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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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  • Juddigon commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please take down this emote. I do not feel comfortable with AI on Twitch. There are so many talented artists on this platform you could have reached out to. Please do better.

  • EnderQueen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Get AI out of here! We have so many amazing artists on twitch! So many that would jump at the chance to make emotes for ya'll and you decide to make some slop with AI??? Thats freaking insane! Do better! Be better!
  • PunkMcFox commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI has NO PLACE on Twitch! It is theft! Remove it now!
  • Haunted_Lemonade commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI is so stupid. like what are we actually doing bro. are you that broke to where you can’t afford an emote artist?

    this is just ridiculous at this point. there’s no excuse. do better.
  • lilfoxxy commented  ·   ·  Report

    Down with ai! PAY YOUR ARTIST!!! SOMEONE COULD MAKE A BETTER EMOTE THEN THAT AI TRASH ANYDAY!!!!
  • JustEccentric commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm disappointed, but I'm not surprised. You tell us you want to uplift the community on Twitch and slap the community across the face by using AI. This takes the cake. Just Wow. The poor Arist Creator Club being completely disrespected is just VILE, and every artist on Twitch too. Make it right and get rid of it and NEVER do it again.
  • RoFu93 commented  ·   ·  Report

    There are so many artists on Twitch and what do you do? You still choose AI. How disrespectful can you be? AI is not art. It should be seen more as a tool to create art yourself. It is only art if you create it yourself. Get your head together TWITCH.
  • saren commented  ·   ·  Report

    This signals such massive disrespect to such a huge part of the Twitch ecosystem. Even outside of art streams, artists produce so many emotes, overlays, vtubers, and more that are celebrated by viewers and integral to Twitch's culture. Please reconsider. It's not too late to change this.

  • SaltyCabbage1 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just put a real santa hat on a real cat, how hard is it
  • CuteNysNys commented  ·   ·  Report

    So incredibly disappointing. Do better Twitch. We don't want some soulless AI garbage. We want something made with SOME semblance of love and care
  • Sharksided commented  ·   ·  Report

    Give us more Artist Badges over this garage. Really twitch? What a joke.
  • snekond_place commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's a platform with a userbase of literally thousands upon thousands upon thousands. Any one of them could make an emote, but instead we get slapped with AI? Come on. Stop insulting the community.
  • Marshyoftheblobs commented  ·   ·  Report

    There are literally thousands of pictures of real *** cats in hats did you really need to generate this monstrosity
  • theRx_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    find cat
    take picture of cat
    edit santa hat on cat
    emote made
    people enjoy real cat
    is easy
  • razzamult commented  ·   ·  Report

    A platform that wanted to empower creatives now wants to devalue them? If they won't spend money on artists, spend your money outside of twitch, support your friends through ko-fi, PayPal, or other payment platforms, we value them even if twitch doesnt
  • LeshiiTheDwarf commented  ·   ·  Report

    Feels like a complete dismissal of many years of Twitch tradition to explore the bountiful and freely-available slew of Christmas Cat Related Things shared on Twitch in an effort to cheap out and make a lazy emote substitute. Jingle Cats is an institution, and its inclusion in a variety of yuletide streams must bring in at least SOME meaningful attention.

    We can do better, and we consistently do. No AI emotes, this is a platform ABOUT people FOR people. Get a real cat for god's sake.
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