We Were Sent AI “Art”...

[@the_newt_nest]

It's telling that the people sending you AI-generated pictures are both hoping you'll give them free marketing. I miss the old days when scammers would email you claiming to be Nigerian royalty. Much more wholesome.

[@Cloudbrfx]

It's also telling that both of the AI pieces were overall very similar.

[@simpsondr12]

​@@Cloudbrfx were they?

[@TamaraKane]

​@@simpsondr12 yeah. Waxy tufted irregular Apollos.

[@MacCheekz1990]

"old days"? This "Nigerian prince" scam stuff is still present today.

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

@@MacCheekz1990no shit Sherlock….but now it’s just not that. It was just a joke, laugh and like the comment.

[@winKoneR]

Tori: _gesticulates while talking_ Soleil & Ophelia: "When will the ground stops moving!!" Tori: _air quotes_ Soleil & Ophelia: "AAAAAAAH"

[@SnowcappedQuinceanera]

The thing with Caique parrots is that some of them will let you move and rotate them like a stim toy, so this is probably like a every day roller coaster ride for them

[@sxatcychan1988]

@@SnowcappedQuinceanera Yeah. To me, they were going "Wheee!" during the air quotes.

[@RetroSik]

Sending a working graphic artist AI art is diabolical work

[@MaxOakland]

Seriously 😂

[@CarmineAeroseVT]

@@RetroSik TORI IS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER? OHHH HOLY CRAP THIS IS DEVEN FUNNIER

[@ocularzombie6679]

"I want the AI to be doing my laundry and me doing the art, not the other way around." -some unknown legend

[@greatBLT]

How can you be a legend if you're unknown?

[@ocularzombie6679]

@@greatBLT a myth idk

[@HankMFWimbleton]

unknown legend is joanna maciejewska

[@AIvey-qs1so]

That is a fantastic quote!

[@adriancioroianu1704]

Good luck with that, technology is powered by trans and anti humanists, not by hippie humanists. If the latter were true, we would still be living in caves.

[@shaurmiath6719]

As the sibling of a professional artist, thank you for taking a stand against this digital parasitism.

[@eschwarz1003]

Yes, Much Respect for the Apollo Fam

[@kay-412]

as a professional artist, i’m also glad about this.

[@Yazoon_S]

As the descendant of the queen Elizabeth, I am also glad about this

[@Colddirector]

I’ve played with it a few times, and the biggest problem is that it’s pretty much impossible for it to reliably generate what you want. With a commission you can always get an artist to tweak a picture, but AI? It’ll just generate a completely different image every time. I think the entire AI industry is being propped up by investor cash doing the classic tech bro thing of “create a monopoly first figure out how to monetize it later), and I think that’s going to fail at some point.

[@TheSilnat]

As a digital artist I appreciate all this ❤❤❤❤

[@mbear278]

So shady!!! Apollo will send them a shrock and desist

[@AmShibes]

Have fun touching purple in jail, buster

[@frostfoxen]

They sure won't be getting any pistash.

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Nah Apollo would send them the “throw bottle” lmfao

[@gingershrimpale]

​@@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernILApollo will send them the Throw bottle which will make Fire

[@childeofepickness]

as an intermediate (at least, I like to think so) artist, thank you for talking about this, I don’t see many non-artist channels talking about these sorts of issues very often

[@Tsukonin]

Selling fake pieces of art (by AI) to fund a likely fake bird sanctuary (or a subpar one at best)... no thanks. Either they're scammers or they need to understand they need to put in the efforts and hard work if they want their goals in life to materialize. There is no shortcut. Same for publicity for a youtube channel, you don't get to have free publicity by a bigger channel if you don't produce original content worth promoting.

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Idk..personally I wouldn’t give a shit about it if they were just honest about it just because I would rather more birds be helped than not. But that’s just me 🤷🏼‍♀️ then again, ai also wouldn’t care if it were crappy art they were selling to fund it. If people want to help somebody fund their sanctuary, they will. Just be honest about what you are doing.

[@DZrache]

​@@TheKatarinaGiselle I see what you mean, but still, it's not super expensive to commission art. If it's genuinely for a good cause, then there's probably artists who will happily do commissions at a discount or donate art for it so long as they can use it to promote themselves. There's also the fact that anyone who actually has _taste_ won't find the AI art appealing, which means fewer sales.

