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Hello, I'm abby. I paint for fun.

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Working In Perspective, And The Class I'm Taking Has A Total Course Length Of 111 Hours. This Man Is

Working in perspective, and the class I'm taking has a total course length of 111 hours. this man is too powerful. what powers will I gain from finishing this.

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11 months ago

I am also on pillowfort!

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Hi, if you want other contact info, please let me know. I'm on Twitter, bluesky, and Instagram as catcactusoww. Tumblr is fucked. I'm not really sure what to do, so if you want to move off this hellsite and keep in touch, please reach out!


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11 months ago
They Are Already Selling Data To Midjourney, And It's Very Likely Your Work Is Already Being Used To

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

11 months ago

media coverage

here's the best writeups we have so far.

matt's meltdown:

26Feb24 Roundup: Matt Mullenweg Teaches a Masterclass on Why We Have Trust & Safety Teams
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Last week, Matt Mullenweg made a series of unfortunate and baffling decisions, including some of the most egregious lapses in judgment from

tumblr's AI deals:

Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools
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Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr staff compiled users' data as part of a deal with Midjourney and OpenAI.

that second article requires an account, but the full article is on tumblr here.

importantly, the initial data dump for OpenAI included a bunch of content that — on top of all public content between 2014 and 2023 — automattic didn't mean to share, like private posts, posts on suspended or deleted blogs, unanswered or private asks, and posts that are marked NSFW.

automattic got the IDs for these posts after providing them, and requested they be removed. we don't know for sure that they have been.

notably, the article names andrew spittle, the current head of AI. he was my boss's boss's boss's boss (you get the point) before that, and openly says that he doesn't believe in work-life balance, just in doing what the job requires him to do, if that tells you anything.