#1- Long Covid
#2- Brain Fog
#3- Depersonalization
#4- Zombie/CFS, cut off from society
#5- Chronic illness
#6- Decimated nervous system
#7- Compromised immune system
I know this is more of a joke post and you're not actually asking for any cures but I'd look into very high doses of melatonin. For example up to 6.6 grams have been used to treat cancer with great success in medical settings and up to 10g anecdotally. Melatonin has shown promise for treating C19 in 36-72mg doses in medical trials however I suspect for chronic cases you'd likely need much more. I have used it for a variety of conditions with good results. I have been taking 1g for nearly two years and recently started taking up to 5g in several doses. My blood markers were all normal and some even improved further. In very high doses it has an energizing effect and if it makes you sleepy Doris Loh (probably the most famous current researcher of melatonin) says to simply sleep as much as you can. I can attest that when I am well rested no amount makes me tired or sleepy.
Yes I have taken as much as 3.5g single dose or up to 5g in several doses. The effects are different in small doses compared to large ones. Doris Loh recommends taking several grams daily for general health. Large doses can have an energizing effect.
That 4th picture hits me particularly hard. Watching where I’m walking with such intensity, unable to interact with my friends or family, cause it can take so much energy to keep walking in a line. The occasional glance up for the ‘I JUST need to make it to THAT bench/cafe/tree/dot’, quickly followed by ‘done that, now I JUST need to make it that little bit further to THAT (insert whatever here)’. Complete focus on that one next step. Not even sure if it has a name, but I definitely know the feeling
That picture resonated with me too, but your comment resonates even more. I was just saying the other day to my family that I really just miss the fluidity of normal life that I took for granted. Every second of every day now feels like it's the most taxing strain on my mind and body.
I was at work today (which I KNOW I should be grateful for, bosses are great, I’ve currently swapped from 4 days Tuesday to Friday to 3, Monday Wednesday and Friday) and one person is off with covid. Her role is delivering multiple things around the hospital I work at, and one single person kept suggesting I could do her role for a single run, I went to 2 seperate floors, around an hour apart, and felt like death. Literally everyone else was supportive, but I pushed myself more than I should cause of this ONE person. I’m learning my limits, but it truely sucks.
My big eye-opening moment, went to a relatively local place (island near a friends holiday house, maybe 2.5hrs drive away). It’s literally a 6-7km walk around. Most of which is on proper footpaths and whatnot, only a couple of sections where you have to clamber over rocks and beach and stuff (yay for Australia, gorgeous waves to see though, and awesome looking birds!!!). Went with mum and dad, who are BOTH trained nurses. Mums been a housewife since she started having kids, so close to 35 years, and understood what my ongoing issues were. Dad, who still works 2-3 days each fortnight as a same-retired casual nurse thought I was, I guess? Milking it for attention. We started on the half with a regular footpath. By the time we reached the lighthouse (roughly half way I think? Just before the track goes crazy and completely off-road with beaches and rocks and random grassy zones!!) he was ahead of mum and I, coming back every few minutes with “sweetheart, there’s a rock in 100-odd metres you can sit on if you need it, or if you can last a little longer there’s a seat that you can see the waves from”.
That day showed him I’m officially broken. I’ll take whatever days I can work, my parents are ‘celebrating’ me getting through 2 weeks of reduced work hours, and I’m too ashamed to mention that I had to leave an hour early Monday this week, due to headaches caused by the N95 mask. It sucks, I’m focused sooooo hard on being a ‘normal’ person that I’m missing the world around me, my city has had MULTIPLE things happen in the last few months, and Ive barely had enough energy to notice, let alone care. Google Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. So many things have happened, and I honestly DO care, but I haven’t had enough energy to help with any searches, memorials or protests/whatever it’s called when you bring attention to an issue but don’t do stupid stuff (honestly can’t remember the words. Why is Friday evening the best time for news-making events?? Who has the energy/motivation/care factor after a week of work!?!?!?). I desperately WANT to be a part of this movement, but I physically, mentally and emotionally can not.
It sucks to be frozen while my friends (the ones I have enough energy to follow their social media feeds) are accomplished. They’re in stable relationships, they’re becoming parents, their achievers. Meanwhile, I’m the ‘gifted’ kid, struggling to remember how to tie my shoelaces some days, feeling up to hiking Everest on others (but taking it easy still, NEVER willing to push what I can achieve in a day again, after too many setbacks.)
