[josefx]

> While you have learned a lot about LLMs and generative AI for instance, it is extremely unlikely you have learned from the most well informed sources.

You are talking about tools that can be abused to make infinite porn. I am not sure anyone wants to know how much time 4chan users invested into learning about them just to be able to modify and fine tune their models.

[trompetenaccoun]

People hugely underestimate how big of a factor motivation is when it comes to research and building things. Some are motivated by money, some are motivated by the feeling of being needed and helping others. And then there's some boys who're really dedicated to figuring out how to fake nudes. The reason why they do it is unimportant, what matter is the amount of time they spend on tinkering with it. In the end they still acquire skills.

[something168581]

> ...tools that can be abused to...

Interesting choice of words. Why would it be an "abuse" of a tool that can be adjusted to generate nearly anything, to use it for a relatively specific subset of anything?

Would you also consider it an "abuse" if they were, say, attempting to generate new works in the style of michaelangelo or picasso instead?