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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eloveart
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No more AI emotes on Twitch. Do better.
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sourpatchs93
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We don't want AI emotes on Twitch
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NobodyKnowsImADog
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Generative AI being used instead of real, human artists is disgusting and should never be considered.
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soupmix211
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Do not implement any form of generative ai into twitch whatsoever
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RatAnguis
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maybe like pay someone in the expansive art community on twitch instead of spitting in our faces using ai slop thatd probably be smart
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shadraavroart
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No AI, period. That's unacceptable. AI should never replace artists.
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ItinerantSoldier
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Remove the emote, ASAP. No AI, PERIOD.
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dreamwyrms
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No AI, period.
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KeeshPlay
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No AI, period.
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BRUISES
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no AI period.
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leogarcia200
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No to AI, period
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Jace_drowned
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AI should be completely banned from creative websites indefinitely, this is a place for community not soulless bs
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rerunx5
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Let Artists make the global emotes. No to A.I.
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AhriBerserk
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It is on us to set the standard for what is acceptable use of AI in the middle of the current AI boom that we are experiencing. AI SHOULD NOT REPLACE ARTISTS. PERIOD.
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AteanaLennChoari
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no AI period. especially not when you're just trying to save money by using AI to make """"""art"""""", AI which has been trained to regurgitate pieces and features from STOLEN ART. Twitch, you steal money from artist by using AI which stole money/art from artists, that's the ultimate ******** for all artists and platform users!
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MyNameIs8Ball
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I don't believe that Twitch doesn't have access to stock images that would enable this to be made in PS in under 10 minutes, nor do I believe they don't have the money to pay an artist if they'd rather it be drawn. This use of gen-AI is inexcusable.
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heauicia
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Please no AI GIVE ARTISTS THE PLATFORM TO DO GREAT EMOTES
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Salmence100
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How sad it must be that Amazon can't afford a couple hundred bucks for an emote artist
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ArcadeCastle
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No AI, it is theft and an embarrassment. And a slap in the face to the concept of twitch being a platform for creativity. No AI
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Anguli
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Stop using AI when there are plenty of Artists out there who would want to make something memorable for any event.