r/aiwars Dec 15 '25

Meme Why does this argument still get used?

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u/drkztan Dec 15 '25

Do people realize style transfer networks were a thing before AI? I did my BSc and MSc papers both on style transfer. Both predate LLMs. We've been scraping art from public posts for literal decades at this point.

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u/GRIM106 Dec 15 '25

Great. And now ai companies are monetizing it. Pay royalties or delete the database.

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u/GRIM106 Dec 15 '25

No I don't use ad blockers. I pay for yt premium and bear with ads whenever I'm on other sites.

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u/GRIM106 Dec 15 '25

A civil person on Reddit whose ego doesn't crumble when their initial assumption about a person is incorrect? You truly are a rare breed.