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Roger Fradenburgh's avatar

"There are thousands of companies deploying trillions of dollars in capital trying to make AI generated entertainment the future and they are banking on you having low standards."

I can't blame them for thinking this strategy could work. After all, look who's in the White House.

Drew Sheneman's avatar

No one ever went broke underestimating the American public.

Kenneth Newman's avatar

The tRump family certainly isn't!

Patricia Rowley's avatar

Love your cartoon. I hope AI will be reined in. I’m no artist but enjoy the various mediums. I don’t consider my standards low. Thank you

Drew Sheneman's avatar

They can’t make you watch trash. Keep supporting good stuff from creative people!

Kenneth Newman's avatar

Wanna Bet??!! Since the Rumps are heavily into AI, DHS is creating a new division:

MEWATCH (Make Everyone Watch Atrocious Trash Cause Hewantsit). They will have a special enforcement unit staffed by ICE rejects (if you can believe there are such people!). However, they've learned from past mistakes and are softening the unit name:

NICE (Neanderthal Incompetents Criminal Enforcement).

Julie recently wrote a column titled "I’m Probably About to Be Banned From CNN." This post is mine for this site!

Drew Sheneman's avatar

I love a good tortured acronym

Kenneth Newman's avatar

When speaking of ICE, "tortured" is a scarily appropriate description!

Kenneth Newman's avatar

DITTO!

Martha Marks's avatar

I would never call myself an "artist." My late husband was that in spades. But I am the "creator" of 3 novels, 1 memoir, and over 6,000 professional-quality videos and still images, all of which I worked hard to make and am extremely proud to call my own.

Drew, I appreciate this fine cartoon and your post on AI, reinforcing as they both do the need to support artists and creators of all sorts. We need people on our side in this fight, which is just in its beginning stages. Nobody knows what horrific slop will follow in decades to come.

Thank you for everything you do!

Drew Sheneman's avatar

Thank you for your support, Martha. Anyone with three novels under their belt is absolutely an artist.

Mark Epping-Jordan's avatar

Another great one Drew.

Anyone interested in reading/hearing a true AI/tech industry skeptic should check out Ed Zitron at https://www.wheresyoured.at or his podcast https://www.betteroffline.com Ed offers analysis and withering criticism and he likes his obscenities, so if you don't then maybe go elsewhere. I have no affiliation with him, just a fan.