This event is anti-artist. They use stolen art (generative AI) to promote their event rather than working with real artists. This is unacceptable in a community populated almost entirely by working artists. When confronted, they lie and claim that the obviously AI outputs are hand-made art. They had the audacity to claim that a single image took “four weeks” to make then immediately blocked me when I pointed out that wasn’t possible. Don’t support organizations that harm...
Read moreUsing AI art for Ren fest is really disgusting. Ren fair is supposed to be about community and supporting artists and acts. THIS IS NOT IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM WHAT REN FESTS STAND FOR. Stop using AI art for promotions or anything. This takes away from so many talented people. There's so many other options than just being lazy and using AI. They even try lying about someone "volunteering" 4+ hours to "create this on adobe...
Read moreBig L for a Ren faire to promote using ai generated ads when that's not in the spirit of ren faire at all. And then to deny it? Bro please be so for real. Ren is about artists. Pay the damn artist for art, stop generating it. Also blocking people on fb for pointing it out is a massive...
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