[@theWeaverofTales]

​@TheKatarinaGiselle AI image generation causes insane amounts of environmental damage - there's no amount of money they could donate that would make up for the cascading damage to wild bird populations etc

[@redella50]

The sad thing is, AI is taking over youtube. There are so many content farms these days that are solely AI generated, and youtube promotes it because it gets views... like, millions of views. So people have found a shortcut. And they're making fortunes by doing virtually nothing.

[@AdamantLightLP]

@theWeaverofTales lmao you people are crazy. Go live in a wood hut somewhere then

[@otterbeans]

most sincere form of human creativity: children's crayon drawings least sincere form of human creativity: AI art got the whole spectrum here

[@AnAverageGoblin]

speaking nothing but facts.

[@Colddirector]

Tangential, but I’ve been thinking about trying some creative writing lately, and I kinda want to write Saul Goodman doing his thing and conning Tori and Dalton into giving the birds free access to the pistachio jar. He does a whole dog and pony show about how the birds are “traumatized” by how the pistachios are always kept out of reach, and they need to give them free access to avoid a lawsuit

[@red_d849]

yeah

[@OliverMarkewärn]

Peak dunning-kruger: thinking children’s drawings is hard and or creative Cultures dunning-kruger: Thinking AI drawing is hard and or creative Actual expert: Any form of art is hard and or creative Either you are too confident in your perception of art, or you don’t have enough expertise to separate effort from technique.

[@CarmineAeroseVT]

@@OliverMarkewärn Hi real artist here: I'd like to refute this with: Yeah no, children's art actually is hard, and it is creative, probably more creative than any adult's art because they don't fear the stuff we do i.e. realism, coherency, etc. Sparkle dogs were some of the most creative things I'd seen, and they were surprisingly well made. I've been drawing since I was a kid and the frustration I felt if I couldn't get something right no matter how hard I tried nearly made me quit multiple times. I nearly quit in 6th or 7th grade when I was 11-13 and didn't draw consistently until 4th grade BECAUSE of this stuff Calling AI generated """art""" "hard to make" or even CREATIVE is just blatantly incorrect because wow. You're typing words in a box. Honey works so hard! Yes, any work of art is hard to make but that's if you're making it. not generating it using an algorithm. Sculpture work is hard, drawing is hard, painting is hard, animating is hard, WRITING is hard--any form of art is hard unless it's not art because you're typing words in a box and having an algorithm steal actual, preexisting art to make images.

[@SabbyTabbyCat]

OMG the last package was mine I'm so happy you guys received it and that Tori likes all the stuff I sent her 😁💜💜 you guys truely are THE BEST

[@spacehead4725]

That was such a cool gift and super thoughtful!

[@FormulaOneFan98]

Tori has really came out of her shell in the videos I’ve noticed. It’s so good to see!

[@sillyname3969]

personally as an autistic person i think that both of them might be autistic, i just didnt think tori was before because women are generally better at masking, but dalton especially seems autistic to me because i compare his actions to my own

[@ArcanineEspeon]

​@@sillyname3969As an autistic person who generally takes pride in having a good "A-dar," I feel kind of bad about myself for having someone have to notice that for me. Based on recent experiences at school including noticing a guy and immediately correctly guessing he was autistic, as well as being totally surprised about several others, I'm starting to think I'm significantly less good at identifying more charismatic autistic people.

[@sillyname3969]

@ArcanineEspeon hey, it's not a contest, don't sweat it. If they're autistic, they're autistic, if they're not, they're not

[@so_much_for_jj]

@@sillyname3969 I was thinking the exact same thing, as someone with adhd and possible autism!

[@sillyname3969]

@@ArcanineEspeon don't worry about it dude, at the end of the day if you like someone then you like someone, and if they have autism then cool, if not, that's also cool

[@kawaiiconcept7479]

BASED, also my favorite statement regarding AI slop is: "if you couldn't find the effort to make it yourself then why should I put in the effort of caring about what you make?"

[@TamaraKane]

😂 good one!

[@Onoroian]

My fave statement so far went something like this. I want AI that does my dishes and laundry so I can create art and write. Not have AI create my Art and writing so I can do the dishes and laundry.

[@TamaraKane]

@Onoroian yes! Thank you!

[@edennis8578]

​@@Onoroian👏👏👏

[@kawaiiconcept7479]

@@Onoroian good one!

