Twitch is under fire for its latest global emote, which appears to be AI-generated. - ThreadSky

zachbussey.bsky.social • 104 days ago

Twitch is under fire for its latest global emote, which appears to be AI-generated.

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shere.officecat.online•104 days ago

just wild to me that a picture of a cat in a santa hat is where they're gonna cut the corner

surely there are many such images that could be commercially licensed for nearly pennies

someone who works there definitely has a camera, a cat, and a minature santa hat

just insanely soulless and cheap

ellafine.bsky.social•102 days ago

I bet there are some for free on pixabay

astroanie.com•104 days ago

Seriously, of all the places to cut corners and use AI for... they chose to do that for a cat in a Santa hat?????

bakunawavt.bsky.social•104 days ago

Was it really that hard for them to take a picture of a cat and Photoshop a Santa hat onto it???

raxi3.bsky.social•104 days ago

Corporations, where creativity goes to die.

codemantic.bsky.social•104 days ago

Anyone who is proficient in photo shop can make that in 10 minutes and here they are generating emotes.

myseglis.bsky.social•104 days ago

fuck genAI

ultrawideo.celtic.digital•104 days ago

pganimation.bsky.social•104 days ago

There is currently a petition to get the emote removed (started by @moonbtch.bsky.social

https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/928738-badges-emotes/suggestions/49188362-no-ai-for-global-emotes-change-catinthechat?page=1&per_page=20

mischievousmoose.bsky.social•104 days ago

The day may come when Twitch will figure out how to stop shoving their feet in their mouths, but it is not this day.

joyce-strangebird.bsky.social•104 days ago

looks like ass as all ai generated imagery does

zachbussey.bsky.social•104 days ago

Remember, Twitch's Chief Monetization Officer has admitted that Twitch "plays a role" in training Amazon's AI models.

However, they've never clarified how they use our content to train those models.

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/twitch-has-role-to-play-in-training-amazon-ai-executive-says

ultrawideo.celtic.digital•104 days ago

The combined knowledge of all streamers was fed into an advanced ai robot and the thing just sat in its mothers house eating cheetos, complaining about the "lore" being broken in a kids tv show.

zachbussey.bsky.social•104 days ago

So, all that is to say, expect to see a LOT more AI driven stuff either derived from Twitch or used by Twitch.

CEO Dan Clancy has said as much:
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitch-ceo-dan-clancy-generative-ai-boon-for-live-streaming-2024-6

zanaso.bsky.social•104 days ago

Old man who barely understands technology runs an entirely technology platform. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?!

thefaaborg.dk•104 days ago

Can't wait for Stream Together AI sessions, stream with your favorite robot ask anything machine.... Knock Knock by AI that wants to join your stream to answer chat...

dragoness.bsky.social•104 days ago

inb4 AI chat bot raids

metalglennsolid.bsky.social•104 days ago

CHEAP VIEWERS HERE! https://shady.link

metalglennsolid.bsky.social•104 days ago

for legal reasons: this is a joke/sarcasm

dragoness.bsky.social•104 days ago

lurizon.neocities.org•104 days ago

i can't even say i am disappointed but not surprised.

i am mildly annoyed and expected this.

ezikeyal.bsky.social•104 days ago

So with the teams acceptance of AI, it seems that twitch actually likes bots now?

dimudriol.bsky.social•104 days ago

I remember when we didn't like emotes we permabanned them in chat. Why is K appa banned? It isn't. *user was timed out*

psyquestx.bsky.social•104 days ago

Ugh someone get rid of this CEO.

punkmcfox.bsky.social•104 days ago

The kitten's tongue is like... merging with the front of it's lip... 🤢

shichiizangi.bsky.social•104 days ago

Like at least TOUCH IT UP It looks so horrible, come on what is wrong with twitch

ellafine.bsky.social•102 days ago

The uncanny valley is strong here
Its eyes are soulless and like glass

captcrabs.live•104 days ago

that totally is ai generated...

damagedplushie.bsky.social•103 days ago

It has no idea what emotion it’s trying to express

karadach.bsky.social•104 days ago

Don't you also use AI-generated slop?

misswillowfaye.bsky.social•104 days ago

Well that slop is getting banned in my chat for sure.

thechitowndemon.bsky.social•104 days ago

Boooooo.

misswillowfaye.bsky.social•104 days ago

I loathe AI generated garbage that could've been created by an actual artist. There are countless artists who'd love the opportunity on twitch.

ellafine.bsky.social•102 days ago

I've bought some emotes and overlays from artists on Etsy!

gloopqueen.bsky.social•104 days ago

You have to understand, Zach, that if there's one thing that's very difficult to find on the internet it's pictures of kittens

zachbussey.bsky.social•104 days ago

To be fair, Dan Clancy wanted more investment in Guest Star - so they had to make cuts in other ways.

nordenheim.bsky.social•104 days ago

While I get what you mean, I don't see that as a valid reason for the AI imagery (not that I think you're saying you're for it).

They could have created buzz around it by hosting an emote contest in the newly formed Artist Creator Club, with the winning emote chosen (would also be free / low cost)

zachbussey.bsky.social•104 days ago

I'm half making a joke. Twitch has made cuts everywhere, except for Guest Star/Stream Together which gets more and more investment all the time.

nordenheim.bsky.social•104 days ago

I figured that was probably the case, but it's always a lil more difficult to detect tone in these messages! Yeah, they've definitely been pushing Guest Star in a big way for a long time now

ponycron.space•104 days ago

They just couldn't use any because they used all of them in training that machine to make them one. 💀👌

avali.live•104 days ago

Good. Thought they knew better heh

brittahkiin.bsky.social•104 days ago

jesus christ

puppetproctor.vtubers.social•104 days ago

Yet again, Twitch proves it has no understanding of its user base and will take any terrible and short sighted option presented.

Xitter is Literally hemorrhaging users due to AI usage, this isn’t some niche issue.

hattoru.bsky.social•104 days ago

Big true, big true

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