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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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  • hellhounds20 commented  ·   ·  Report

    no! no no no! im so sick of generative ai being pushed! hello, i am an artist, i hate this so much! no thank you! please no.
  • bearealis commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't understand if people even know what type of resources are being used when it comes to AI. Energy is being depleted, electricity, minerals, water, etc. There is seriously no need to do AI emotes when it takes away from real artists who work hours on end and contributes to polluting our planet.

  • PearTalks commented  ·   ·  Report

    I HATE GENERATIVE AI, GET RID OF IT NOW!
  • Darren_Zeraus commented  ·   ·  Report

    You have SO many artists on this platform and you go with AI generation? What are you? Going broke? Because the only reason you would AI gen is if you couldn't afford to pay an artist a pittance to draw you an emote like you've already done so many times before.
  • 4dditi0n commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why was this even a consideration? I feel like Twitch knows if they did this for real they would lose so many people
  • OshaGod commented  ·   ·  Report

    There is NO room for AI emotes on Twitch or any platform. You made a creator club for artists which you should uplift instead of using some AI Christmas Cat as a new global emote. Like just have someone draw the cat like the other real looking emotes we already have.

  • poortaste commented  ·   ·  Report

    did they fire all the people who werent out of touch? how did nobody see this was a bad idea?? your platform is filled with artists who wouldve gladly done this for free, you goofballs
  • VioletLegacy commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI screams "cheap unethical company." Please stop trying to replace artists with AI. Its just sad, Twitch.
  • Illegal_InkblotVT commented  ·   ·  Report

    Look, AI is great for a lot of things, but not ART! I speak as an artist when I say nothing is more abhorrent than seeing a janky image that could have been done much easier and more beautifully by hand. Commission an artist, Twitch; it will make you look better, let another person have some money in their pocket to live, and makes your emotes actually look good.
  • crayonsvt commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is ******* disgusting. A billion dollar company can't afford 25$ to pay someone to make this emote. Shame on you all who thought this was a good idea, using AI to create global emotes. Disgusting move.

  • XuaryXth commented  ·   ·  Report

    Wow, twitch couldn't even be bothered to pay an actual artist. not to mention generative AIs impact on the environment
  • xiran_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is so disappointing.
    Twitch has so many artists and creators on its platform, yet they turn to AI slop to generate an official emote? Is the money they "save" worth the tank in reputation they get from this? It's disgusting.
  • Kyle_Steen commented  ·   ·  Report

    As an artist, it does genuinely feel like a slap in the face. To see the work of artists completely disregarded in favor of saving a little money. I do not approve and hope to see this changed
  • itheysel commented  ·   ·  Report

    I can't explain how tired I am of seeing this things happening over and over, can we stop already?
  • TheAnimationVoice commented  ·   ·  Report

    AI generated imagery has no place on twitch. This is an insult to all the artists that exist on twitch and beyond.
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