[@24shineon]

Tori screaming “mail” is so relatable

[@veggiesarefruits]

And when you're in your thirties, you scream it for a different reason! 😂😂😂

[@24shineon]

@ i pay bills currently in my mid 20’s so I feel you there already 😂😭

[@veggiesarefruits]

@@24shineon yep! 🤣 It's only downhill from there, my friend. Good luck! 🤣🤣🤣

[@24shineon]

@ on the bright side, half my bills are emails 😂

[@yoohootube]

taking quite a risk that Apollo might repeat that awful sound for eternity

[@NerdWytch]

I already loved this channel but was mostly a silent observer. I don't wanna be silent anymore because I really admire you for this. For your thoughtfulness in your intention with the rant and for your stance in defense of human-created art. Thank you 💕

[@champagnefloss]

Me too. This is properly refreshing and a game changer. Thank you Tori: so good to see someone articulating so well what I believe.

[@pemanilnoob]

I enjoyed the content since I started watching, but I was more sceptical for this channel then most. Idk why, but i just thought you can’t be too safe with people online. This video has made that basically go away. I’m very happy about it. But should still be sceptical with new channels, don’t get too comfortable online guys

[@sunla]

Thank you SO MUCH for rejecting this AI crap. I already respected you, now I respect you even more. Absolute gems you are. 🌻 The rest of the gifts are extremely wholesome! 💖

[@DarthLordRaven]

it isnt AI really, wow what a discussion i started

[@dafurious6457]

i’m glad to see a youtube comments section for once actually being unified in agreement, especially since it’s against ai imaging. it makes me glad to know so many people know it’s wrong

[@shotgunchris]

Am I AI???

[@CarmineAeroseVT]

@@dafurious6457 unfortunately the replies to most of the anti-AI posts contain some pro-AI folks I've been helping to debunk so ey. feel free to join me, I've now spotted two who seem to be misogynistic (one confirmed the other not confirmed he just kept saying I was "being emotional", and as an AFAB Enby with my voice out there I am uncertain if he had listened and assumed my gender or not soooo)

[@CarmineAeroseVT]

RE my original comment: now they're attacking my channel art which is outdated. I think they're not human.

[@dafurious6457]

@@CarmineAeroseVT GOD i hate people who are like that. attacking your channel because they disagree with you is crazy 😭

[@CarmineAeroseVT]

@dafurious6457 LITERALLY 💀 AND ITS EVEN FUNNIER BC MOST OF THE ART ON MY CHANNEL IS OUTDATED BC I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO STREAM OR MAKE CONTENT MUCH BC OF COLLEGE like bro tell me ur a lazy POS without telling me that

[@5GreenAcres]

Soleil was on heavy Dooty today!

[@Shrock568]

"Apollo, get off!" "Oi!" 6:31 Holy moly is that Apollo as an Angry Bird?

[@lizc9326]

I agree so much with this. The AI images seems just.. wrong. Also, I absolutely love how Soleil and Ophelia stay on Tori's hand as she talks like it ain't no thang

[@Snow-Willow]

As someone who is a real artist and makes their living doing this, thank you so much for what you said and for standing up for real artists. And in a much more kind way than I probably could have managed to, this is a topic I can get pretty fiery about. Haha. 😅

[@redella50]

Spread the fire! Bully the generators! They need to know how destructive what they're doing is. They should be ashamed.

[@karlacruz1744]

The children's drawings is way better than the AI art

[@TheMaestroso]

Don't sell yourself short, Tori - you don't have to make money as an artist or study art to be one. You just have to create! It's certainly more than AI can do, lol

[@JCFDbabelonia33]

Scribbles, at least, can express stress, or the pressure we have to create something carelessly in order to fulfill a quota or line pockes, an environment where putting soul and heart in work is discouraged. AI art is worth less than scribbles; it's worthless

[@pyrpyr5Wolf]

As an author and artist, THANK YOU for making your stance clear. Generative AI is currently in several lawsuits and hopefully it'll eventually be illegal to sell it. It's also important to remember the amount of energy used is devastating for the environment. Google is straight up looking into building nuclear power plans *just to power their genAI*

[@vorbo01]

Nuclear is the cleanest energy possible though, so opening nuclear is a good thing

[@llewelynshingler2173]

​@@vorbo01How do you propose the Nuclear plants dispose of the waste?

