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Wonderful Wanderer
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A mod of r/ArtistHate. Artists' rights supporter. Big into being an "anti" with pride. Always.

When I signed up for Reddit I was basically taking one for the team.

Yes, the account is legit.
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Have to admit, between research, work on legislative bills, work on legal cases, we sometimes forget about updating social media. Thx to folks here for reminding us :)
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The paper:
Identifying Provenance of Generative Text-to-Image Models.
Anna Yoo-Jeong Ha, Wenxin Ding, Stanley Wu, Shawn Shan, Haitao Zheng, Ben Y. Zhao
To Appear: Proceedings of USENIX Security Symposium,
Baltimore MD, August 2026.
We're working on camera-ready version. Will post here when done.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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In terms of research, there is much more work in the pipelines, including a big study of AI music on consumer platforms that should raise quite a few eyebrows. That's coming early in 2026.
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Model provenance tool distinguishes models trained from scratch from those that are "fine tuned" from existing models, and identifies any such "parent models." We will releasing this in coming months & distribute to folks in CA and IL legislative groups. Paper to be presented in Baltimore, Aug2026.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Much needed updates.
1. Hemlock was presented at CCS in Oct. We are working on releasing a usable tool in coming weeks.
2. Our next paper is peer-reviewed & accepted by USENIX Security 2026. It is a Model Provenance tool that computes "feature fingerprints" from genAI image models.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Hey artists,
Here's how you can make sure your work is not being used to train AI. A hearing for proposed bill AB-412 would require AI companies to be transparent and provide you with a list of your works that were used to train AI.
Info here: www.paperdemon.com/app/g/pdarpg...
#noai
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!

RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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an important read for at least 2 reasons:

1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research

2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader

taranis.ie/datacenters-...
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
taranis.ie
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Fun fact: certain cigarette filters were designed with vents intended to prevent accurate measurements of the cigarette's toxic emissions by introducing more oxygen, which diluted the smoke -- unless the smoker's fingers blocked the vent, which they tended to do, so they got a full hit.
like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI.

Our readers deserve news, not slop!

wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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AI is NOT inevitable. Keep not using it. Uninstall Copilot from your computer. Refuse to use programs bogged down with it. Complain loudly about it when they shove it into the programs you use. We can starve the slop machines.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Of course they are testing their soulless AI dub tech on an queer anime.

#BananaFish
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.

tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.

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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them

A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?

Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:

-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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AI is DECIMATING trades you take for granted until they're ruined by reckless slop.

Airport announcements? Somebody voices that.

Medical diagram your dentist shows you? Somebody drew that.

Your customer support ticket? Somebody answered that.

College textbooks? Somebody wrote that.
I made $125K in 2022, mostly due to Political work. I might not break $30K this year. And yet I was a finalist for Voice Actor of the Year from the Reed Awards for the best in Political. I'm a master of my craft, at the top of my game.

My profession is DYING. I'm looking for a side hustle.
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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More of this please
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.

I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM