Ai and Meta

[Arthur Campling]

@Coreyartus Great post, thanks!

[Jason Crowley]

@Coreyartus It's cool to see things moving back to blogs, and being able to curate what we read and receive. So much of social media has become a giant letterbox filled with junk mail or a crowded room with everyone in it yelling at once.

There's also potential with Substack too, but it has recently tried to include 'social' elements with notes...

[Mimi Simon]

@willicreate Pinterest is such a joke now. It used to be a great resource for reference that I used all the time. now whenever I search anything, half the results or more are ai. It's honestly not useful for reference anymore at all outside of references i've already saved pre ai invasion.

If they turn it into a shopping app I hope they will let me keep all my old boards at least...

[ksfabian]

@Arthur-Campling I started one too. It’s already a better algorithm than IG

[irinasavu]

i recommend using cara app to post your art, its in beta mode but already theres such a cool vibe there <3. also, mastodon.art and bluesky, these 3 do not allow ai there, cara has glaze integrated into it as well ^^

[Mimi Simon]

@irinasavu i like Bluesky quite a bit, It's very polished unlike Cara though it's more of a twitter alternative than instagram alternative.

[Justin Moss]

I've seen a lot of artists moving to Cara, which is incorporating software to protect your art from getting scrapped by AI. I believe they are using Glaze. I'm still learning about it, but so far I really like Cara.

For those who have made an account with Cara, I'd love to connect and form a community!
https://cara.app/jmosscreations

[Jeremy Ross]

Hey folks, don’t forget that X (formerly Twitter) is doing the exact same thing.

I’m new to Social Media, and honestly, I wouldn’t miss it if I deleted both my IG and X accounts and stopped posting entirely.

I might just do that.

Keep in mind that everything you already posted has already been fed into their AI models and algorithms, so this is a going forward “opt out” situation, if you believe them and can navigate the labyrinth settings to do so.

I’m going to stick to my website and newsletters.

[Ayesha Masood]

@Jeremy-Ross i was exactly thinking the same. But unlike you I am not represented by an agent so quitting IG is kind of a tricky thing as mostly I get contacted by clients through it. Do you think having an agent makes a difference?

[Jeremy Ross]

Hi @Ayesha-Masood , perhaps it’s better to just “opt out” to not erase all the hard work done to gain a following, or use Nightshade or Glaze?

I recently heard an Art Director say that although they disagree with what the Social companies are doing regarding AI models, they continue to use Instagram to search and find new artists, and not planning to follow the artists to Cara.

Another Art Director left X to Blue Sky and looking for artists there.

Without social media, it’s going to be really hard to self-promote your books during publication.

Lot’s to think about and consider.

[kayleenartlover]

@Jeremy-Ross opting ou unfortunately isn’t possible. We’d have to delete everything and reupload with glaze or nightshade

[Jeremy Ross]

Hi @kayleenartlover , I meant opting out for future posted art. Everything you already posted has already been scrapped. Even if you delete all your posts, etc., it doesn’t matter because they have everything backed up on their servers.

[kayleenartlover]

@Jeremy-Ross I’ve tried opting out but it didn’t work. They’ve made it basically impossible from what I’ve heard. Just posting low res, or glaze filtered stuff seems to be what we’re stuck with for now.

[ksfabian]

I'm glad they addressed this on the podcast today. I think when all artists freak out, it's hard not to join into the collective mob mentality. I did start posting on Cara and it is like Lee says: People are focused on posting their own stuff, not connecting with other artists. There isn't the audience that people need to sell their projects. Although, I started posting my comics in TikTok with the slide show option (and on IG still) My goal is to do it for 30 days. I have a 30 page comic so I will post a page a day and see what happens in the end. By no means am I a super amazing artist, but I hope my cute/quirky short story comic draws an audience.