Beating 25 levels in 1 Life for real this time maybe (VOD)

[@stickham_]

DougDawg getting demonitized because of people swearing and calling him the shit king at the start of stream is still the greatest thing

[@user-sd2sq9ee4m]

stickham just cheered with 300 bits! All heil the shit king, let’s make this VOD demonetized by cussing in the chat

[@RandomHQ433]

​@@user-sd2sq9ee4m thats the wrong hail

[@YoungClarke]

okay, I would love to understand the train of thought of someone that watches Dougdoug, just sat through how frustrated and uncomfortable he seemed when politics was brought up, and thought "man, I'd love for him to host political debates."

[@LoveLee_Dreamer]

It's probably the neutrality he would bring to the table. In most debates, you get the sense that there's a motive to everything, and the people asking questions often seem to frame their questions to make incumbents look better or worse. They probably just feel like he'd be impartial.

[@awesomegaymer5786]

God when doug said "i dont care about the size of anyones penis" and everyone started spamming D: face and pretending to be offended that is one of the funnniest things ive ever seen

[@horakhty2217]

What do you mean pretending

[@awesomegaymer5786]

@@horakhty2217 true actually everyone was legitimately heartbroken.

[@vooshmoozik6185]

most D face reactions are pretend/ironic, rolling with the meme, but i know why they do it, it's the EXPECTED reaction rather than their genuine one, because sometimes by not doing the D face they think other viewers will think they are way more edgy than they are, so it's more of a social cue than anything, i'd like people to actually be themselves so we'd be less and less fake like we're getting programmed to be as time goes on

[@riversduvall1176]

Babe wake up, new DouglagDouglas vod just dropped

[@TheGuyWhoCantPickAName]

I’m up I’m up wait where’s douglasdouglas’s hair

[@snakeattacker2857]

I'm present I'm watching

[@SWISS-1337]

Body pillows never wake up :(

[@tabbyy_yy]

ah yes DouglagDouglas

[@Asstolfo96]

I'm up at 23:45, watching DouglasDouglasDouglasDouglasW's new Video On Demand.

[@BanríonBéar]

As an italian, Doug, I take offense to the notion that olive oil tastes like shit. It is what fuels my people, it is our lifeblood.

[@aubreyhuff46]

You guys are just vampires and olive oil is blood

[@giadaschnitzel]

molto 🅱️uono

[@scouthedog]

As a non Italian I can confirm olive oil exist

[@cara_melly]

Gameplay starts at 14:10 Level 2 starts at 35:15

[@tfx9223]

Before the hour mark? Impossibke

[@cara_melly]

@@tfx9223 don’t worry, he talks for an hour before doing the second level

[@idonthaveaname4283]

how do i better incentivize these comments. especially retroactively for old vods

[@stellie3553]

​@@idonthaveaname4283if you don't see one, and you start watching the vod, consider creating one with a nice message! I know I will c:

[@thexd2666]

​@@idonthaveaname4283be the change you want to see on the world

[@radmustache2310]

Gotta admire how well Doug takes serious topics and adresses them during the stream, especially when that song featured in atomic heart triggered that chatter and he had to make a decision on the spot and explain his reasonning. That has to be tough and that's my streamer o7

[@dancincoolkid]

he continues to pleasantly surprise me with how empathetic he is. truly an unproblematic queen.

[@ian3314]

I love this channel and think chats like this show how cool channels can be. Hyped and raucous most of the time, but when Doug has to have a convo they realized they needed to be serious.

[@ZachPlum]

I can’t believe DougDoug beat 25 levels in one life for real this time (maybe). Truly one of the gamers who plays 2D platformers.

[@ConfessorIzu]

You should've seen him playing iconoclasts lol

[@funtimefetus3874]

Good job Doug for addressing serious topics when they apply to your chat

[@aa-tx7th]

dissapointing to see this guy accept conservash!tes in any way, shape, or form.... oh well not everyone can be educated

[@ebenezersplooge69420]

Rough first hour for Doug doug, the content was great, I just mean chat was being not so great

[@puffles5187]

And I looked at chat one time on this stream and saw so many demanding payment and gosh damn I am on Doug’s side on this. It really is annoying. First time I really realized that.