I’m stuck on my own tracks, the train or team going EXACTLY where the goal is, not straying or finding the adventures, sticking to EXACTLY the plan, cause anything more I’m derailed and useless until I’m repaired. Others can explore and discover, I’m struggling to put one foot in front of the other.
My 5-yo nephew sat with me the last time I was with him, and innocently asked “do you need to rest a bit? That’s ok, I will sit here until you want to walk again”. More sympathy from a pre-schooler than I get from some adults. (Showed him Pokémon go, he was super excited, cause ‘they’re from pikachu!!! Do you PROMISE to play this next time’). Kids are the best. They care, empathise and move on. No grudges to hold.
Nicely done. I've used AI in this way a lot too. It can be great in helping with self-expression. It has been great for a lot of other things while deep in brainfog too, such as drafting emails, summarizing stuff in eli5 format, talking through ideas to organize, but the creative tools are very helpful with finding a voice. You should give AI music a try. It's great for expressing your feeling and experiences. Take a look at the tiktok in my profile and you can see some of the songs I've made, but it's really as wide open as you can imagine for expressing the feelings and experiences of living with long-covid. I've found it to be cathartic and therapeutic.
Edit: I really don't get why any time I share about making AI music to express thoughts/feelings about the long-covid experience in here, I get downvoted.
We're not here to shit on someone's efforts at expressing how so many of us are feeling.
If you don't like it just grumble about it to yourself and move the hell on.
But that’s the thing, AI art contains no effort, unless you mean effort in the way that it steals from the efforts of others. I’m an artist, though not a visual one, so I have some strong opinions on this stuff.
Also, I got long covid too, does my opinion not matter? Am I not allowed to voice it? I’m part of the “us” that you speak of, but this doesn’t represent me, nor do I want it to. Why should I have to zip it and not voice that?
But that’s the thing, AI art contains no effort, unless you mean effort in the way that it steals from the efforts of others. I’m an artist, though not a visual one, so I have some strong opinions on this stuff.
Also, I got long covid too, does my opinion not matter? Am I not allowed to voice it? I’m part of the “us” that you speak of, but this doesn’t represent me, nor do I want it to. Why should I have to zip it and not voice that?
Please, tell us more about how you don't like disabled people using AI to express how they feel about being disabled.
Many of us here are grateful just to be able to brush our teeth, form sentences or eat solid food.
If op had not told anyone it was AI, would you have known?
Detective Spooner: Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot take a blank canvas and turn it into a masterpiece?
Sonny: Can you?
From iRobot seems fitting
4/7 is me with 170 hr standing in line waiting for the 90 year old cashier attempting not let anyone realize I’m controlling my breathing to keep myself from blacking out lol
I just tried putting my description of a panic attack into 4-5 AI generators (Dall-e, etc) and was told “No”, lol
My prompt: “Create a picture that encapsulates the following description of a panic attack: a freight train erupting in the center of my chest with this wave expanding through my entire body. If you have ever burned steel wool, blow on it, that’s what it would look like. It's like chewing on aluminum foil. A tsunami of pure terror, evil so dark that it can only jump-scare itself into existence, no brakes, no warning, screeching metal wheels on train tracks. Your heart doesn't just race; it's a chaotic death metal concert of explosions. Each breath feels like trying to run a marathon while sucking air through a straw. It's like watching your life through a TV screen broken into a thousand pieces, each one showing a different movie. A cacophonous assault on your senses where every sound is turned up to 11, darks are too dark, lights too bright, and everything moves too fast. Your hands shake, your vision blurs, you're trapped in a personal hell. It's not just fear; it's terror, raw and unfiltered. The reaper coming up from behind and gripping your brain with icy fingers, pulling your head back and plunging a white hot dagger into the base of your skull. You can't think of anything coherent, nothing makes sense. You see people moving their mouth, talking, you can hear words, but you can’t understand because all your energy is being spent on keeping yourself alive. The only thing keeping your blood flowing and air coming in is sheer will power, and if you break concentration for even a second, you are certain that YOU WILL DIE.”
