine artists and writers as much as ai does, if not more.

so if you go to the “ai-generated” tag on ao3 just to harass people for using ai, just know that you’re not actually fighting against ai — you’re just being a bully and you’re also making people more wary of properly tagging their ai-generated works as such. so you’re just making sure they no longer tag their ai-generated stuff as ai. also you can be reported for harassment, and ao3 will not take your side. (whether or not you like it, ai-generated works are allowed on ao3, whereas harassment is not.)

the “ai-generated” tag on ao3 is there so people can either find or avoid works with ai (but in order for it to work, ai users must feel comfortable enough to be honest and tag their works properly, that won’t happen if people keep shaming and harassing them for it — the only thing harassment will do is make sure ai stuff go untagged, harassment doesn’t stop people from using ai).

Try reaching a four-year-old to read “cat” or what 2+2 is and you’ll realize that things that you “just do” are actually a series of difficult steps for a beginner. In much the same way, experts “just do” play an instrument, play a sport, solve an equation, or create art.

Parents: "You need to work hard in school and get into a good college or you'll never own a house."

Church Leaders: "You need to work hard in school and get into a good college or you'll never raise a righteous family."

Teachers: "You need to work hard in school and get into a good college or you'll never be seen as intelligent."

Counselors: "You need to work hard in school and get into a good college or you'll never be treated with respect."

Adult Friends: "You need to work hard in school and get into a good college or you'll never have any options going forward."

We as a generation had so much college anxiety drilled into us that they built an entire industry around college prep. We worked our asses off and took the SATs and ACTs as many times as it took to get the best possible score to get the best possible scholarship to the best possible college so we wouldn't wind up in the broken world we saw the cracks forming on.