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mdo7
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That's good news to hear!!! A.I-generated stuff has no place in an art show even at Comic-Con.
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Multi-Facets
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[gleeful giggling and victorious fist-pumping] Yaaaaaaaas.
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PilotPayback
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i only have one word to say:
GOOD. |
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Doubleclouder
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The fact they allowed it until people complained says a lot. Meanwhile, Comiket, the largest nerd convention in the world, embraces it wholly and is reward for it. It'll be interesting to see how long western companies continue to leave money on the table because of a few complainers online.
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mad_yeti
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A few complainers, plus almost every artist vending at SDCC, and most of their customers. Try talking to one. There's never a shortage of artists wanting to pay to vend there *or* at Comiket. Comiket isn't making more by allowing it, they're only allowing their show floor to look more bland and repetitive. |
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Wyvern
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Yeah, it says that Comic-Con weren't listening to their audience when they allowed AI, so their audience had to speak up.
Comic-Con's decision is literally the opposite of leaving money on the table. AI slop can't be sold at the show under the old rules, just displayed. So it would be taking valuable floor space away from real artists who could actually sell their work. This decision maximizes the money that can be made at the event. |
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Top Gun
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Y'know it'd be a lot easier if you just said "I hate art and artists." Removes the ambiguity, right? Last edited by Top Gun on Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Sinxi and heylog
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Idk, i think its more of the AI art is just there, not neccesarily being "embracing it wholly" or celebrated in that sense. It wont shock me if they remove it though or heavily restrict it |
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TsukasaElkKite
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GOOD
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Zased
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Going by the way some people talk being allowed to simply exist is the same as being "embrace wholly". Not sure what middle ground there could ever be on the subject given the kneejerk reaction people have. It's either "ban entirely" or "allow". It is interesting to read that AI art's been allowed there for 2 years with no one noticing though until one artist raised a fuss though. |
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Ruprecht
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This actually aligns with my personal experiences. The amount of likes and bookmarks I get on my AI art from people who have "ANTI AI" or "NO AI" in their names and bios on X is pretty high. So either they're hypocrites who enjoy it in private or they simply just can't tell my art is AI. I don't mind either way but it's always amusing when I get people like that as fans. |
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whiskeyii
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TBH, I’m not sharp-eyed enough to pick out AI-generated from not. That still doesn’t mean I want to own it.  And with AI demonstrably making the world worse, I’d rather not be part of the problem if I can help it, thanks.
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Egan Loo
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Comiket was arguably the largest convention, but its "turnstile" attendance (it doesn't have physical turnstiles) is now less than half of its peak, and Anime Expo has now surpassed it in turnstile attendance. (San Diego Comic-Con International counts unique attendees instead of turnstile attendance, but since it's five days long, its turnstile attendance now would be bigger than Comiket's.) animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-31/comic-market-107-draws-300000-across-2-days-on-50th-anniversary/.232672 animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-07-15/anime-expo-2025-sets-new-record-of-over-410000-attendees/.226662
As this Nikkei article explains (and contrary to reports overseas), Comiket has not "embraced" generative AI — it has not made an official statement at all. The article (and the longtime artists and attendees interviewed in it) also noted that Comiket did see some circles using generative AI when it first appeared, but their numbers have dropped this year as the novelty faded. https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC05CV60V00C25A9000000/
Due to many reasons (Comiket's shift to paid attendance and fewer days, limited venue space), other events in Japan have grown in the last five years. Some of those events, such as Comitia, have specific rules against generative AI: https://www.comitia.co.jp/faq/index.php?mode=faq&id=132 |
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maximilianjenus
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Yup. I got a guy who is openly anti ai yet keeps on commissioning ai stuff from me. |
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FishLion
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I will never stop being amused by the number of people saying that they are popular AI creators. It's easy to be one, you can literally just make content until you flood the algorithm and drown out actual creators.
It's like saying you have the most popular kiosk at the mall that sells knockoff products of popular IPs. I'm sure you make some money and I'm sure some anti AI people buy it, but that doesn't mean the mall is going to open a full size store that sells knock off products or that they are outdoing other creators or that people will stop buying from other stores at the mall, it just means someone is using low start up costs to take advantage of people who don't know better. Also, it can fool people because it steals and there is plenty of social media content to steal, that doesn't mean that in a place like this where the algorithm doesn't determine visibility it would sell better, I am pretty sure the overall quality and variety would degrade even if the AI can be passably sold at this point. |
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