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The original was posted on /r/stablediffusion by /u/avnifemme on 2024-09-03 19:09:21+00:00.

Lately I have been seeing a lot of what-if conversations from AI communities about the recent California legislation and what we would do in the scenario where public ai is banned. My response to that question is that we should fight to make sure it’s not. I am one of many artists who is being drowned out in this conversation about ai in artmaking. We are talking about legislators making it illegal or restricting your access to certain computer tools while looking the other way at profiting corporations using the same tools. This is nonsense and clearly malicious.

There are enough of us active on these forums to have a voice in front of our legislators, and yet I haven’t seen many attempts to be as loud as the people who are trying to shut these tools down and spread misinformation about their functions. If you’re an artist, new or established that is in support of these tools - say so! Now is the best and only time to actually call your elected officials and begin to organize because the frothing anti-ai crowd has been using these tactics for months.

I’ve taken a first step that I hope the rest of you can drive forward - please sign this petition and fight for your free access to your tools of choice!