[@OriginalGamerGirls]

Good for you, Tori. AI is awful, takes up too much energy and limited water resources, and is just a crock. I applaud your statement about your stance on it.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

too much energy, I get. emotional and physical and server based energy to produce. Would you enlighten me as to how AI limits water resources? Just asking. Would like to know. Thanks in advance.

[@OriginalGamerGirls]

@@ValeriePallaoro All you need to do to find a massive amount of information on this is google "AI data centers steal water." They take huge amounts of water and are often placed in poor communities that are struggling. I just saw an article the other day about one in a small Mexican town doing just that.

[@Projectarchan]

@@ValeriePallaoro Cooling towers use water.

[@vice2versa]

​@@Projectarchan can you explain a little deeper???

[@JCFDbabelonia33]

​@@vice2versaFor instance, 5-25 ChatGPT questions might put to waste ~1/2 a liter of water by just one person, which means it wastes A LOT OF WATER, even by google search standards. And that's for putting letters on a screen, and modern image generation probably uses EVEN MORE.

[@RollerBaller]

Well, the ai slop can at least be used for the birds to poop on.

[@akantiia]

Tori being so excited about the Luigi stuff with her name on and then you just hear "hat" 😂 Also really appreciate your stance on ai 💜

[@EntertainingRunner-vd3bn]

AI will never be able to create Art because Art communicates Human experiences.

[@simpsondr12]

Good luck with that argument.

[@Colddirector]

Itll probably take over advertising and slop content because artistic expression is at best a secondary concern there

[@aaronottermann5824]

Sadly not how it works. You could say the same thing about speech yet AI has the ability to hold entire conversations without humans noticing that they are interacting with only an AI. We have no inherent quantifier for how real any experience is that is being communicated, not in words and not in art either. It'll be hard for AI to create a true masterpiece but the vast majority of artists are not making their money by producing masterpieces. The creative market has already been hijacked by alot of things that is interfering with art being a communication of human experiences, think about a board meeting about a movies content where multiple people decide what to cut and keep, essentially replacing the honest communication inside a piece of art with broad appeal. Speaking as an artist, AI can never produce real art but it will however take over a large part of the market that artists occupy because it's already filled with non-real art.

[@sillyname3969]

but what about the painting i got from an elephant at the circus

[@crownonpoint]

This is why I love you guys! Your honesty is truly appreciated. Also Tori you singing the mail song made this video 1000 times better. I had a good laugh. 😊😆

[@Kamito_Man]

Thanks!

[@YinAndYang_ii]

Why do people think ai is real art???

[@AnAverageGoblin]

Because those kinds of people are lazy and dishonest. EDIT: specifically the people who insist ai images are art, not people who have trouble telling the difference.

[@LuckyPigeon1111]

I have autism and for me, it's hard to tell

[@magicdogstudios6624]

@@LuckyPigeon1111it’s hard to tell for a lot of people. You have to be really observant

[@LuckyPigeon1111]

​@@magicdogstudios6624i try to be

[@aaaugh7]

cuz they're retarded as fuck

[@Dug-xe6gw]

I get it, businesses should not use AI generated images for their products, especially if they lie about it.

[@DarthLordRaven]

i'm not a business NOT A SCAMMER and it's not 100% AI. YOUR ALL JEALOUS. AND Shut up ...

[@Jerepasaurus]

Cursed version of Blue's Clues Mail Time song is a new fave. lol

[@lunawhite4779]

14:51 a subtle doot doot in the background

[@hyperion3145]

15:17 this visceral cry and sucking sound

[@DZrache]

@@hyperion3145 "HEYEAAUUGH"

[@imptooth]

The drawing at 11:30 made me especially happy. Something about the simplicity of the art while being very clear what it is does a lot! Though, it's really hard to pick a favorite of all the art, they're all just so cute! That, and seeing all the kids' art knowing they (and their parents!) went through the time and effort to make them

[@Savannah_Simpson]

AI is just one of those things that people who don’t want to put any actual effort into anything try to use as a short cut. Side note. I love how Tori is just so used to the birds that she gestures her hands like Soleil and Ophelia aren’t even there😂

[@tadesubaru1383]

As an artist and long time fan of yours, all i can say is thank you

[@frostfoxen]

AI isn't just theft. It's pure laziness, too. The kids put in more work than the AI "artists" did.

[@PollyDollyBabe]

Yay!! Above comment. Very honest. As art is a talent nothing less. ✨🇦🇺

[@frostfoxen]

@@PollyDollyBabe Anything worth doing is worth learning how to do it.