[@SWISS-1337]

Loving 25 lives, 1 level. He almost finished a single level this time!

[@saffronsolos7699]

Game (theoretically) starts 35:20 because he has tts off until it does and this is when tts starts

[@snakeattacker2857]

God sent 👏🏽

[@Loderyod]

Thank you Parkzer

[@Kralex121]

As a russian german, who has family in ukraine that flet to here I can confidently say that the guy complaining about russian music was overstepping. He didn't say it was because it was glorifying russia that he didn't feel comfortable, but that it was russian music in general that makes him not feel welcome. Saying you don't want the country currently invading you glorified is reasonable, saying every bit of russian culture is "not okay" is not. I hate to tone police and I know he was probably just emotional, but if you can't handle something there is nothing wrong with stepping away for a bit. That said I hope he is doing alright. All things considered I have it very good here so if any ukrainians read this, I hope you get through this war. You have my support.

[@jacksonzeunik5979]

I feel the same way especially because I know people from like Iraq and Bosnia and they don't just go into a rage when they hear English or a Serbian song well no more than the average Balkan bro

[@skydemon52]

Truly sad that you're retiring. We will miss you. o7

[@ryanh2621]

Is this genuine or a troll because honestly want to know

[@HyruLean.]

​@@ryanh2621 no no it's real

[@bobthebuilder3609]

​@@ryanh2621 yeah he has always wanted to quit

[@protossinator]

Yeah, "Doug" had a great run

[@maciejbala477]

@@bobthebuilder3609 yes, he wanted to quit even before he started streaming, it's his lifelong dream

[@Falchanco]

Wow, i can't believe Doug is retiring because he's dieing from the gravy poisoning

[@ArnLPs]

The spongebob segment reminded me (am german btw) of that one time where I cought a bunch of people I was living with at the time, watching the spongebob movie with the japanese language settings and subtitles in the living room treating it like it's anime.

[@takeovermars]

. . . I swore he loved olive oil and I'm pretty sure he does and he's trying to trick us all not to drink olive oil so he can have more

[@mr.understood4119]

As a Ukrainian, I'm totally fine with USSR or Russian songs

[@Loderyod]

Чел, ну ти і обкрінжився

[@mr.understood4119]

@@Loderyod Чогож ти тоді кирилицею коритсуєшся? ))))) Нею ж теж Росіяни користуються, тож ти обкрінжився ще більше ніж я ))))))) Чи чому ти користуєшся похідним від слова "Крінж" його придумли что то в Англії, яка в свій час хтозна скільки війн провела, чи то в Америці, які взагалі ядерну бомбу на мирних жителів скинули )))))))) А пісні то що? Слова з музикою, поки це не сучасна пропаганда - мені норм, чому б ні. В мене потомки по батьківській лінїї з сучасної Росії, в брата дружина з Росії (одружився ще до 2014), діди так взагалі з СРСР, так нам тепер що, повіситись з того? )))))))))))))) Я то звісно жартую, в кожного своя думка, я просто виразив свою. Якщо тобі дуже неприємно від музики - розумію. Можеш виразити це в окремому коментарі, чи взагалі написати на пошту, щоб тебе точно побачили і прийняли до уваги. Всього найкращого, мирного неба, і Слава Україні!

[@Loderyod]

@@mr.understood4119 нє я то ще окей з просто радянськими піснями але коли він почав грати "и вновь начинается бой" то це вже був трохи перебір, я мабуть напишу йому конкретно з приводу цієї пісні, але дякую що відповів, я зрозумів що ти не ватник Героям слава!

[@mr.understood4119]

@@Loderyod А, то я не почув, дякую. Мабуть дійсно краще написати

[@ggmann13]

That's because you're a normal, mature and level headed person who realizes a song from a videogame has nothing to do with a real life war going on. That person being "triggered" was absolutely ridiculous and self centered.

