When the robot does it, it's not illegal
this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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Ludd was right
Pizzacake = Twatwaffle
Very human of it.
"It's impact on society will be on the same level as the invention of the atomic bomb!" (actual comparison made by some big tech CEO)
"Oh my god, so it will be very well regulated and operated with the utmost care?"
"Actually no, not at all."
The amount of missing nuclear bombs is relevant here i think lol
Wait what?
Bombs go missing from time to time
Relevant because they exist in spite of strict regulation. More reason AI should be regulated.
Worse as AI are the corps which develope and use it
For some reason if I click the thumbnail it looks really bad. But if I go into the post and load it from there it is crystal clear
It shows up fine for me, but the op linked the source directly. Adding it again here because some apps get weird with links in picture posts.
I'm using Boost and there's indeed a huge difference between this post and the source.
I'm using Boost too and just toggled higher resolution on comic. :| Worked well.
You people are going to stop the Plagarized Information Stochastic Stupidity based operation paperclip machine just because it also makes kiddie porn on demand sometimes and starts cults and basically ruined public education and search and the concept of truth like you're not even grateful for how they make all those mentally ill and old useless eaters kill themselves you irrational Luddite fanatics disgust me I bet you prefer kiddie porn made with individual live children rather than aggregate samples of millions of exploited children so its like you're masturbating to all the abused kids at once you simple regressive fucks make me sick
Pizzacake's subtle yet brilliant take on AI is bad really adds something to the discussion, I feel.
This subtle yet pedestrian take on Pizzacake is bad really adds something to the discussion, I feel.
I guess I'm OOTL. Why should we hate Pizzacake?
(copy/paste:) I've read the following arguments:
- her humor is bland, Cathy-level stuff. I like !garfield@lemmy.world so I'm not exactly an expert on humor, but fwiw I like her art style and I find her strips amusing more often than not. That sort of thing's subjective anyway.
- she had reddit comics-strip mods delete any critical comments about her. Yeah, reddit sucks, that's why we left, I dunno if it's fair to blame her for that.
- she supported reddit during the API protests. I kinda disliked her for a while because of this, HOWEVER since then she's done a lot of anti-MAGA comics (like this, this, and this) so I think she's cool bc that's a far more important issue, and I'm not gonna be hung up on reddit forever.
- in her strip she sometimes makes fun of people who criticize her. I see this kinda like a stand-up comedian dealing with hecklers, i.e. it's part of the show, and good on her for not taking shit from people. But some people apparently think this is inappropriate. Others assume that her "hecklers" are sexist, insecure, etc and that creates even more defensiveness. Not sure if there's an easy solution to this.
She's a pompous, argumentative cunt. She and I had a big exchange on that other site a couple years ago.
She's buys upvotes on Reddit and bans anyone who points it out.
Where do I sign up to get paid for upvotes?
It's fashionable among chuds to be offended by her, because she attacked the chuds.
If that’s the loop, I’ll stay out of it. Pizzacake roolz.
You can google it but the summary is that she handles criticism pretty poorly. Also, her jokes are mostly not even a joke. Most of them are straw man clickbait.
handles criticism poorly
What a pearl-clutching take. Also known as:
After I attacked her, she reacted in a way that hurt my feelings
Maybe, just maybe, don't attack a comic?
Ah, a straw man argument. Now where have I seen this type of rhetoric? XD
I have never "attacked" or said anything to pizzacake, and she did react pretty poorly when other people did. If you don´t believe me, google it yourself.
That's... not a straw man argument. Here's a convenient definition to help you out.
My theory is that you wouldn't know how she reacts, whether poorly or otherwise, without her first being attacked.
Maybe, just maybe, people shouldn't attack the person just because they are snowflake about the content of their comic.
Except that it is? You literally added a quote of something neither I nor anyone else said ("After I attacked her, she reacted in a way that hurt my feelings") and then provided your own reply for it justifying her response. One her real reactions, btw, was portraying her "attackers" as rapists. You did not quote any "attacks" nor her response, but justified it nonetheless because people were "attacking" her.
Criticize != Attack
As a refresher, here's what a straw man argument is:
A straw man argument (or straw man fallacy) is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone distorts or exaggerates an opponent's actual position, and then refutes that fake, weaker version of the argument instead of the real one.
If you don't see how your reply fits that definition, I'm afraid I can't help you.
Her comics are typically very surface level takes on political issues, where she knows her audience will agree with her. There's very rarely any humour in her comics, and her fans will not accept any criticism of her whatsoever.
Mostly people post her work because it agrees with whatever viewpoint they hold.
People spread things that they agree with, yes. Spreading ideas we believe in is why we evolved to communicate in the first place. Ironically, talking about it as if it's some novel take is very similar to how Pizzacake made a comic about AI being bad. It's like, yeah, we know. At least with the comic it's humorously exaggerated so we can get some amusement out of it. Make a humorously exaggerated comic about a pandering cartoonist and I'll enjoy that, too.
Valid critique but have you ever talked to a PISS advocate that describes all of them too except the pronoun
Why would I post something I disagree with? Except for when I wanted to show how bad its reasoning is?