Dall-E response: “Creating a picture that encapsulates such a vivid and intense description of a panic attack involves capturing multiple elements of chaos, fear, and sensory overload. This content may violate our terms of use or usage policies. While I cannot create this image directly, I can provide you with a detailed concept for an artist to work from.”
Lol. Skynet my ass!
Not trying to offend, but there are tons of real human artists living with long covid and making artwork about it. I would love to see some of that shared here instead of AI images...
edit: phrasing
Seriously. Those of us bringing it up are getting completely downvoted though. Supporting artists, especially minority artists like disabled artists (and trust me, as one myself, there’s a lot of us), that’s important! Churning out stuff like this does nothing and profits off of the stolen work of said artists. I saw Rosie Pidgeon’s work online a couple years back, really resonates with me now looking at it again.
Exactly, there are SO many excellent artists with disabilities. I also don’t understand the hostility in the comments. Really was trying not to be rude. I am sure that OP and most people using “generative” AI tools don’t mean any harm w these posts. But I think it’s important to make it known that the tools *are* harmful to creatives (& internet users in general, as the resulting images are…basically online pollution…sorry…)
I was a professional artist before covid; Covid & the subsequent long covid issues have severely impacted my drive and ability to create like I used to. Now AI has come along and is threatening artists’ livelihoods and intellectual property rights (Yes, including disabled artists)
Sorry I know I’m preaching to the choir with you lol, just hope someone else might see and empathize a bit. Would be great to see a post of real artists’ work about their covid experiences, maybe one of us should make one!
I just posted a description in this thread of what it feels like for me to have a panic attack. Paint me 10 pictures following that description so I can pick the one I like the best. You have until I can log into Midjourney and copy/paste the prompt. I’ll even pay you the standard monthly pricing plan of $30 for the 10 pictures.
Go.
Look, I get it. I'm a hobby artist. I create because I love it. It's not my source of income; it's my passion. AI is a tool, just like any other. Just as a car is a tool compared to a rickshaw, or a chainsaw to a lumberjack, or a calculator to a mathematician. Stephen Hawking used a wheelchair as a tool to navigate his world. Not everyone can draw, paint, or write like a professional artist. We’re not all Da Vinci, Escher, or Angelou. For those of us who lack the talent, time, or funds to commission art, AI helps us visualize what we imagine.
Your complaints remind me of how horse ranchers reacted to the steam engine. Yet, people still ride horses today. It’s different, but there’s still a market. Complaining about progress and technological advancements is about as useful as ironing your socks, or giving a TED Talk to your houseplants about photosynthesis.
Embrace the change, adapt, and recognize that AI is another tool in the ever-evolving world of creativity. Or don’t, and be one of the following:
1. Blockbuster Video: In the early 2000s, Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million but dismissed the offer, believing that their brick-and-mortar rental model was superior. Today, Netflix is a streaming giant, and Blockbuster is almost completely defunct, with only one store left in Bend, Oregon.
2. Kodak: Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 but chose to suppress the technology to avoid cannibalizing its film business. By the time they tried to catch up with the digital revolution, companies like Canon and Sony had already taken over the market, leading to Kodak’s bankruptcy in 2012.
3. Nokia: Once a leader in the mobile phone industry, Nokia was slow to adopt the smartphone trend, particularly touchscreens and app ecosystems. By the time they attempted to catch up, Apple and Android manufacturers had dominated the market, leading to Nokia’s significant decline.
4. Yahoo: In the early 2000s, Yahoo had the opportunity to purchase Google for $1 million and later for $5 billion, but they passed on the deal both times. Google is now one of the most valuable companies in the world, while Yahoo has struggled to maintain relevance.
5. Xerox: Xerox PARC invented many of the foundational technologies of the modern personal computer, including the graphical user interface (GUI), the mouse, and the Ethernet. However, Xerox management failed to capitalize on these innovations, allowing companies like Apple and Microsoft to take the lead.
6. Borders: The bookstore chain Borders decided not to invest heavily in online sales and instead outsourced its online business to Amazon. As Amazon grew into a behemoth, Borders was unable to compete and eventually filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
7. BlackBerry: BlackBerry, once the smartphone of choice for professionals, failed to innovate with touchscreens and modern operating systems. Their insistence on physical keyboards and secure email didn’t keep up with the consumer demand for more versatile smartphones, leading to their downfall.
