The Witch Hunting of Creators Begins
Above is a recent thread regarding a hack where the creator admitted to using AI to add portraits of his friends to a hack. I am not a proponent of AI art, but the attitudes in this thread are concerning. A number of posts outright attack the creator.
This situation is ignited by Hackdex recently adding AI disclosure to their site. I fully expected this to be the result of such an action. It encourages users to judge a hack, and its creator, on properties unrelated to the hacks quality. The quality of code depends on the developer, as most professional software engineers know.
Disrespect toward creators is nothing new here. But with AI people feel fully justified in their toxicity. I am interested what are the thoughts of other creators? What if anything can be done? Or do you agree with the posters? Let this be a place for discussion without judgement.