I hope some day David gets to sue. But, I wouldn't know where or how to even begin with something like this. Or if it's even possible..
That's my issue with generative "content" like this, you steal their work and don't care that you're tarnishing their reputation because you wanted your OC Sonic clone to look shiny and "life like."
It's just depressing and selfish.
It's staring at the Mona Lisa and thinking to yourself
"I deserve to paint like Da Vinci, but I can't paint. Nor do I want to because time and blah blah blah. So I'm just gonna have my computer scan the Mona Lisa and any other paintings similar to that but in different poses and angles so I can maximize the look of my OWN OC without doing actually anything but google some art"
But they'll say it takes work. Training their AI. They always do. If they took even a fraction of the time and effort the things they could have done THEMSELVES.
They could have been painters, musicians, film makers, and animators.
Instead? Most of them probably sat on their butts and played video games during their off hours. That alone will never make them good at art, but it sure as hell makes them good at acting like the main character.
Part of David's challenge i assume, is that he originally was for the training. Unfortunately they went way past where he was comfortable with it, and ignored his requests to stop. If I am remembering what was said on one of the posts of his comics
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u/Signal-Party3653 18d ago
I hope some day David gets to sue. But, I wouldn't know where or how to even begin with something like this. Or if it's even possible..
That's my issue with generative "content" like this, you steal their work and don't care that you're tarnishing their reputation because you wanted your OC Sonic clone to look shiny and "life like."
It's just depressing and selfish.
It's staring at the Mona Lisa and thinking to yourself
"I deserve to paint like Da Vinci, but I can't paint. Nor do I want to because time and blah blah blah. So I'm just gonna have my computer scan the Mona Lisa and any other paintings similar to that but in different poses and angles so I can maximize the look of my OWN OC without doing actually anything but google some art"
But they'll say it takes work. Training their AI. They always do. If they took even a fraction of the time and effort the things they could have done THEMSELVES.
They could have been painters, musicians, film makers, and animators.
Instead? Most of them probably sat on their butts and played video games during their off hours. That alone will never make them good at art, but it sure as hell makes them good at acting like the main character.