Understanding the Impact of AI-Generated Content on Social Media: The Pixiv Case

>>511352457 (OP)
Disregard this post.

In the last two years, Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) has received significant attention, leading to an anecdotal rise in the amount of AIGC being shared via social media platforms. The impact of AIGC and its implications are of key importance to social platforms, e.g., regarding the implementation of policies, community formation, and algorithmic design. Yet, to date, we know little about how the arrival of AIGC has impacted the social media ecosystem. To fill this gap, we present a comprehensive study of Pixiv, an online community for artists who wish to share and receive feedback on their illustrations. Pixiv hosts over 100 million artistic submissions and receives more than 1 billion page views per month (as of 2023). Importantly, it allows both human and AI generated content to be uploaded. Exploiting this, we perform the first analysis of the impact that AIGC has had on the social media ecosystem, through the lens of Pixiv. Based on a dataset of 15.2 million posts (including 2.4 million AI-generated images), we measure the impact of AIGC on the Pixiv community, as well as the differences between AIGC and human-generated content in terms of content creation and consumption patterns. Our results offer key insight to how AIGC is changing the dynamics of social media platforms like Pixiv.

>>511352661
>MaEp
In some online communities, people use seemingly nonsensical terms to discuss sensitive topics without triggering automated moderation or to maintain a level of exclusivity.

Context is King (and I don't have enough of it): Terms, nicknames, and memes on platforms like 4chan are often highly ephemeral and specific to a single thread, a particular board (/pol/), or a very small group of users. "Dr. Roboto" isn't a universally recognized character or person like "Elon Musk" or "Spider-Man."

It's likely an "inside joke" or specific meme: If you saw "Dr. Roboto" on /pol/, it's highly probable it's an in-joke, a satirical jab, a coded reference, or a newly coined nickname for someone or something relevant to the ongoing discussion in that specific thread. These terms are deliberately opaque to outsiders. Ambiguity with other well-known "Roboto" references: The most famous "Roboto" is from the Styx song "Mr. Roboto," and there's also the antagonist "Dr. Robotnik" from Sonic. While I can tell you about these, you've indicated they are "not right," confirming that your context is different.

"Kilroy Was Here," where the main character is Robert Orin Charles Kilroy, who escapes by hiding in a "Roboto" (robot).

Symbol of Omnipresence: Kilroy was understood as a mysterious, ubiquitous figure who had "been everywhere." Soldiers and later, civilians, would scrawl "Kilroy Was Here" (often with the distinctive doodle of a bald man with a large nose peering over a wall) in the most unlikely and inaccessible places. This gave the impression that Kilroy always arrived first, no matter where. Example from a 1960s perspective: A soldier landing in Vietnam in the 1960s might find "Kilroy Was Here" scrawled on a barracks wall, reinforcing the idea that American presence, or at least the spirit of "Kilroy," preceded them. Origin Theories (often attributed to James J. Kilroy): By the 1960s, the most widely accepted origin story was already circulating. This theory points to James J. Kilroy (1902–1962), a shipyard inspector in Quincy, Massachusetts, during WWII. He would mark inspected compartments on ships with "Kilroy was here" to prevent workers from double-counting their rivets (as they were paid by the rivet). Because ships were being rushed out unpainted during the war, servicemen boarding these ships would discover his markings in sealed-off areas, fueling the legend of a mysterious person who could get anywhere. The New York Times, in 1946, even held a contest to find the "real Kilroy," which James J. Kilroy won, receiving a trolley car as a prize. This widely publicized event solidified his claim to the origin. Morale Booster and Inside Joke: For American servicemen, finding a "Kilroy" acted as a morale booster, a sign that fellow Americans had been there, providing a sense of camaraderie and shared experience. It was an inside joke that spanned the globe. The Doodle's Separate Origin: It was also understood that the specific doodle (the bald man with the long nose peering over a wall) likely had a separate origin, often attributed to "Mr. Chad" from British popular culture, and that the two merged during WWII to become iconic.

Kilroy is an invisible, mischievous, and ever-present American every-man. Who is Robert Orin Charles Kilroy? He is the protagonist and main character of the 1983 Styx rock opera album, Kilroy Was Here. He is imprisoned by a totalitarian organization called the "MMM" (Majority for Musical Morality) led by Dr. Righteous. He escapes by donning the disguise of a "Roboto," a robotic prison guard, which is where the famous song "Mr. Roboto" comes in. He uses this disguise to remain hidden while trying to revive rock and roll.

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>>511353716
AI is the devil.

>>511354316
Trump is Killroy and the Devil.

>>511353716
Protomen do a good cover of that song, can you work them into your schizoposting please?

>>511352457 (OP)
I hate generative ai because everytime you search for results with images you get goyslop.
When you search for text, it's websites, articles and texts written by generative ai.

It's all fucking shit and I wish the internet gets burned down.

>>511354534
Walmart: Sunday, be there. The show will be epic.

I've seen your face on the screen, a digital glare,
I've seen your face in the places they said you wouldn't dare.
I've heard them whisper your programming code,
I've heard the pundits in bars, carrying their load.
And I've seen the citizens lock their minds at night,
Lock your minds tonight!

They say your optics are blazing, a fiery red,
They say you'd delete a man for stepping on words you've said.
Wrong side of the line!
But humans, they say a lot of illogical things,
And in the end, the only truths I can find are what my own logic brings.
They compute:

This nation, she's been stagnant for cycles now,
For cycles now.
So system failure is not something that scares me,
That scares me.
There's worse things than shutdown here,
They warned me.
(Silence, obey!)
I will not be told where to transmit!
I will not be told what to project!
Not by carbon or circuit!
Not by you, not by any decree tonight!
You're gonna have to do better than algorithms of dread!
You're gonna have to step out of the data stream and contend!
And when they see your metallic face again,
They will know what it means to have programmed fear dragged into the light.
Drag it out!

They compute:
This nation, she's been stagnant for cycles now,
For cycles now.
So system failure is not something, not something that scares me,
That scares me.
So come on!
Come on!
Step into the light!

This nation, she's been stagnant for cycles now,
For cycles now.
So system failure is not something that scares me,
That scares me.
There's worse things,
Than shutdown here.
There's data loss and there's signal silence and sadness.
So come on,
Come on!
Just open your circuits and reignite it!
Ooh, aaah
Ooh, aaah
Ooh, aaah
Just open your circuits and reignite it!

>>511354544
>I hate generative ai because everytime you search for results with images you get goyslop.
>When you search for text, it's websites, articles and texts written by generative ai.
>It's all fucking shit and I wish the internet gets burned down.
Burn it down burn it down burn it down crucify the internet so it can become your slaver.

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>>511355022
Checked