[@fenneck9676]

Sorry for you doug for the first hours you need it to deal with this kind of thing

[@Asstolfo96]

39:01: The Real Levels fail. 42:16: "I'm so fucking stupid." 45:53: Skill Issue fr fr. 48:51: What Timer? 53:29: Always Answer C, Not B. 1:02:35: Death By Gravy. 1:05:16: THE TIMER! 1:06:05: Silent And Deadly. 1:20:17: How did this pass building inspection? 1:27:37: Doug Becomes Self Aware. 1:34:29: $3 For A Reading Of The Future. 1:42:58: "WHAT THE FUCK!?" 1:52:53: Literally Jumps On A Cactus 1:59:39: Wait, He Died?! 2:07:08: Want To Play A Game? 2:15:36: How Do You Die In A Flying Boot? 2:23:42: Focus In The Game, Not The Sea. 2:26:01: StuckStuck. 2:29:47: Forgot To Bend The Knee.

[@isaacelison7955]

Doug should have an oil tier list where he takes of shot of sunflower oil, avocado oil, ect.

[@isaacelison7955]

Maybe he’ll find an olive oil replacement

[@elatrocidad5953]

Motor oil is S tier

[@sexmansex4776]

​@@elatrocidad5953pyrobomb oil goated

[@Agent789_0]

Gotta admit, I was kind of shocked that the first song of the VOD was the opening of Cold Steel II.

[@Aceship]

Walking around the street listening to you to stay awake because it’s 4AM and I’m trying to fix my sleep pattern. Got to the carrot bit and snorted hard trying to stifle my laughter because my neighbours would be real freaked out.

[@rm_steele]

so sad that Doug can't stoma- tummy the word stomache

[@kiyo4371]

time stamps for self: 1:59:31 the start of doug’s retirement

[@glassomilk2676]

Absolute W take from doug at the start of the stream, this is why he's the shit KING

[@kp-ti1xv]

absolute garbage take, the exact reason why MLK and Malcom X despised white moderates

[@gianttacogod]

Damn listening to dougdoug discuss his opinion on politics made me respect him even more

[@jealu3681]

I'm sorry but what he said just sounds like the most normal and basic opinion on politics of all time. I've never met anyone that thinks differently

[@rm_steele]

​@@jealu3681 tjat's probsbly because you consume only a healthy amount of social media

[@jealu3681]

@@rm_steele or I consume a normal amount and don't surround myself with the awful fake reality that social media shows me.

[@jealu3681]

@@rm_steele also not being american probably plays a huge role in this

[@gianttacogod]

@@jealu3681 You must meet some great people. And yes it is pretty basic but imo that’s good. He doesn’t want to isolate his community for thinking different from each other

[@Falchanco]

Waiting for the day when Doug tells us what drugs he has done

[@insinoorii]

drug tier list

[@ggmann13]

He has done this.

[@SkyGod-r9x]

2:25:00 wait we can do that?

[@QalTzeentch]

As a person who doesn't really view himself as a centrist at all, but a friend of reason, civil discussions and debates, and the common sense to know when it's appropriate to bring up politics, I'd like to thank Doug for being a voice of reason in these times.

[@Porook]

Love the sinner hate the sin :) Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean you to have dehumanize them as essentially evil.

[@jellyking69]

my switch drops inputs all the time on my joycons when i play totk its soo annoying

[@xo398]

does anyone know what song is played at 2:07:20 ?

[@peterpupe8352]

Jesus... doug is such a nice person... i love that he is succesful and hope he keeps finding some fun in his work and all the chaos that comes with it. Edit: IMO dont censor art because of the homecountry of an artist

[@laurelkeeper]

Yeah, unless it's like, some actual military or national anthem, that might be a pinch insensitive and it's really not a sentiment that's great to support.

[@sexmansex4776]

​@@laurelkeeperwhy do they have such a chill song as their warcrime anthem tho? this is such a trap

[@laurelkeeper]

@@sexmansex4776 turns out 'having access to talented musicians' and 'being good' are unrelated quantities

[@sexmansex4776]

@@laurelkeeper im asking why it's making me want to relax with some snacks rather than go to war.

