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INTEREST: Professional Cosplayer Enako Tells Fans: Saying 'You Look Like AI' Is Not a Compliment




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AverageAnimeFan



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 1:42 am Reply with quote
This read like AI.
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SinisterOracle



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:19 am Reply with quote
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Although the professional cosplayer is not directly commenting on the ethical use of generative AI, the technology, or at the very least, the commentary about her looking like AI, is frustrating her.


This paragraph doesn’t make sense as it’s written.
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milkyy



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:32 am Reply with quote
SinisterOracle wrote:
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Although the professional cosplayer is not directly commenting on the ethical use of generative AI, the technology, or at the very least, the commentary about her looking like AI, is frustrating her.


This paragraph doesn’t make sense as it’s written.


It makes sense in a "did they record this out loud and have it typed out?" kind of way. But I would tend to agree.
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AsleepBySunset



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:57 am Reply with quote
Telling someone they look "so good they could be ai" is IMO, a deliberate way to break someone down psychologically. It deliberately sends the message that you are replaceable. Not just replaceable, but mass-replaceable.

It's sort of like how coomery men tell women they look good enough to have an onlyfans.
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Bvick00



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:12 am Reply with quote
Telling someone they look like AI is just a straight up insult rather than a compliment.
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Arale Kurashiki



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 4:10 am Reply with quote
AverageAnimeFan wrote:
This read like AI.

Every single ANN article with bizarre unnatural phrasing is written by the author of this article, Ken Iikura-Gross. I read something that sounds strange and check the author and it's 100% them without fail. There's no way to phrase that politely, without sounding like I'm insulting an author, but like, it's still true.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:20 am Reply with quote
I would imagine not.
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hops



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:04 am Reply with quote
SinisterOracle wrote:
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Although the professional cosplayer is not directly commenting on the ethical use of generative AI, the technology, or at the very least, the commentary about her looking like AI, is frustrating her.


This paragraph doesn’t make sense as it’s written.


It's just the run-on commas. Like, it parses to me semantically and grammatically, but it's not really the kind of sentence you could get away with in a paper. I think saying it reads like AI is a little harsh though, I'm sure we've both seen some *actually* garbled shit out there.
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 1:25 pm Reply with quote
Bvick00 wrote:
Telling someone they look like AI is just a straight up insult rather than a compliment.


I certainly haven't seen it used positively, but I could see it turning into some sort of backwards sounding compliment like, "This is so good that I can't believe it."
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AsleepBySunset



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:28 pm Reply with quote
Greed1914 wrote:
Bvick00 wrote:
Telling someone they look like AI is just a straight up insult rather than a compliment.


I certainly haven't seen it used positively, but I could see it turning into some sort of backwards sounding compliment like, "This is so good that I can't believe it."



that's not really a compliment, because by setting AI up as the benchmark for success/quality, you're making success/quality literally unobtainable because a human being can never be an AI.
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vanfanel



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:14 pm Reply with quote
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Telling someone they look "so good they could be ai" is IMO, a deliberate way to break someone down psychologically. It deliberately sends the message that you are replaceable. Not just replaceable, but mass-replaceable.


Disagree. It means that such fans are trying to give compliments but:
* AI means vastly different things to its fans vs detractors
* people often get nervous and say stupid things at signings
* given the venue, they were probably socially awkward to begin with

Anyone who thinks that's a compliment does need to get away from the computer and touch grass. Even so, no harm was intended. I think we've probably all gotten compliments that irritated rather than pleased us. IMO it's best just to take them in the spirit offered.
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