Wouldn't it make more sense to strike OpenAI, or Midjourney, or whatever else then?

Aside from that, I don't think this "protest" will result in anything more than maybe some increased security (and maybe more arrests if he inspires others to do similar).

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yifanl 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm sure he'll be happy to eat whatever sama frames in the MOMA too, but you can only protest what's in your reach.

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striking 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Got you to talk about it, though, didn't it?

> CW: Do you consider what you did protest, performance art, both, or something else?

> GG: Both. It’s a protest against the school’s AI policy specifically and it’s performance art because I needed something that would elicit a reaction. So this could reach more people.

Not everything has to be a global battle for all the marbles. Sometimes you're just pissed off that your school has a stupid policy and the administration won't listen to you. No better way to change that than make the news (aside from maybe going after donors).

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ronsor 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Got you to talk about it, though, didn't it?

Perhaps it did, although not in favor of what he's seeking.

	▲	striking 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's all the better for a cause that needs attention. If everyone's to one side then the conversation quickly dies out, while if something is contentious there will be two or more parties keeping it alive. A protest doesn't need to be perfect and it shouldn't convince everyone who sees it in one shot. A protest that causes outrage is much more effective at reaching whoever it needs to reach.

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alwa 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean -- we're talking about it, aren't we?

Maybe I'm giving more credit than is due, but my mind went to an inverted kind of echo of Cloaca... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca_(art_installation)

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__loam 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Eating all AI "art" that tries to displace real artists in these spaces is the only moral decision.

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ronsor 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I think I'd like to opt out of mob "justice" personally.

	▲	__loam 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's inevitable when the institutions are so thoroughly bought by the people building this technology.