[@laurelkeeper]

@@sexmansex4776 snacks are tasty

[@SWISS-1337]

Doug for president! And I am British. Also, in seriousness, if you don't like people of a certain group, that's your perogative, BUT do not take others down. Be nice, enjoy your life, let others enjoy their own lives.

[@Someone_on_the_internet_]

What is the song that plays at 2:00:04?

[@Kipplingfire]

Sorry, but a streamer isn’t responsible for peoples individual triggers like that when as a viewer you can leave. He’s been playing Russian music for a while now and suddenly the stream when he says don’t talk about politics is when it’s brought up? Leave if it really bugs you, I don’t understand that thinking and you’re bringing unnecessary negative energy to a goofy stream

[@worldsstrongestgamer4033]

honestly i like the futebol goal song more than storyteller

[@jeffantonio1627]

im glad they talked about oral allergy syndrome. i have a pretty wide range of it and i dont hear it talked about a lot, so its nice to hear it in a stream

[@fleeb6707]

What's the music played at 1:05:00 ?

[@hoodieman2899]

That’s my fucking streamer

[@Laarye]

& or Ampersand, looks like a stick man dragging his butt on the ground like a dog.

[@stupidone248]

you have opened my eyes

[@omegapocalypse3648]

Thank you Doug

[@DasakiV]

Doug hates his oil? I can't believe it D:

[@idonthaveaname4283]

19:45 cheers bro ill drink to that.

[@ggmann13]

dude that one person complaining about doug playing some russian song from a videogame acting like it somehow supports the war needs to get a grip. Like wtf is wrong with people to be so self centered.

[@whodisbrody]

You should play "standing here . I realized" from metal gear revengance

[@alan_7735]

Can't believe this was Doug's last video

[@marblecat779]

Voddy time time to watch the vod

[@REDTINY1117]

the TTS message at 2:10:33 actually isn't that far off from reality. In Rome, long ago, they considered a large brain to be much more attractive than a large penis. So all the statues of the great warriors or noble men (like the Statue of David, for instance) were depicted with small penises.

[@Porook]

It wasn't really a matter of sexual attraction. Romans built their statues with small penises because the cultural belief was that large penises were barbaric and hedonistic, while the penis of a respectable and virtuous man would be smaller.

[@maxpeterson6366]

To this day I've still not heard one convincing argument against the use of AI art. For some reason it always strays away from a calm, level headed discussion towards something not so nice.

[@mattiass.6571]

my arguments would be that it harms artists' income significantly and increases the amount of misinformation on the internet, especially if you can't tell whether a piece came from a real person or not

[@maxpeterson6366]

@mattiass.6571 oh, you see now that makes a lotta sense. Thank you

[@_phloggy_]

@@mattiass.6571 does it harm their income really all that much? (not downplaying, genuinely curious) people who use image gens usually use them for things they wouldn't commision an artist for anyway, while people who do commision art hate AI so much they'd never even consider it

[@mattiass.6571]

@@_phloggy_ yes, i believe there will always be a market for art made by real people. but i still think AI art harms their income significantly. firstly, companies focused on revenue absolutely do not care if their graphics are designed by AI or not, as long as it's good enough. artists are expensive, and AI art offers the path of least resistance with zero overheads. square enix, coca-cola, and others have publicly used AI art in the past, and they would have absolutely had the resources to hire actual artists to do that work. it's even purported that spotify pumps their playlists full of AI generated songs so they have to pay less royalties to real human artists. secondly, because AI art is so easy to make, it saturates the art scene even more and hurts artists' exposure. i already see so much AI generated art on pinterest, reddit, and twitter, which are the main places i go to look for cool new artists. i also see so many games on itch that are made with AI art, taking attention away from the developers that got real people to do the art for their games.