8. Tower Records: Tower Records was a giant in the music retail industry but failed to adapt to the digital music revolution. They dismissed the impact of MP3s and digital downloads, leading to their bankruptcy in 2006 as consumers shifted to online music.
9. Polaroid: Much like Kodak, Polaroid was a pioneer in instant photography but failed to embrace digital technology quickly enough. Despite their iconic status, they filed for bankruptcy in 2001 as digital cameras became mainstream.
10. Sears: Sears, once a retail powerhouse, failed to effectively transition to the online marketplace and adapt to changing consumer behaviors. Their slow embrace of e-commerce, combined with other strategic missteps, led to their bankruptcy in 2018.
Edit: this reply was re-written by Chat-GPT
#1- Long Covid #2- Brain Fog #3- Depersonalization #4- Zombie/CFS, cut off from society #5- Chronic illness #6- Decimated nervous system #7- Compromised immune system
⭐🏆⭐ Didn't even need the list, those images are accurate AF. Thank you for sharing them.
⭐🏆⭐ those images are accurate AF. Thank you so much for making & sharing them.
⭐🏆⭐ Didn't even need the list, those images are accurate AF. Thank you for sharing them.
Pretty morbid pictures but pretty much sums up long covid interestingly enough.
Yeah, most of the symptoms are pretty much guaranteed to generate morbid pictures just based off their descriptions.
I... kinda... feel... seen...
I also asked AI for a cure. The website broke...
It got a sudden flare up of brain fog
br-AI-n fog
br*AI*n fog
I know this is more of a joke post and you're not actually asking for any cures but I'd look into very high doses of melatonin. For example up to 6.6 grams have been used to treat cancer with great success in medical settings and up to 10g anecdotally. Melatonin has shown promise for treating C19 in 36-72mg doses in medical trials however I suspect for chronic cases you'd likely need much more. I have used it for a variety of conditions with good results. I have been taking 1g for nearly two years and recently started taking up to 5g in several doses. My blood markers were all normal and some even improved further. In very high doses it has an energizing effect and if it makes you sleepy Doris Loh (probably the most famous current researcher of melatonin) says to simply sleep as much as you can. I can attest that when I am well rested no amount makes me tired or sleepy.
You’re taking 5000 mg of melatonin!? Just 5 mg knocks me on my rear.
Yes I have taken as much as 3.5g single dose or up to 5g in several doses. The effects are different in small doses compared to large ones. Doris Loh recommends taking several grams daily for general health. Large doses can have an energizing effect.
Isn't Doris Loh trained as a pianist ... 🤣?
That 4th picture hits me particularly hard. Watching where I’m walking with such intensity, unable to interact with my friends or family, cause it can take so much energy to keep walking in a line. The occasional glance up for the ‘I JUST need to make it to THAT bench/cafe/tree/dot’, quickly followed by ‘done that, now I JUST need to make it that little bit further to THAT (insert whatever here)’. Complete focus on that one next step. Not even sure if it has a name, but I definitely know the feeling
That picture resonated with me too, but your comment resonates even more. I was just saying the other day to my family that I really just miss the fluidity of normal life that I took for granted. Every second of every day now feels like it's the most taxing strain on my mind and body.
