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So that post may have saved my life and it may have made my treatment a lot easier too.

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

Right now, you have to be a team player. You cannot complain about AI being used to fuck over your industry and then turn around and use it on somebody else’s industry.

No AI book covers. No making funny little videos using deepfakes to make an actor say stuff they never did. No AI translation of your book. No AI audiobooks. No AI generated moodboards or fancasts or any of that shit. No feeding someone else’s unfinished work into Chat GPT “because you just want to know how it ends*” (what the fuck is wrong with you?). No playing around with AI generated 3D assets you can’t ascertain the origin of. None of it. And stop using AI filters on your selfies or ESPECIALLY using AI on somebody else’s photo or artwork.

We are at a crossroad and at a time of historically shitty conditions for working artists across ALL creative fields, and we gotta stick together. And you know what? Not only is standing up for other artists against exploitation and theft the morally correct thing to do, it’s also the professionally smartest thing to do, too. Because the corporations will fuck you over too, and then they do it’s your peers that will hold you up. And we have a long memory.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking “your peers” are only the people in your own industry. Writers can’t succeed without artists, editors, translators, etc making their books a reality. Illustrators depend on writers and editors for work. Video creators co-exist with voice actors and animators and people who do 3D rendering etc. If you piss off everyone else but the ones who do the exact same job you do, congratulations! You’ve just sunk your career.

Always remember: the artists who succeed in this career path, the ones who get hired or are sought after for commissions or collaboration, they aren’t the super talented “fuck you I got mine” types. They’re the one who show up to do the work and are easy to get along with.

And they especially are not scabs.

Obi and Lil’ Ryuu ❤️

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home

23/04/2022

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home/allcountries

If you’re not an EU citizen or can’t sign please pass the info to EVERYONE you know, so they can help spread it!

(That means reblogging this, not just liking it … )

If the EU manages to get this implemented, it could really improve quality of life for everyone not just those living in the EU.

Some of you already know this, but I have a kitten named Tali who was born with a rare polyp in her left ear that needed to be removed. Although she had surgery immediately, my vet was only qualified enough to operate on the the surface level of Tali’s ear. He only removed a part of the polyp, and a stem still remains inside the deeper part of her ear.

This stem is prone to trigger secondary infections and could possibly regrow, and already there is occasional discharge coming from Tali’s ear. In order to prevent putting her through long-term hardship and recurring vet visits, I need to consult with a specialist vet surgeon to remove the rest of the polyp from her ear. 

The consultation is around ~$150, which I can cover. However, a CT scan and the surgery itself will be above what my family will be able to afford. According to the price estimates from my vet, it will probably be around $1,200-$3,000, depending on the severity. We do not know how deep the polyp goes, and have only been able to deal with the external part of her ear. I will be looking into pet insurance as well, but even with insurance it won’t cover the entirety of the bill

I feel awful having to ask, but if you can spare anything to donate to Tali’s medical expenses, I would be beyond grateful.

As of this time I only have a PayPal set up: http://paypal.me/AmandaLO16  (please send as friend/family so I can avoid the fee, if you dont mind) update: I’ve now made a Venmo: amandao97 & a cashapp: $amandalo97

Anything, even a dollar, will help. And if you can’t donate anything and just want to help share her story, I would really appreciate it. Thank you for reading this far, and taking the time to learn about Tali.

tldr: the Internet Archive/WayBack Machine is super important in term of archived content, billions of stuff are on there, and with the current event happening in the world like stated above,without this tool, it will be hard to properly document what took place. It will be easy for certain people to rewrite history. Dont let them.

DONATE HERE (post dont get much exposure with working links sorry)

 archive.org/donate/

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IF YOU CANT DONATE THEN PLEASE SPREAD THE INFO