[@mattiass.6571]

@@_phloggy_ ​ yes, i believe there will always be a market for art made by real people. but i still think AI art harms their income significantly. firstly, companies focused on revenue absolutely do not care if their art is made by AI or not, as long as it's good enough. artists are expensive, and AI art offers the path of least resistance with zero overheads. square enix, coca-cola, and others have publicly used AI art in the past, and they would've certainly had the resources to hire actual artists for that work. it's even purported that spotify pumps their playlists full of AI generated music so they have to pay less royalties to actual artists on their platform. secondly, because AI art is so easy to make, it saturates the art scene even more and hurts artists' exposure. i already see so much AI generated art on pinterest, reddit, and twitter, which are the main places i go to find cool new artists. i also see so many games on itch made with AI art, taking attention away from developers who get real artists to make the art for them.

[@bc1176]

What is the sonic girl singing song called. Someone please tell me, i need to retire soon

[@gang-ridertv5433]

DnD stream was the GOAT.

[@jamisgood13]

stream ends at 3:12:44

[@Niccolonic]

This just in: Doug loves olive oil

[@snakeattacker2857]

57:14 Guy is offended by music

[@TommyTheCat_05]

Dude Doug was so mature and understanding when the Ukrainian was objecting to the Russian music, he understood his place as someone completely uninvolved and ineffected, and as a precaution in case he was wrong he stopped playing the song anyways. Poggies

[@AeyakS]

Doug doug es the noble giante of 2d platforming

[@briankale5977]

I ignore tons of random garbage based spam via chat that I don't believe in and think is morally disgusting, I think that guy can get over one song used in context from a recently released videogame.

[@bradleyschmaltz5192]

I totally agree. Especially since Doug has never been one to bring up politics or anything like that with his audience. The fact that any and all Russian culture is being ostracized rn seems unfair to me.

[@Avsece_]

Gotta hate when people bring up politics for no reason, keep that shit for channels that are focused on it, keep it away from gaming streams I want to watch and relax to

[@the__rock263]

It's really hard to not bring up topics which surround us and which decide about our existence as a whole.

[@tamashi3144]

profitable stream

[@awesomegaymer5786]

Unless of course your believer.

[@Rachel_0801]

I get the point of the whole thing around 20:00 but it’s hard to agree when I know people who had actually suffered as a result of conservative policies. You can have whatever values you want but don’t vote in a way that puts people in actual, real danger. My friend almost died, but you don’t feel “welcome”? Shame.

[@LilKulture]

+2

[@sexmansex4776]

can you not use your friend's tragic experiences as a justification for getting angry at people on the internet? what a fucked up thing to do. it's a miracle people put up with you when you just shout fucked up shit that happened to them in front of everyone just because you wanna continue being angry.

[@PotatoMan555]

2:33:41

[@ActuallyLydia]

That's my streamer!!!

[@airsoftguy9918]

3:04:05

[@flinkAdink]

2:35:00

[@pokemongirl101yay]

Honestly, as Doug gets bigger I have a feeling tts is going to go away forever. The best inside jokes have come from it in the past, but now 90% of the time it's just noise at best, or so cringy I have to skip ahead so as to not see Doug's reaction at worst. It's a bummer because I do feel like Twitch chat being this loud entity is an important part of what this channel is, but my god it is getting out of hand.

[@Launi.]

NOBLE GIANT

[@SkyGod-r9x]

2:27:14 nah more like small wee wee syndrome

[@Littlesmlhandstvbeelace8009]

Permy

[@shanegaming7743]

I'm less frail than I've ever been. OK streamer

[@puffles5187]

Yeah chat can be pretty freaking annoying with them ranting against conservative people. They have no nuance sometimes. Good on you Doug for saying what you said. There are dumb people on both sides.

[@DarthGardens]

Okay but as a queer person who has been attacked by conservatives my whole life, i cant fucking atand conservatives.

[@vorpal_exe]

@@DarthGardens I wanna add that as much as i like Doug, if you're supporting a political party that actively wants to take away my rights and straight up kill me... i think you deserve to, at least, be called out for it I just can't agree with him on this

[@LilKulture]

+2

[@hhopsi]

​@@vorpal_exe as a European, it really annoys me to hear something like that. The Republicans would literally be further right than Germany's rightest political party. Telling people to be okay with that is simple-minded.

