other cons follow suit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttv8T6aRjNQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250903-dragoncon-ejects-ai-artist-to-approval-of-all - podcast
time: 6 min 58 sec
update: so the AI slopster is Gerez herself. She pulled the same scam at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in 2024 — get accepted with real paintings, then fill the booth with AI slop. C2E2 also has a rule against AI art, but nobody threw her out that time. Now I’m honestly surprised I can’t find Gerez getting into NFTs.
Now I’m honestly surprised I can’t find Gerez getting into NFTs.
haha, yes makes you wonder. That kind of scam prob is safer to do under a fake name, so wouldn’t be surprised if it was revealed she did.
Common DragonCon W. The whole con was a lovely reprieve from the bullshit-industrial complex.
I think it is genuinely lovely but also I think its starting to strain under its own weight.
There’s a lot of outdoor queueing in either direct Georgia 90° sunshine or the pouring rain, and due to the rule you can’t queue for more than an hour beforehand, a weird pseudo-queue system, and none of the venues can hold enough audience.
The lines weren’t nearly as gnarly this year, but the mild weather and extra positivity surely helped!
Went a few years back, and it is next level. Almost too much to take in for this introvert.
Loved the blow up T-Rex mosh pit, and the line of people in Andor prison uniforms going to the pool while chanting “One way out!”
Wow. Good on them.
this is apparently the same Oriana Gerez five years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJGZnCy7Muw
it was 2020 and she was already “AI is inevitable”
from particle physics to art scams
(her sound is bad enough I’m not bothering to listen myself and youtube’s transcriber choked on it, but it retains curiosity value)
Awesome
Heartwarming: There Actually Is Justice In This World
Pure, unfiltered schadenfreude for today - this was a very fun read.
