ZERO 'CGPT' and Zero 'Artificial Intelligence' Content Here.

An Important Note From the (very HUMAN!) Creator...

There is NO artificially designed, crafted, typed, written, edited, manipulated, nor A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)-generated content on this site, nor is it present in my books, screenplays, images, illustrations, sound files, music files, videos, and so forth. This might change some day, but as for now... Nae, Naesst; no way. :)

DISCIPLINE.

CONSISTENCY.

DEADLINES.

CREATIVITY.

REFLECTION.

REPEAT.

Six. Three and Three.

Have a great week, my Zell Amals ("dragon friends"), and I sincerely hope you appreciate the lengths to which I've gone in order to keep my content the types which require human efforts, human input, and 30+ years of skills, studies, work, and research in both storytelling and production! Disciplines such as: dramatic structure, character development, literary techniques, thematic underpinnings, lighting, sound, and yes, even color palettes. But that list goes on as we forge each and every project in the fires of our SOULS.

--Matthew Carauddo (author, creator, developer, etc.)

ARTISTS AGAINST AUTOMATICALLY & ARTIFICIALLY AUGMENTED ART

What is "A6" (or "A-Six")?

If you've learned about "A6" (Artists Against Automatically and Artificially Augmented Art), then you've arrived at this website. To the right (or elsewhere on this web page), there is a star-shaped LOGO/EMBLEM that you can display on your OWN website, page, or share wherever you like. All it demonstrates is the following:

* You do NOT permit A.I. engines, A.I. companies, A.I. code, nor any computer code of any kind to mine, study, "scrub", or otherwise copy or manipulate your content

* You're against the idea of that happening to other humans as well

* You're advocating that all humans share these messages, and support "A6"

Another way to look at what "A6" represents is being against "automated algorithmic piracy and plagiarism" (AAPaP).

There are currently neither official nor special technological benefits for displaying the A6 image/icon. It merely stands as your choice, voice, declaration, and advocation AGAINST supporting the usage of "mined" imagery (such as via CGPT, "Bard", "Duet", "Watson", "Jasper", "Bing", "Claude", or other A.I. engines), or "sourced" audio, vocals, video, etc. etc. In other words, you are doing what YOU can in order to spread the word that using other people's work (without paying for it nor obtaining licenses to use) is not OK. And since most so-termed "A.I." engines and computer codes are "taught" or based from copyrighted materials or materials which the owners do not KNOW are being accessed or used... that too is not OK.

Share this page link (and the A6 ICON/LOGO) to anyone you believe would support our cause. :) Further, ask them to cut and paste the copy you just read in order to better convey the message. Or, obviously, they may write their OWN statement against the usage of A.I. and other automatically generated content as "art".

ABOUT THE "A6" LOGO/EMBLEM...

As a matter of note, the "A6" Icon or Logo is loosely based on the shuriken (a.k.a. a throwing star) which a character of mine both crafts and uses against her foes. This character's name is "Suusstoro", and she is essentially a "Shadow Dragon"; a dark ranger in the forestry who prefers to remain anonymous and obscure while she studies the details of something known as "Armageddon's Ballad". Finally, Suusstoro initially appears in Diamond Dragons II--not the first book/screenplay of my series.

Cheers, and if you've any questions, feel free to contact me via this website and my email.

--Matthew Carauddo (author, creator, developer, etc.)

ANTI-A.I. TOOLS (affiliate links not related to this site)

"Glaze"

"Nightshade"

https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/what-is-glaze.html

Glaze is a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry. At a high level, Glaze works by understanding the AI models that are training on human art, and using machine learning algorithms, computing a set of minimal changes to artworks, such that it appears unchanged to human eyes, but appears to AI models like a dramatically different art style. For example, human eyes might find a glazed charcoal portrait with a realism style to be unchanged, but an AI model might see the glazed version as a modern abstract style, a la Jackson Pollock. So when someone then prompts the model to generate art mimicking the charcoal artist, they will get something quite different from what they expected.

Learn about "Glaze"

"Nightshade"

https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html

Nightshade works similarly as Glaze, but instead of a defense against style mimicry, it is designed as an offense tool to distort feature representations inside generative AI image models. Like Glaze, Nightshade is computed as a multi-objective optimization that minimizes visible changes to the original image. While human eyes see a shaded image that is largely unchanged from the original, the AI model sees a dramatically different composition in the image. For example, human eyes might see a shaded image of a cow in a green field largely unchanged, but an AI model might see a large leather purse lying in the grass. Trained on a sufficient number of shaded images that include a cow, a model will become increasingly convinced cows have nice brown leathery handles and smooth side pockets with a zipper, and perhaps a lovely brand logo.

Learn about "Nightshade"

OTHER SIMPLE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO COMBAT AUTOMATED ALGORITHMIC PIRACY...

Personally, I think the best things any legitimate artist can do in order to combat algorithmic plagiarism are akin to the following three primary actions:

Share links to "Glaze" and "Nightshade". Include these links on your own pages or website(s). You may even consider leaving brief descriptions of what they do.
Create or share emblems, logos, content frames, or videos which denounce automated piracy/plagiarism and/or which help spread the word about the dangers of "digital scraping" and other non-authorized usages of people's hard work.
Keep crafting your own artwork whilst staying wary of sharing too much via methods where people can easily "just take it"... all while attempting to maintain a positive, action-oriented attitude and demeanor. Watermark certain online content, example work, or portfolios if you feel so inclined.

Finally, sure, some of us reach thousands while others reach NO ONE. 🙂 That's just the way it is. But no matter the case, our best efforts matter the most whether we're seen by twenty-four or 24k.

"I would not use A.I. with my words,
I would not allow A.I. to draw my birds.
I will not use algorithms for editing nor formats,
I do not like the idea of being some CEO's digital doormat.
I like to craft my own work and collaborate with fellow artists.
And even if you don't agree, at least I'm organic and honest."

--Dr. Seuss-style fun!

Contact the author of "Diamond Dragons"

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ZERO 'CGPT' and Zero 'Artificial Intelligence' Content Here.

An Important Note From the (very HUMAN!) Creator...

ARTISTS AGAINST AUTOMATICALLY & ARTIFICIALLY AUGMENTED ART

What is "A6" (or "A-Six")?

Artists Against Automatically & Artificially Augmented Art

ANTI-A.I. TOOLS (affiliate links not related to this site)

"Glaze"

"Nightshade"

"Nightshade"

"Nightshade"

"Nightshade"

"Nightshade"

OTHER SIMPLE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO COMBAT AUTOMATED ALGORITHMIC PIRACY...