06/12/2026
Feels really gross that some art events - that I've already paid booth fees to - are using AI flyers to promote supporting local artists
And I don't feel like I can call them out
I fear the request to make free art, as I don't have time with the ridiculous hours I work running my own small business
I fear calling attention to boycott, since that just means folks will not show up to support the actual artists vending at these events
I fear my own livelihood
Why don't people understand the impact this AI generative bu****it has, not only on the planet, but their own small business? AI anything just shows that you don't support humans, so why do you expect humans to come support you???
It just fu***ng sucks
Maybe they should offer free booth spaces to artists who want to design a flyer?
Maybe they don't realize the impact so we need to keep having this conversation?
When it's an event I've already paid to be at, and if I cancel I make zero income for the week? That's when I just do my best, and f**k the rest...