[@SeanORaigh]

Part of maturing for me was realising that laziness is usually a convenient label that usually deliberately ignores other factors but the existence of generative plagiarism engines has really tested that. Although with AI it's less laziness and more spite for artists. Spite that they ask for money in exchange for their services, spite that they have a skill they developed. Spite that art resonates with people in a way that their endless stream of tech scams will never.

[@anonyme4881]

I 100% agree

[@vice2versa]

​@@SeanORaigh AI art is quicker and cheaper. I want to write a graphic novel but paying an artist to do the art work is too expensive for me. AI art is much faster and cheaper to use for me.

[@mcguffin9954]

As an artist, I appreciate you speaking out against AI art! I personally believe the more we speak about AI art as theft, the more productive conversations we can have about protecting human artists and their work Thank you! ❤ (Just edited to add that AI 100% should be labelled as theft)

[@ElBasureroDeMinty]

@@mcguffin9954 and what if it's only used for fun and entertainment purposes? What would that be called/labeled?

[@Uncle_Duggee]

As somebody who came home from school taught himself photoshop to design VHS covers and graphic battle in forums, which later carried me somehow into years working within fashion, cosmetics and now a few years into selling artwork across e-com and the associated marketplaces and being self sufficient. I absolutely champion the value of A.I Art tools. I reconise the littering of poor quality listings and how somebody having done a 6 year art degree would feel by A.I Art tools, but for somebody who taught himself from being a kid like alot of others and subsequently never learned 'the proper way', AI Art tools are perhaps the GREATEST RESOURCE that I could have ever wished for whilst grinding and winging it for 20 years.

[@mcguffin9954]

@callumjames3696 there’s a difference between AI art tools that help in the process of drawing something yourself (no typing in prompts, actual drawing software) and typing in prompts to GenAI and passing off the image as your own work. I agree we need nuanced conversations about the place of AI to *assist* the creative process (such as generating 3D poses for artists to draw their characters over) rather than outright replacing it (typing in a prompt into a program) I heard a great analogy somewhere, wish I could remember who, about calling generating finished images as an artistic process: If a customer comes in and orders an early grey cake with purple frosting and chocolate decorations, the baker is the one who bakes the cake to their specification. It would be crazy for the customer to take the cake the baker made and then say they baked it themselves, having never even put flour to hand, right?

[@mcguffin9954]

@@ElBasureroDeMinty Paying for art theft.

[@ElBasureroDeMinty]

@@mcguffin9954 i don't mean selling purposes

[@TheDarkSuperSaiyan1]

This video reminded me to finally buy my Shrock T-shirt! I will wear it to all my local metal concerts, to find fellow Apollo fans, and support local, NON-ARTIFICIAL Artists!

[@leo8491]

Somehow it's nice how you are able to state clear you opinion without sounding aggressiv

[@BigLouie_e_e]

3:20 You're a phenomenal artist! Your thumbnails live rent free in my head

[@CeruleanSeal]

At best they were unaware of all the damage it causes and used the only thing they know how to, to make something they hope you will enjoy. I fear to think they would take this as ungrateful when you are 100% in the right, and I am beyond glad to know you stand with artists in this dystopian battle

[@pemanilnoob]

You do not know how relieved I am that you guys aren’t pro-GenAI GenAI isn’t just all bad, but people who use it to take artists jobs and pretend to be just as important, and then go and say “artists are useless, you should get real jobs, we have AI now” As an artist myself thank you so so much for being… good I guess!! I’ve been sceptical for a while just cause online personality can’t be too sure, but I feel pretty confident that I can enjoy you guys fully no matter what.

[@DarthLordRaven]

it's not that simple

[@z30_HUNGARY]

I hate the fact that we use AI to replace what we (as humanity) love doing, like drawing, and not what we hate

[@melonenlord2723]

But you can still draw. 😂

[@hyperion3145]

​@@melonenlord2723 You can but it's getting harder to show your artwork with the flood of AI works now.

[@madduxnagel6935]

@@melonenlord2723 Why waste effort sharing real art with the world when some AI model will just lift it off the internet without crediting you and pass it off as its own?

[@melonenlord2723]

@madduxnagel6935 But AI doesn't just take an image and copies it 1:1. It creates something different. It might be the same if someone draws something and got inspired from other drawings.

