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No AI for global emotes, change CatintheChat

It is obvious from the disconnected whisker, uncanny expression, and strange anatomy that the holiday emote :CatintheChat: is AI generated. I speak on behalf of the artists on your platform who have had our livelihoods threatened by generative AI, as well as those with numerous ethical concerns- from datasets consisting of stolen and copyrighted work to environmental issues for immense amounts of energy spent on image generation.

From a marketing and business perspective, the money you save releasing AI emotes isn't worth the negative PR, especially compared to the positive PR and community building that would result from featuring one of the creatives on your platform instead.

Optics are important and this sends a clear message that you do not care about the artists working on your platform. The response on social media is very clear: rather than a fun feature to celebrate holidays, all the conversation is about how people don't want AI emotes anywhere near their channel or how they wish you would have worked with one of the many artists on your platform to create it.

This feels like a complete slap in the face after you just released the Artist Creator Club, which seemed like a real effort to support creatives on Twitch. Those efforts ring hollow compared to your actions by releasing this emote.
Make it right. Remove the emote and replace it with something either drawn by a real artist or edited from a real photo. Promise to prevent all future use of generative AI in global emotes so that those of us who oppose it never have to see this harmful practice being used in our chats.
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  • DefokoOut commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch why do this I thought you were meant to be supporting creatives, not using AI for this. I disapprove of this usage of AI-Generated emotes this isnt so wonderhoy of you.
  • apeofthehour commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's disappointing to see Twitch endorse and use AI-generated slop when the very clearly have the revenue to comission any artists they want. So many of my friends are artists who could create an emote of significantly higher quality that whatever some prompt-based amalgamation they chose. If it's too expensive to high someone, just don't add a new global emote. If this sort of behavior continues, I will have to discontinue my use of the platform. Twitch needs to have some integrity.

  • PepperFyves commented  ·   ·  Report

    Way to spit in the face of your users Twitch. Keep this up and I'll be switching over to YouTube for streaming.
  • Omonora commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm disappointed, Twitch. All of the creatives on your platform are.
  • Rixeramis commented  ·   ·  Report

    Apparently a few seconds in Photoshop or paying an artist money from the millions upon millions of dollars Twitch has is just asking too much. Do better Twitch.
  • Masked_Magus commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI images should not be remotely normalized or used in any professional capacity. It truely is the laziest way out that that there will never be any honor for those who use it in this manner.

  • Xcogitaire commented  ·   ·  Report

    I wouldn't mind if we didn't get many or any more global emotes. So, even aside from the ethical issues with using AI (and let's not cast those aside!), there's no point to resorting to it when there's no rush to make more emotes. If hiring/licensing genuine art is prohibitively difficult, I and many others would prefer Twitch just not bothering with adding new emotes.
  • GustShrugs commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yea, this is pretty gross. It seems everyday Twitch tries very hard to keep pushing users to other platforms.
    No AI. Use real artistic talent. You can 1) afford it and 2) support your artists.
    Run a contest, make a voting system, I dunno - create and foster a community?!
  • NyyxVeil commented  ·   ·  Report

    It is absolutely insane and tone deaf of Twitch to even think of using an A.I. emoji when not only do they ACTIVELY have a creators club for Artists but there are so many content creators on this platform that does art in general.

    **** you can do that emote for free via Canva or any other program that does art editing, etc.

    Twitch reconsider this emote and idk... ASK YOUR VERY OWN CREATORS CLUB OF ARITSTS FOR IDEAS!
  • TripDraws commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm an artist. AI has taken so many jobs from me. This is such an absolute slap in the face, Twitch.

  • WickedWaifuu commented  ·   ·  Report

    No AI. This platform has way too many artists that would've been absolutely thrilled to have had the opportunity. Please listen to your communities!!

  • riyou_kisa commented  ·   ·  Report

    I m sorry but there are many free open sources & artists you can hire for a few dollars.

    I m kind of disappointed.

    Such things can include requesting a cat charity to use their cats while donating for a cause.

    No offense its just straight up lazy
  • zircon_stone commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch has ZERO excuse except wanting to drive in the tip of the wedge of genAI so it becomes accepted.

    There are so many artists on Twitch who would have done this for PENNIES comparatively, but the apparent allure of not needing to pay a human has clearly gone to Twitch’s head in this case.

  • MenagerieVT commented  ·   ·  Report

    A platform that publicly presents itself as supporting creators shouldn't be promoting the use of a technology that actively steals from creators in order to lessen their value.

    Bad move Twitch.

  • Shroomoo commented  ·   ·  Report

    It takes literal minutes to make an emote like this without AI. The harm AI can bring is not worth the trouble. Do better Twitch.
  • webg0th commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed! AI is disgusting, and just shows us that Twitch does not support artists. If Twitch continues to generate AI content artists should boycott it.

  • MizuHex commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch is filled with human artists. It's complete and utter disrespect to allow the use of plagiarised AI generated garbage on Twitch. Disgusting.

    Say NO to AI Generated "Art" and protect artists!
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