EDIT: HERES THE PETITION The petition is called stop scratch AI (the project was removed for having a link) and is on change .org please vote! SPREAD THE WORD! so, if you haven't heard the recent news, scratch has been developing / hoping to introduce an ai image generator into scratch, which has caused an absolute outburst of anger from artists on this platform WHICH IS PRETTY REASONABLE I'D SAY there are a few main issues with this most of all, safety: 1. children will now easily be able to create / see vastly inappropriate images which they normally wouldn't have access to. it could be literally anything and we wouldn't be able to control it, traumatising children and making really angry parents. this could lead to scratch having a higher age limit, or scratch just becoming an utter dump of creepy adults trying to manipulate users 2. it limits creativity / learning only so much can be done with ai assistance, and the whole point of scratch was so that it could be a website where minors could post and learn artistic skills and their examples of them. adding ai will not let them express their creativity and truly find interests they're passionate about, nor will it make them learn skills that they may use to pursue future careers. i personally have learnt a LOT from scratch artists, about shading and anatomy, about cool websites for poses and such, and it has seriously helped me develope skills and use my talents for things i enjoy. i wish to pursue a career in marketing / being a creative director BECAUSE of my scratch art journey !!!!! 3. it's completely unethical ai is not only completely devastating for the environment, but it also steals art from across the world; whether that be small businesses who do illustration or a young teenager making their first ever animation, AI WILL TAKE IT. the way ai is programmed is so it sifts through the internet, looking for images that relate to the input given. this means that all of the images generated are formed from stolen, copyrighted work that the original creators did not consent to being shared and modified. several companies like insta and adobe have made it so any of their users automatically "agree" to have all their data and posts used for developing ai software. as well as this, it uses an insane amount of energy to gather all this data, wasting resources and draining the environment this needs to stop if anyone from the scratch team is reading this, please, don't let it come into play the whole point of scratch is so children can learn and be creative don't forget that. if you've read this far, comment if i should make a petition to prevent this from happening !!!! i bet we could easily get over 1000 signatures if you'd like to learn more about the damages of AI in depth, there are some great youtube videos by @ samdoesart , @ drew gooden and @ robert miles AI safety, but honestly you can just search up something along the lines of "ai is ruining the internet" and helpful videos will pop up thank you to @ kirbyfan767 for the screenshot and originally raising awareness about the issue <3
This is a remix of a project that was removed by the scratch team for having a link to the petition. If you search up ‘stop scratch ai change .org’ the first result should be it.