[@madduxnagel6935]

@@melonenlord2723 No you're right, it doesn't, at least, it's not supposed to. But how do you think they taught the model to generate the images in the first place? It didn't just learn from nothing I have also seen people in this comment section, and other places on the internet, detailing how they have seen THEIR art on the internet before that was "generated" by an AI. Now I don't know the validity to all of these claims, but still, it's worth considering

[@mxandrew]

editing tori has glorious curls

[@mizzanni]

Aww, the art from all the little kids is so precious. I hope this is a learning experience for whoever sent the AI art. I'm sure they were well-intentioned, but so many people don't even think about how AI "art" in itself is an insult to artists everywhere. P.S. - G L A S K

[@DarthLordRaven]

Yes it's well intentioned from a great heart. Thank You. it's not 100% AI.

[@mizzanni]

@@DarthLordRaven If you're claiming that you're one of the people who sent them AI art, then I hate to say it, but I'm not in agreement with what you did at all. It doesn't make a difference if it wasn't 100% AI art, you really shouldn't have sent it to them claiming it was your own creation. AI image models are creatively bankrupt, and are trained by plagiarizing from real artists. What you did wasn't right. There are many ways in which AI can be beneficial to society, but allowing them to overtake forms of human expression is simply not one of them.

[@5GreenAcres]

Thank goodness I am not the only one that hates anything AI. The story narration video's with an AI reading is pathetic. I refuse to go to the AI grocery store check outs too. I'm not being paid to work at that store. Hire people not machines. Thanks Tori and you look stunning today!

[@Sunnybunnypi]

@@5GreenAcres self checkouts aren’t “AI” though. You’re literally just scanning stuff yourself instead of standing there while someone else doesn’t it. It takes no additional time

[@lennybolt4450]

Yeah that's not ai anymore than when an actual employee scans stuff. It's the same thing they use.

[@5GreenAcres]

@@Sunnybunnypi Anything that is computer is AI. The scanners are AI (even with the employees") But I prefer to have a human check me out to see or speak with a smiling face. Have you noticed that the more people use them the more they install? They are getting rid of human workers! Same with the "portal" Dr. visits. Soon you won't be able to tell if it is really YOUR doctor you are speaking with or just a CGI (computer generated image) Talking to a computer...no thanks. Robotic surgery no thanks! AI anything no thanks. I do have a personal computer though but no smart anything in my home except ME! Lol

[@5GreenAcres]

@@lennybolt4450 But with a human scanning it you get a smile a did you have trouble finding anything etc. Sorry....I'm pro human. I hate all the AI stuff in cars too. That is why I drive a 2005.

[@simpsondr12]

​@@Sunnybunnypi You know I really want to just call the original person a Boomer, but frankly I'm kinda interested in this point. Like why are you not defending the sanctity of the art of checking someone out at the store?

[@justashmo6701]

I really appreciate you addressing the AI art situation you put it very well

[@0ct0k1ng]

*holds up ai art* Apollo, what is this? Apollo: bowl 😊 … *gives pistachio*

[@Taydris0]

strongly agreed. well said

[@Izbubbles]

Y'all are the goats. Thank you for standing up for real artists

[@ArtKO171]

I was already a fan of yours but with this statement I'm about to launching a cult ^^ I'm a freelance concept artist and AI stuff is nightmare fuel. AI art is like ordering a meal at the fast food. Thank you again (from France).

[@julyakacarrie6260]

Why ordering meal? I don't understand.

[@ArtKO171]

@@julyakacarrie6260 Oh yes, maybe it's not very clear. But I was thinking about ordering a meal or typing a prompt then waiting for the delivery without doing anything.

[@julyakacarrie6260]

​@@ArtKO171Aaah, okay. But at least meals are real and delicious.

[@ArtKO171]

@@julyakacarrie6260 Yes ^^

[@DarthLordRaven]

You don't know what your talking about.

[@MidnightDemonCat]

Thanks!

[@WorkBird8s]

I’m really glad your addressing this

[@Craftypillar]

Thanks for your input. I appreciate you guys even more

[@SarCamvas]

It’s lovely to see that other people outside the art industry are helping us artists in the fight against AI art. Thank you for spreading awareness for the good cause! It’s nice to see that someone with a large subscriber count can spread the word to their casual audience to help raise awareness of not only how to distinguish AI art but the damage it can do to artists. Love the content as always, thank you for the small segment at the beginning, even the littlest comments go a long way!

