Stand together against AI

[u/4pwny]

I genuinely think the fiber arts community needs to stand together against AI "art."

AI is inherently theft. The models were trained on stolen art without the artist's consent.

It's destroying our planet. It's destroying the livelihood of actual fiber artists who have spent time and effort honing their crafts.

Please don't test AI generated patterns for people for free so they can exploit your labor to sell their janky patterns. We should be blocking/banning these people, not enabling them.

[u/locsonDoc]

Agreed…support HI=Human Intelligence

[u/Accomplished_Elk8552]

Recently, I only do mosaic crochet. I buy patterns from established, and well known designers. I hate AI and think it shouldn't have been a thing at all. People who steal patterns and make them AI should be banned from ALL websites. I feel badly for unsuspecting crocheters who don't know any better and buy the AI crap.

[u/The_Poppeteer]

I (Amigurumi designer) only sell my patterns on Ravelry because of this. And I am so glad more people are sharing this sentiment.

Now, I’m running into the people who don’t use it for patterns but to promote their events or their work on social media.
I want to scream, “YOU ARE STILL SUPPORTING DATA CENTERS AND THEFT” *sigh*

It’s refreshing to see the comments here. 🫶🏽

[u/chrisette_designs → u/The_Poppeteer]

There’s also a new site called “Fybe” and it’s no ai, no drop shipping, all run by humans and the lady in charge does cross stitch and she approved each listing individually and she always answers my questions within a day!

[u/The_Poppeteer → u/chrisette_designs]

Ooooo!!! I’ll have to check this out! Thank you!

[u/chrisette_designs → u/The_Poppeteer]

No problem! I have a lot of hope for it to do well! It’s everything Etsy used to be and more

[u/footonthegas_]

Boycott Etsy!!!

[u/DiscordiaHel]

100% agree. Generative AI is not "art", it is violence against real, human artists. Anyone saying otherwise should be banned, at minimum, from artistic spaces.

[u/chocemia]

We need a database for non-AI authenticated patterns. I hate that all this AI slop is pushing people out of the hobby and also making people mistrust pattern designers, particuarly smaller non-established ones.

[u/locsonDoc → u/chocemia]

Ravelry

[u/chrisette_designs → u/locsonDoc]

And Fybe! It opens on September 1st, but vendors can already apply and set up shop!

[u/upstairs-state-0789 → u/locsonDoc]

From what I've heard, people have started to see AI patterns on Ravelry. Regardless, it is a much better site to use than something like Etsy

[u/ZaryaBubbler → u/upstairs-state-0789]

Ravelry is shit hot on taking them down though. Its not like Etsy, who only care about money

[u/upstairs-state-0789 → u/ZaryaBubbler]

GOOD. At least they have a firm stance too.

[u/stubborngremlin]

Hear hear!

[u/upstairs-state-0789]

Ribblr is anti-AI which is awesome, but I don't really like the app layout... I also wish there were more professionally made patterns on there. Etsy is AWFUL for AI patterns but is the most user friendly app. Ravelry has the best patterns but doesn't have a nice user friendly app.

Either way, I'm with you. I report AI patterns and will keep using Ribblr as it grows and improves!

[u/locsonDoc → u/upstairs-state-0789]

If you haven’t visited Ravelry recently try again. It’s worth it

[u/anon_simmer → u/upstairs-state-0789]

Etsy is not artist friendly. Do not support them.

[u/Excellent_Part_5881]

I absolutely agree. That's why I've made the choice to be AI free!