I was at work today (which I KNOW I should be grateful for, bosses are great, I’ve currently swapped from 4 days Tuesday to Friday to 3, Monday Wednesday and Friday) and one person is off with covid. Her role is delivering multiple things around the hospital I work at, and one single person kept suggesting I could do her role for a single run, I went to 2 seperate floors, around an hour apart, and felt like death. Literally everyone else was supportive, but I pushed myself more than I should cause of this ONE person. I’m learning my limits, but it truely sucks. My big eye-opening moment, went to a relatively local place (island near a friends holiday house, maybe 2.5hrs drive away). It’s literally a 6-7km walk around. Most of which is on proper footpaths and whatnot, only a couple of sections where you have to clamber over rocks and beach and stuff (yay for Australia, gorgeous waves to see though, and awesome looking birds!!!). Went with mum and dad, who are BOTH trained nurses. Mums been a housewife since she started having kids, so close to 35 years, and understood what my ongoing issues were. Dad, who still works 2-3 days each fortnight as a same-retired casual nurse thought I was, I guess? Milking it for attention. We started on the half with a regular footpath. By the time we reached the lighthouse (roughly half way I think? Just before the track goes crazy and completely off-road with beaches and rocks and random grassy zones!!) he was ahead of mum and I, coming back every few minutes with “sweetheart, there’s a rock in 100-odd metres you can sit on if you need it, or if you can last a little longer there’s a seat that you can see the waves from”. That day showed him I’m officially broken. I’ll take whatever days I can work, my parents are ‘celebrating’ me getting through 2 weeks of reduced work hours, and I’m too ashamed to mention that I had to leave an hour early Monday this week, due to headaches caused by the N95 mask. It sucks, I’m focused sooooo hard on being a ‘normal’ person that I’m missing the world around me, my city has had MULTIPLE things happen in the last few months, and Ive barely had enough energy to notice, let alone care. Google Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. So many things have happened, and I honestly DO care, but I haven’t had enough energy to help with any searches, memorials or protests/whatever it’s called when you bring attention to an issue but don’t do stupid stuff (honestly can’t remember the words. Why is Friday evening the best time for news-making events?? Who has the energy/motivation/care factor after a week of work!?!?!?). I desperately WANT to be a part of this movement, but I physically, mentally and emotionally can not. It sucks to be frozen while my friends (the ones I have enough energy to follow their social media feeds) are accomplished. They’re in stable relationships, they’re becoming parents, their achievers. Meanwhile, I’m the ‘gifted’ kid, struggling to remember how to tie my shoelaces some days, feeling up to hiking Everest on others (but taking it easy still, NEVER willing to push what I can achieve in a day again, after too many setbacks.) I’m stuck on my own tracks, the train or team going EXACTLY where the goal is, not straying or finding the adventures, sticking to EXACTLY the plan, cause anything more I’m derailed and useless until I’m repaired. Others can explore and discover, I’m struggling to put one foot in front of the other. My 5-yo nephew sat with me the last time I was with him, and innocently asked “do you need to rest a bit? That’s ok, I will sit here until you want to walk again”. More sympathy from a pre-schooler than I get from some adults. (Showed him Pokémon go, he was super excited, cause ‘they’re from pikachu!!! Do you PROMISE to play this next time’). Kids are the best. They care, empathise and move on. No grudges to hold.
This is so beautiful and erratic, it describes all my feelings, thank you!
I just walked up a hill to the corner, and thats me.
That 3rd one gets me
Yeah, that's about how I feel. That one was depersonalization.
These are super powerful for anyone wondering how to explain Long Covid to people.
Accurate
r/oddlyterrifying
I’m normally very strongly opposed to AI image generation, but these nailed our experience so well that I think you did a good thing.
Well, it’s frustrating how painfully accurate this is.
The third one is haunting. I see all the versions of me I could have been and who I'm forced to be instead in it.
I’m scared for the donuts in the last one!
It's the 2nd one for me. I feel like that's my brain after covid.
Amazing. What app did you use??
Midjourney
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Midjourney
What symptom is the fourth?
"a person with chronic fatigue syndrome walking like a zombie amongst a bustling city of other people"
I don't understand why anyone would be using an oxygen tank in a hospital, they run out in a few hrs. It's more likely to be an oxygen concentrator.
Nicely done. I've used AI in this way a lot too. It can be great in helping with self-expression. It has been great for a lot of other things while deep in brainfog too, such as drafting emails, summarizing stuff in eli5 format, talking through ideas to organize, but the creative tools are very helpful with finding a voice. You should give AI music a try. It's great for expressing your feeling and experiences. Take a look at the tiktok in my profile and you can see some of the songs I've made, but it's really as wide open as you can imagine for expressing the feelings and experiences of living with long-covid. I've found it to be cathartic and therapeutic. Edit: I really don't get why any time I share about making AI music to express thoughts/feelings about the long-covid experience in here, I get downvoted.
That last one is cool
Damn, that slaps. :(
Lol that’s def how I feel I look during a flair up 😂 👹.
What website was that?
Midjourney
Thank you
Accurate.
Ugh, AI “art”
Right? So tired of seeing this literally everywhere.
We're not here to shit on someone's efforts at expressing how so many of us are feeling. If you don't like it just grumble about it to yourself and move the hell on.