[@leolion3323]

This response to ai art is more thought out and accurate than what most creators make, even when prompted through an opportunity like this. And that's also considering that many creators make videos which are generally far more closely *related* to art than you guys do (not discrediting the work you do ofc Tori, i think it's fantastic and hilarious most of the time). Thanks for taking the time to acknowledge it properly.

[@queenglimmer444]

tori: "omg look at all that luigi" me: "omg look at all that bubble wrap"

[@jorie42]

Thank you for this. As an artist, this topic is personal to me and I really appreciate your response. Glad the rest of the mail bag was fun!

[@PKMN_TrainerJet]

I'm so glad you guys aren't supporting the erasure of artists!

[@StroeyBro]

16:34 I love how excited the birds get bc Tori’s excited

[@claire6568]

I love Tori’s hair and makeup plus how she is just so comfortable to be herself ❤

[@JenA2145]

She looks great!

[@OlessanYT]

ARE THOSE... SHROCKS (Thank you for including the message against AI images at the start!!)

[@DeathBird]

hello to Soleil and Ophelia and also thank you for standing up against AI art too,

[@hecktangle6578]

i would have never expected the funny bird channel to open fire on AI art, super based channel

[@Vilexxica]

AI is inherently unethical and it's so good to see y'all taking a stand when so many other channels just embrace it and don't care about the repercussions.

[@OliverMarkewärn]

Just like any other illustrative tool, what if the artist prompting the AI was blind and could not make the content? Or what if this makes the whole concept invalid and any form of art is art? gatekeeper.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@OliverMarkewärn ai images aren't expression which is the entire purpose of art. its writing a prompt that the programs use to scrape off real artists. + blind artists are a thing dude, I doubt a *real* artist would give up their passion because of a disability. if you put a prompt into a program to make an image you aren't making it, an ai is. you have nothing to do with the outcome.. just write stories if you like using words so much instead of making talented people's lives worse. or learn how to draw and do something with your life instead of defending theft. ai theft doesn't invalidate Art at all, stop using lazy excuses and deflection to justify dishonesty.

[@mammadragon8108]

As a disabled artist whose hands barely work, don't use disabled people as an excuse for your lazy theft

[@OliverMarkewärn]

@@AnAverageGoblin Lol, gatekeep art more would you, you have still not proven that prompting AI to make art is not art, you claim that the artist is not making the art, but without the artists prompts the AI would not be making said art, and to the unaware beholder it is a piece of art just like any other.

[@apenguininthemist855]

@@OliverMarkewärn That you feel the need to raise False Flag and Red Herring Fallacies to defend the supposed tool is more damning proof than any anti-AI argument could ever give. One need not keep a gate if those who need be kept outside of it cannot hope to reach the gate to begin with. A gatekeeper fights against those who can reach the threshold, you and your ilk simply do not.

[@angelserenade]

The moment Dalton says "interesting", you know something is up lol. Thank you Tori for acknowledging the use of AI art for profit. I totally have the same sentiments. Also, you need to have Dalton watch the classic Blues Clues

[@Feathersandfloof]

I'm completely in agreement with you about AI!

[@emil8228]

Thank you.

[@tedchirvasiu]

5:23 - Romania mentioned let's go

[@Kiloku2]

Hilarious that Wario is the only one tough enough to be handled by Apollo.

[@HankMFWimbleton]

he has no health system in wario land, that's why

[@SpaceGhost1981]

Da Gurls!!! They are soooo cute!!!

[@cch1586]

Soleil and Ophelia are just the sweetest! 😂❤️❤️❤️ I can’t help but adore those two girls. They’re just there with their mama, nodding and agreeing with everything she says-So cute! 😂

[@JohnCena8351]

Who would think you could even try to capture the natural beauty of those brids with artificial art? Blasphemy!

[@MithmeoiArt]

I'm so happy to hear you speaking out about AI "art". Thank you for addressing it and for taking a stance against its use. It's very refreshing to see. Keep being awesome!