[@vorpal_exe]

@@hhopsi I'm european too and yeah, idk, the concept of "Just accept that these ppl support the idea of killing you and everyone like you" is kind of fucking insane to ne I wasn't expecting this crap at all

[@-Loaf]

Bread

[@puffles5187]

Dnd was amazing though. But he does suck at 2d platformers. Lol.

[@jeffofswans]

Hey, Twitch chat.

[@kp-ti1xv]

Saying the Soviet Union was terrible is rich coming from an american

[@koel66]

It literally was -coming from a Russian

[@themeleknerve8012]

It was tho

[@scouthedog]

Hey Doug thanks for the chat idc even though i lean right on stuff I care about (on shit that matters to me-like economics and foreign affairs) but yeah the Conservative Party is on a power trip right now

[@WirableCrown1]

Hey Doug, Why aren't you wearing the shirt in the thumbnails? Happy American Greatness Month!

[@aroot3756]

&

[@level_breaded5364]

Doug really shouldn’t give in the snowflakes tbh, like the song has nothing to do with the invasion

[@snakeattacker2857]

There's always gonna be 1 person instead of emailing Doug not only did they give him money anyway they also stated on stream their opinion plus it's not hard to look up the meaning of the song

[@matthew5371]

And what's worse is it gets the conversation, stuck into a loop. Then for the next 10-15 minutes it non stops of Ai this, and politics that. I just want fun man. Ain't like there enough of this bullshit ever where else

[@chriscruz1025]

@@snakeattacker2857 funny enough the song isn't even Russian, its soviet

[@ZachPlum]

Twitch chat is filled with sensitive babies wow

[@Loderyod]

D:

[@insinoorii]

D:

[@matthew5371]

D:

[@thedinkster2163]

True but still.... D:

[@puffles5187]

Also, yeah the fast food video was terrible and unwatchable for sure. This makes the one tree hill one decent now.

[@north.spring]

6th

[@micahklein7666]

so people are saying we all need to pay bob ross every time we want to draw a tree or something? Stupid. AI art is awesome

[@paulomatute4114]

As much as I like DougDoug videos/streams and they have made me laugh a lot, being completely honest, him complaining at the levels is a bit bothering and the whole "who would made this level!?" does get annoying This type of streams are only good if something else is happening, like Chat being chaotic, otherwise in my opinion it is Doug at its weakest commentary

[@PrivateWillyRichardJohnson]

I don’t feel welcome because I’m being bombarded by people telling me about pride. I’m not excited about being a man nor has my gender specifically solved any of my problems. Thanks Doug. For real. Your a very good person, but goodbye.

[@Hariol_]

You're

[@hihey229]

Lmao

[@Loderyod]

Wtf was going on on this stream

[@ashert4918]

so... people should only bring things up if they apply to you specifically?

[@cheesybean158]

How does people celebrating pride make you feel unwelcome? It doesn't imply anything negative about people outside of the lgbt community.

[@RyluRocky]

I disagree with the ethicality of AI art just like humans artists use art that they see from other artists as inspiration for their art all the time, but when an AI does it it’s totally not okay. To me it kind of seems like a double standard because art as a medium most of is displayed publicly for free for people to see and if people can gather the same information so should the AI. But that’s just my personal opinion. However I do understand it’s within the artists right to dictate how and even who should see their art even if that is to some degree marginalizing, but not every artist is against this and we shouldn’t treat it as if every artist is.

[@Porook]

The thing is that the AI isn't taking inspiration. It has no brain, it has no sentience, it can't be inspired. What it is doing is analyzing art to build pattern recognition models to replicate it. It's a copywrite issue and AI companies shouldn't be able to train their models to copy whatever art they can just find. It's the same thing with ChatGPT though, honestly. It's trained on a bunch of copywritten content, expressing knowledge that's only in this or that specific book or article. But Chatgpt can't think, it just regurgitates in new patterns and the original work gets no credit. I don't think that's right when the AI model is making profit from someone else's labor, giving them no choice in it, and only existing because of that taken work.

[@shisaye8392]

If AI art is unethical, wouldn't then the entire concept of "fair use" be unethical as well? I mean essentially it's about being able to use other people's work without their permission to create something new.