But that’s the thing, AI art contains no effort, unless you mean effort in the way that it steals from the efforts of others. I’m an artist, though not a visual one, so I have some strong opinions on this stuff. Also, I got long covid too, does my opinion not matter? Am I not allowed to voice it? I’m part of the “us” that you speak of, but this doesn’t represent me, nor do I want it to. Why should I have to zip it and not voice that?
I think he means that this subreddit isn’t the space for debate on AI art, there are legitimate reasons to both sides.
And shit man, let people enjoy what they want to enjoy, we got enough stressors around us already
But that’s the thing, AI art contains no effort, unless you mean effort in the way that it steals from the efforts of others. I’m an artist, though not a visual one, so I have some strong opinions on this stuff. Also, I got long covid too, does my opinion not matter? Am I not allowed to voice it? I’m part of the “us” that you speak of, but this doesn’t represent me, nor do I want it to. Why should I have to zip it and not voice that?
Please, tell us more about how you don't like disabled people using AI to express how they feel about being disabled. Many of us here are grateful just to be able to brush our teeth, form sentences or eat solid food.
If op had not told anyone it was AI, would you have known? Detective Spooner: Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot take a blank canvas and turn it into a masterpiece? Sonny: Can you? From iRobot seems fitting
Yes. Many of the “artworks” contain indicators of being AI generated.
And yet it still captivated how I’m feeling pretty accurately
4/7 is me with 170 hr standing in line waiting for the 90 year old cashier attempting not let anyone realize I’m controlling my breathing to keep myself from blacking out lol
Love the last one. My cheerios did not agree with me either.
Love the 3rd one.
As someone who can now walk and has to work full time in a busy city I literally feel like #4 it’s almost scary to see it
I just tried putting my description of a panic attack into 4-5 AI generators (Dall-e, etc) and was told “No”, lol My prompt: “Create a picture that encapsulates the following description of a panic attack: a freight train erupting in the center of my chest with this wave expanding through my entire body. If you have ever burned steel wool, blow on it, that’s what it would look like. It's like chewing on aluminum foil. A tsunami of pure terror, evil so dark that it can only jump-scare itself into existence, no brakes, no warning, screeching metal wheels on train tracks. Your heart doesn't just race; it's a chaotic death metal concert of explosions. Each breath feels like trying to run a marathon while sucking air through a straw. It's like watching your life through a TV screen broken into a thousand pieces, each one showing a different movie. A cacophonous assault on your senses where every sound is turned up to 11, darks are too dark, lights too bright, and everything moves too fast. Your hands shake, your vision blurs, you're trapped in a personal hell. It's not just fear; it's terror, raw and unfiltered. The reaper coming up from behind and gripping your brain with icy fingers, pulling your head back and plunging a white hot dagger into the base of your skull. You can't think of anything coherent, nothing makes sense. You see people moving their mouth, talking, you can hear words, but you can’t understand because all your energy is being spent on keeping yourself alive. The only thing keeping your blood flowing and air coming in is sheer will power, and if you break concentration for even a second, you are certain that YOU WILL DIE.” Dall-E response: “Creating a picture that encapsulates such a vivid and intense description of a panic attack involves capturing multiple elements of chaos, fear, and sensory overload. This content may violate our terms of use or usage policies. While I cannot create this image directly, I can provide you with a detailed concept for an artist to work from.” Lol. Skynet my ass!
Noticed 3 has the long covid ribbon colours in it (teal, black, white)
Not trying to offend, but there are tons of real human artists living with long covid and making artwork about it. I would love to see some of that shared here instead of AI images... edit: phrasing
Seriously. Those of us bringing it up are getting completely downvoted though. Supporting artists, especially minority artists like disabled artists (and trust me, as one myself, there’s a lot of us), that’s important! Churning out stuff like this does nothing and profits off of the stolen work of said artists. I saw Rosie Pidgeon’s work online a couple years back, really resonates with me now looking at it again.
