#it's everywhere

I work at a big (i think nationwide) craft store and sure I make. Not a lot. But it's GREAT because I stock the paint and marker isles and man. I get to unbox Expensive Paints and put them on shelves.

But it feels like all the seasonal decor is ai. Every painting, paint by number, printed sign, ANYTHING (i suspected but was uncertain of some ceramic dishes, and was positive of some) unless it's just a regular geometric pattern or obviously hand painted reeks of ai

I'm pretty sure like half the year round paint by numbers (the ones that aren't classic famous paintins) they sell probably all the sketchbooks with designs, and more.

Like, if it's an item with something printed on it it could be ai and probably is. Online shopping, too.

Fabric prints??? T shirts??

Unless it predates ai or is being sold by a reputable anti ai artist I'm not buying it anymore... it's really unfortunate...

Growing up in a family led by a stepdad (now former stepdad) who believed the leftist "agenda" was evil and trying to corrupt the youth, I often wondered what was being "shoved down our throats" that he so often talked about.

Turns out, it was AI all along! Not the queer lifestyle, not the leftist agenda, it's AI! If right wingers want to know what having something "shoved down your throat" actually looks like they just need to look at the AI situation now.

No, I don't need it to summarize a two sentence email. No, I don't need it to make a flyer, or a cartoon, or an imagining of an image I am looking for. No, I don't need it on a recipe blog.