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apparently nappy.co, an invaluable stock photo resource, is shutting down in a few months because, well, AI destroys everything. this blows. their statement: nappy.co/future just fucking sucks that AI dipshits essentially get to take away our choices because they're incapable of making their own

nappy.coAn update on the future of Nappy | NappyNappy makes it easy for companies to be purposeful about representation in their designs, presentations, and advertisements.

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Is the idea "if they don't shut down they'll get bought out/turned into something horrible?" I understand of course the sheer evil surrounding it all, but from their statement I'm still not QUITE clear on why shutting down.

(Curious esp. as someone trying to make sure I have clear places to guide folks to explicitly AI-free sources for things like stock images)

literally free images. cc0. funded by donations. but people are too lazy to lift a single finger and sift through a few search results so we lose things like this. it's nauseating. i cannot possibly express in words my hatred and contempt for anyone who uses genAI images in anything

also i have to point out like, the juxtaposition of this, and the inherent racism of AI output and the racism of the AI industry itself, vs. a site specifically for stock photos of black and brown people, it's just. it's fucked up, isn't it