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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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  • tsukinobunni commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch should take a hard stance against AI art.
  • Ventraeus commented  ·   ·  Report

    There are SO MANY ARTISTS on Twitch streaming this is so disrespectful. You could easily hire someone to make an emote.
  • aspin_the_askal commented  ·   ·  Report

    If you think it's that easy to make an AI-generated image, think about how easy it'll be to take it down and never ever do that again.
  • Wrongness commented  ·   ·  Report

    Promote artists on your platform not ********* sideways, ai emotes are bad and this one explicitly is lame
  • Cheylily commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is awful, especially as someone who used to draw emotes as a full-time job for many years. I've always had a bad taste in my mouth that Twitch doesn't credit global emote artists in more obvious, easily findable ways- but now using AI? As if they can't afford to commission it, come on... :/
  • zirilliumfrostbite commented  ·   ·  Report

    I feel like if I ever started streaming on here I'd have a "shoot on sight" policy for folks using AI emotes in my chat. I see one and that ******* is permabanned. No chance for redemption, no second chances. You use one, and that one is one too many. Your *** is GONE.
  • eginato commented  ·   ·  Report

    So tired of AI replacing all semblances of human creativity
  • Zonino commented  ·   ·  Report

    Streamers are what make twitch what it is and to use AI Slop is an insult to every streamer.
  • Aria_The_Fox commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI generated images have no right taking the place of actual art made by real people....
  • teh_statik commented  ·   ·  Report

    Generative AI is basically going up to actual artists and saying 'hey, we like the stuff you do, but we don't want you being part of it'. You can crow all you want about Twitch being the perfect platform for expression, to show off your art, but you kneecap yourself the second you introduce any AI slop. You could've literally paid an artist a hundred dollars to make some art. Instead, you have (at time of writing) nearly 8200 people who are now reluctant to trust you or anything you say about respecting creators on your platform.

    Was it worth it?
  • Luv_From_Skye commented  ·   ·  Report

    Imagine having a massive art category, and spitting in the face of every streamer and viewer of said category
  • Grayshlin commented  ·   ·  Report

    Would have taken less than 5 minutes to Photoshop this emote...
  • alisonkira commented  ·   ·  Report

    Want to go full on Generative AI "art"? Good luck replacing your streamers then.
  • that_orc_Darieu commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't support AI art.. IT is not unique.. it does not add anything positive to this space and it is generally a very bad idea. You twitch admins claim to be responsive and connected to your user base and your fellow creators.. This is farthest from your point. Just stop.. you could have done a competition for best holiday icons and let it be up to a user base vote.. those voted.. got those emotes.. but now.. You have this bad PR right now.
  • jspoony99 commented  ·   ·  Report

    The biggest metaphorical middle finger to all artists on your platform. Actually insulting to see, make an artist creator gulid/club to advise on things like this because this should've never gone live.
  • VelveteenRabbit commented  ·   ·  Report

    Literally how hard is it to just edit a hat on a real cat.

    I'll tell you! It isn't. This is just lazy and insulting.
  • Will319 commented  ·   ·  Report

    How many times do we have to teach you this listen, Tech Bros? We hate AI!!!!!!!
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