cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28232681
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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Fascist: "We're just following orders."
Liberal: "Court orders?"
Fascist: "Shut up and get in the van."
Liberal: "Okay, but I'm going to post a frowny face about it on Twitter."
I wonder if Germans were this nonchalant about Hitler rising to power.
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I think this community needs to have a conversation about whether we keep allowing AI comics.
It’s a no for me but I’m willing to vote.
There's a vote under every post. Feel free.
When I've got 10,000 AI generated candidates on my ballot and its my job to pick out the half dozen real submissions, it feels like there's a structural problem with the election's process.
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Nice “gotcha”. But you know what I meant. We should discuss adding it as a sub rule - so we can report it for AI as they come.
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Lads here me out on this it might sound a bit harsh but I'm starting to think them fasists are cunts
One of the few good things about WW2 is a lot of fascists died.
This didn't ring my AI bells at all. Oof…
Same here. What are the signs here?
That boy… oh boy… his eyes.
It was the eyes that gave it away for me. They look, just, wrong.
Look at the Nazi insignia. It's all AI garbled noise.
I left another comment down there somewhere, but here's something
The most obvious tell to me is that it looks more like a filter than a real drawing. So far all AI drawings look like this. There's also details that I was able to pick apart:
- Why did the artist choose to draw everyone gazing into nowhere in particular, and not for example at each other?
- People have detailed faces, but their expressions seem unrelated to the message. Same applies to positions.
- The concentration camp victim is especially scared of something offscreen while the SS officer holding his shoulders, as if he was protecting this small man..?
- The artist chose to very clearly display the sheriff holding his fist in front of the native american, but for no apparent reason. Same for ICE.
- Why did the artist choose to use three victims in the last panel, making the composition weird and unbalanced.
Maybe it's because of different amounts of exposure to AI stuff or something, but the only feeling I can get from this style and the empty stares is that something's just off, and I hate looking at this so much.
Weird eyes on the native American. The soldier/sherif is holding his braid for some reason.
The SS officer has garbled ensignias.
The faces of the immigrants are nearly just copy pasted.
Right after commenting I did look for clues and I noticed these, but I doubt I would've checked if other comments weren't pointing out it's AI.
I see everyone has addressed the AI slop part of it, but it also doesn't need the labels at the bottom. Let's not treat the readers like they're stupid.
If readers weren't stupid maybe we wouldn't be in this situation to begin with
Except just following orders can no longer keep you from getting convicted.
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Why are there way more AI comic posts than usual lately?
Because sometimes people have an idea for a relevant comic, but not the artistic ability to draw it. So, they use AI tools to create the artwork.
Damn, you're right, artistic talent is totally required to make webcomics.
I apologise for my glib response. I don't doubt your sincerity. Things may change in the future. It's just that in this particular historical moment AI has as much to do with democratising talent as nfts did with supporting solo artists/creators.
I am sorry. This combination is no longer allowed. Internet gatekeepers have spoken.
edit: obligatory /s?
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Regardless of my personal dislike towards AI, which I didn’t even express, I was just making an observation.
I think they were sarcastically replying to you. Pretending to be someone who actually has that opinion.
My comment is a little higher in the chain, they didn’t reply to me
Ah. Then I can understand your reply a little more. Still, you can consider their reply directed at everybody else in the thread bemoaning AI.
AI shitposting is effortless.
Facts.