[@eschwarz1003]

Great Thoughtful take Tori. Would love to see Apollo confront an Apollo size pistach

[@meganjaime7728]

The main problem with AI art is that it steals the real art that people have made. The AI can’t create anything on its own. It trains off of what real people make and create and doesn’t give them any credit. I’ve seen lots of artists find their literal artwork “produced” by the AI and not give them credit. People will type in an artists name to get an image that looks like the artist they want. And a lot of the time it’s not even an amalgamation of that persons artworks sometimes it’s literally just taking the whole piece and spitting it out for someone to steal (again). The other issue is social media sites are now letting their ai programs to train on the art people are posting on the site and nobody was told. I can’t stand it, as someone who draws and is learning how to make art myself it’s frustrating to see something I work so hard learning and getting better at over time because 1. I want to get better and 2. I enjoy it, being cheated by people who type a few words into a computer to get to the end the easy way. All that to say AI art is theft. It’s the cheaters way.

[@meganjaime7728]

To add to this lengthy comment there is an artist, Greg Rutkowski, who is suing certain AI companies because they are stealing his art. People are literally trying to type “so and so’ art style” to get something that looks like he made it. And he’s a painter, so for him the art takes a long time. It’s also so beautiful and detailed that the fact it’s being ripped off is just so insulting.

[@bufficliff8978]

It's in terms of use for social media that everything you post belongs to that company Edit: my reply is only about the point that people weren't told their posts would be used to train AI. Everyone's posts have been used to train AI for for 15-20 years, and we agree to surrender our ownership in terms of use

[@soouguysnextaccountidk]

so, why is it not considered theft if people study other pieces of art and make art inspired by it, like how ai does?

[@Projectarchan]

​@@soouguysnextaccountidk Found the ai bro here. In all seriousness, generative ai literally steals artwork from mostly unwilling artists to train their systems. Your argument is straight-up illogical and shows a blatant lack of understanding of how ai art is actually created. There is a blatant difference between being inspired by something and outright stealing it. If you can't tell the difference, that's on you. There is no inspiration in ai art. There is only a soulless machine. I sure as hell hope that you're just trolling.

[@soouguysnextaccountidk]

ai can't steal because even if hypothetically it was storing full sized images the dataset would be too small

[@viaryth4301]

I was at the store recently and they had woolen socks on a stand with some lamb pictures on it. Those pictures were AI. Is it really SO hard to find a picture of a real lamb?? As an artist I'm very happy you're speaking about this

[@Cuil]

As an artist I can't thank you enough!

[@DarthLordRaven]

Show us what you got and don't give commentary.

[@Wrowjpeg]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS

[@caseylovesthesharks]

I love that Dalton is wearing the Shrock

[@thierryeubanks3586]

Hey don’t be too sad! You got something the birds can go potty on!

[@Kari_512]

I'm a professional 3D artist: I live off my art and eat from it. Thank you so much for standing up for us! Good take!

[@AgentKilo]

AI should be used for curing cancer, not stealing creative people's jobs

[@breenarnianwarhorse5051]

YES Tori singing Blue’s Clues mail song. 😂

[@danyukhin]

love your videos, thank you for your bird service

[@arvetis]

I love how their heads stay still as you gesture with your hand. Birds are great.

[@missalbania9260]

As an artist thank you for not partaking in AI art. It’s a travesty to human ingenuity and creativity!!

[@shrazleigh50]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes! Great choice

[@PoutyBats]

THANK YOU TORI 💕💕💕💕

[@bronthesaurus3648]

THANK YOU!! Yall are a very popular channel in my household which consists of three artists working our asses off for our degrees and it’s nice to know you see us as people with something important to offer the world. :)

[@Tangobutton]

You look great today! And your hair is perfect. Thank you for standing up for us real artists!!

[@ronpudding9598]

Oh, I never noticed all the 'Legend of the Galactic Heroes' stuff you guys have on the wall. That's awesome!

[@melaniewamboldt6627]

As a creative person I appreciate you two even more for your stance on AI art. We may need to reconsider it when we get to making droids as advanced as Star Trek's Lt Cmdr Data or Star Wars ' C3PO but we are not that close yet!

[@Cinnamousey]

Thank you for sticking up for real artists ❤

[@elizabethwall8063]

Good for you for speaking out against AI art! As a writer, I hate that AI is ripping off the work of genuinely creative people. Give me a real creative work any day over this artificial garbage!!

[@DarthLordRaven]

i'm not a business NOT A SCAMMER and it's not 100% AI. YOUR ALL JEALOUS. AND Shut up ...

[@boopbeep2310]

As an artist: thank you Tori

[@Kanrararaa]

thank you for respecting real artists

[@Anaenae]

12:25 Tori picking up soleil/ophelia to smell her like a flower🥺💖💖

[@Lord.Viraak]

4:19 Soleil is having the time of her life!