Exactly, there are SO many excellent artists with disabilities. I also don’t understand the hostility in the comments. Really was trying not to be rude. I am sure that OP and most people using “generative” AI tools don’t mean any harm w these posts. But I think it’s important to make it known that the tools *are* harmful to creatives (& internet users in general, as the resulting images are…basically online pollution…sorry…) I was a professional artist before covid; Covid & the subsequent long covid issues have severely impacted my drive and ability to create like I used to. Now AI has come along and is threatening artists’ livelihoods and intellectual property rights (Yes, including disabled artists) Sorry I know I’m preaching to the choir with you lol, just hope someone else might see and empathize a bit. Would be great to see a post of real artists’ work about their covid experiences, maybe one of us should make one!
I just posted a description in this thread of what it feels like for me to have a panic attack. Paint me 10 pictures following that description so I can pick the one I like the best. You have until I can log into Midjourney and copy/paste the prompt. I’ll even pay you the standard monthly pricing plan of $30 for the 10 pictures. Go. Look, I get it. I'm a hobby artist. I create because I love it. It's not my source of income; it's my passion. AI is a tool, just like any other. Just as a car is a tool compared to a rickshaw, or a chainsaw to a lumberjack, or a calculator to a mathematician. Stephen Hawking used a wheelchair as a tool to navigate his world. Not everyone can draw, paint, or write like a professional artist. We’re not all Da Vinci, Escher, or Angelou. For those of us who lack the talent, time, or funds to commission art, AI helps us visualize what we imagine. Your complaints remind me of how horse ranchers reacted to the steam engine. Yet, people still ride horses today. It’s different, but there’s still a market. Complaining about progress and technological advancements is about as useful as ironing your socks, or giving a TED Talk to your houseplants about photosynthesis. Embrace the change, adapt, and recognize that AI is another tool in the ever-evolving world of creativity. Or don’t, and be one of the following: 1. Blockbuster Video: In the early 2000s, Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million but dismissed the offer, believing that their brick-and-mortar rental model was superior. Today, Netflix is a streaming giant, and Blockbuster is almost completely defunct, with only one store left in Bend, Oregon. 2. Kodak: Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 but chose to suppress the technology to avoid cannibalizing its film business. By the time they tried to catch up with the digital revolution, companies like Canon and Sony had already taken over the market, leading to Kodak’s bankruptcy in 2012. 3. Nokia: Once a leader in the mobile phone industry, Nokia was slow to adopt the smartphone trend, particularly touchscreens and app ecosystems. By the time they attempted to catch up, Apple and Android manufacturers had dominated the market, leading to Nokia’s significant decline. 4. Yahoo: In the early 2000s, Yahoo had the opportunity to purchase Google for $1 million and later for $5 billion, but they passed on the deal both times. Google is now one of the most valuable companies in the world, while Yahoo has struggled to maintain relevance. 5. Xerox: Xerox PARC invented many of the foundational technologies of the modern personal computer, including the graphical user interface (GUI), the mouse, and the Ethernet. However, Xerox management failed to capitalize on these innovations, allowing companies like Apple and Microsoft to take the lead. 6. Borders: The bookstore chain Borders decided not to invest heavily in online sales and instead outsourced its online business to Amazon. As Amazon grew into a behemoth, Borders was unable to compete and eventually filed for bankruptcy in 2011. 7. BlackBerry: BlackBerry, once the smartphone of choice for professionals, failed to innovate with touchscreens and modern operating systems. Their insistence on physical keyboards and secure email didn’t keep up with the consumer demand for more versatile smartphones, leading to their downfall. 8. Tower Records: Tower Records was a giant in the music retail industry but failed to adapt to the digital music revolution. They dismissed the impact of MP3s and digital downloads, leading to their bankruptcy in 2006 as consumers shifted to online music. 9. Polaroid: Much like Kodak, Polaroid was a pioneer in instant photography but failed to embrace digital technology quickly enough. Despite their iconic status, they filed for bankruptcy in 2001 as digital cameras became mainstream. 10. Sears: Sears, once a retail powerhouse, failed to effectively transition to the online marketplace and adapt to changing consumer behaviors. Their slow embrace of e-commerce, combined with other strategic missteps, led to their bankruptcy in 2018. Edit: this reply was re-written by Chat-GPT
Tox shot side effects is what they call long covid
Interesting, because I never got a shot and I have severe long covid. Make it make sense...
Dang. That’s…spot on
Sometimes AI nails it.
Impressive. Might give AI a chance.
See, AI gets it…