[@bellofbellmont8206]

Within limit, like how you can play part of someone else’s song without credit or compensation, for five seconds (or a percentage of the work if it’s longer), so essentially yes you can use a small percent of art, but to say you deserve full use of a work because the work exists would be an uneducated statement

[@shisaye8392]

@@bellofbellmont8206 The 5 second nonsense is not what actual fair use law says. That's an arbitrary rule by KZbin. You can use the entirety of a work as long as what you made from it is sufficiently transformative. (What that means exactly is ruled on a case by case basis.) Also It is impossible to extract the art an AI model was trained on from the model because It never stored a copy to begin with. They would be several terrabytes otherwise. A good metaphor would be someone looking at art and then trying to sketch it from memory.

[@matthew5371]

That's how I feel. It's not as though an artist simply makes art without some references.

[@garcipat]

Don't see the issue with AI art. I can also see an existing image and paint a similar one. Its still my painting.

[@mralumina3566]

Thanks Doug. As a conservative a I agree that many of us are the good guys. It's the other side that are not good and the evil guys. D: Okay serious topic time, I think AI art is fine. It's not very good and very abstract. For the time it's not abstract, it have many part which is very wrong and very AI like. Many of the good AI art are from multiple rendition not just one click and go. And even then it's still very far from perfect. I think if you are going for chaos, funny, jank atmosphere AI art is good but if you want to up the standard, funny in a way that it is chaotic but have very good high quality pieces then artist is the way.

[@calico333x]

Doug said to be respectful and you’re saying “it’s the other side that are not good and the evil guys”…. What are you thanking Doug for, the point flew over your head entirely if you label an entire side as literally evil………

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@@calico333xI am not sure but I think that was sarcasm

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@@Pawtacle You can't figure out if this guys clearly joking comment was sarcasm or not, and you're turning around and calling conservatives stupid? lol

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AI image generators are tools, nothing more. Zero artwork is contained in their models, just information for how to determine what makes an image a certain image. In short? It's on par with drawing using other art as references, which is valid fair use. Keep using AI art, Doug. If someone is scared of it or complaining about it as an artist, it isn't an ethics issue but rather a fear of losing potential work as an artist. Fear is not actual loss, and the demand that other actual artists that use AI as a tool be barred from making said art is an actual ethical conundrum. The actual hard answer to the AI 'issue' where artwork is sampled from the Internet in general? If you don't want your art sampled (by a human or by a machine) then why did you release it for free on the Internet? That's... just how fair use works. Again, NO ARTWORK IS USED BY AN AI MODEL. The models reduce art into the actions and details that make a given piece unique, which is exactly the same thing a living artist does when studying other art for practice. There is nothing unethical about using freely available references to improve your art quality... period.

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hey just wanted to reply to your comment as someone who sells their art and posts their art online... for me and a lot of my art friends I don't think our biggest concern is losing out on work, moreso the idea that anyone can take our works, put it in a generator, and then call the image that they made their own. It takes years of work to get to the point where you can call yourself decent at art, so it's a little bit upsetting seeing people enter keywords and then say that they are artists... as for the posting on the internet portion, i think as humans its in our nature to want to share stuff we've made! would you tell a singer to not release a song they made because someone may rearrange it a little and release it as their own? would you blame someone for getting mugged because they brought their wallet with them when they went to the store? AI art 100% uses existing artwork, lots of people have been attempting to recreate certain artist's styles by feeding the generators that person's art. when i draw, i don't photobash a bunch of other artist's works together to create something new- i draw it completely by hand! i dont wanna argue + i respect what you have to say!! just wanted to share my thoughts since i think these things are interesting to discuss rather than simply ignoring people with opposing opinions :)

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"The models reduce art into the actions and details" So what you're saying, is that the Artwork was used by an AI Model to obtain that. AI art in it's current form, I personally don't believe is okay to use for profitable use, unless it is exclusively being created using art from Consenting Artists. If that's not sufficient to make a functioning Art Algorithm? Then you shouldn't have one.

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