DragonCon ejects AI ‘artist’, to approval of all

a year ago by David Gerard to c/techtakes

DragonCon is a long-running science fiction and nerd culture convention. Dane Ault of monkeyminion.com was at DragonCon as an artist. He broke the news on Bluesky about a suddenly empty booth in Ar…

other cons follow suit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttv8T6aRjNQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/... - podcast

time: 6 min 58 sec

o7___o7 36 points a year ago

Common DragonCon W. The whole con was a lovely reprieve from the bullshit-industrial complex.

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frezik 6 points a year ago

Went a few years back, and it is next level. Almost too much to take in for this introvert.

Loved the blow up T-Rex mosh pit, and the line of people in Andor prison uniforms going to the pool while chanting "One way out!"

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funkless_eck 5 points a year ago

I think it is genuinely lovely but also I think its starting to strain under its own weight.

There's a lot of outdoor queueing in either direct Georgia 90° sunshine or the pouring rain, and due to the rule you can't queue for more than an hour beforehand, a weird pseudo-queue system, and none of the venues can hold enough audience.

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wer2 3 points a year ago

They have started to cap attendance, so at least it won't get worse. Also, come checkout the American Sci-Fi Classics panels, usually lots of room.

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o7___o7 2 points a year ago

The lines weren't nearly as gnarly this year, but the mild weather and extra positivity surely helped!

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swlabr 4 points a year ago

Y’all are having fun without me? Wow, rude

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o7___o7 3 points a year ago

We should have an awful meet up next year to gloat over our victory

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ToiletFlushShowerScream 20 points a year ago

Wow. Good on them.

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dgerard 17 points a year ago

this is apparently the same Oriana Gerez five years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJGZnCy7Muw

it was 2020 and she was already "AI is inevitable"

from particle physics to art scams

(her sound is bad enough I'm not bothering to listen myself and youtube's transcriber choked on it, but it retains curiosity value)

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finitebanjo 14 points a year ago

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BlueMonday1984 14 points a year ago

Heartwarming: There Actually Is Justice In This World

Pure, unfiltered schadenfreude for today - this was a very fun read.

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dgerard 14 points a year ago

update: so the AI slopster is Gerez herself. She pulled the same scam at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in 2024 — get accepted with real paintings, then fill the booth with AI slop. C2E2 also has a rule against AI art, but nobody threw her out that time. Now I’m honestly surprised I can’t find Gerez getting into NFTs.

https://xcancel.com/...

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Soyweiser 8 points a year ago

Now I’m honestly surprised I can’t find Gerez getting into NFTs.

haha, yes makes you wonder. That kind of scam prob is safer to do under a fake name, so wouldn't be surprised if it was revealed she did.

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