I come with screenshots, and also want to say that the WARP discord server is public. You can double check any of this and verify it. All I've done is block out some usernames and it's not hard to get those.
The concrete information I have gathered from reading the entirety of the AI channel in the WARP server is:
- a WARP dev made the channel and utilizes a currently-growing AI creator, using screenshots and uncredited art.
- other members of the server use various pre-made AI art programs of varying dubious quality
- one member actively programs and creates AI art functions, and they focus on charr which they have actively made two programs for, scraping both art and screenshots. It is hypothesized by many people that the charr program was trained on the art of @vateo (Vateo if you confirm the resemblance I'm so sorry this happened under your nose)
- tumblr has been mentioned by name as a *suggested* good source but with no confirmation of its use or not. It could be, but I'm not going to make assumptions past fact in this.
- the dev of WARP is actively interested in and asking about AI rp bots, but has not actively created one yet.
Screenshots directly from the server are below the cut
Ja y a que se deve pues a mi estupidez de que me advirtieron a que llegaria y pues llegue me advirtieron que sucederia y sucedio que no jugara y pues jugue
Me vateo a lo lindisimo y que hice hacerme el ciego y seguir insistiendo
Mas cuando vi que era real cai si pero me ando levantando y para eso no hay precio 💪🏽🚀😹
i just wanted to address the GW2 Warp/AI stuff thats been floating around today as my name has come up a few times and i felt like i should say something at least. i'm a quiet person and tend to keep to myself so bare with meeee
Straight to it: I would never, and will never, consent to my art being used to train any sort of AI model. I had zero idea about anything going on with GW2 Warp, its developers, or the Discord (I honestly barely even knew what a GW2 Warp was). I'm vehemently anti-AI art and wont be changing my mind any time soon for as long as the ethics surrounding it are non-existent.
it's that shrimple 🦐
i have so much more to say about AI-art but i just don't have the energy for it for the time being. creatives, creative-works-enjoyers - just remember to support, love, and lift up one another. it's the best we can do for each other
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thanks for the support especially as of late, i've received a lot of positive feedback on my art here on Tumblr recently
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