@iamnftbill @wutscookinn @Omakasea_ @ryder_ripps@Pauly0x@FedorLinnik So how can Yuga fight this notion?...be more anti-racist. ...hire some DEI advisors/PR first of all...Allow users to change their OG apes with new traits via a new serum....Get out in public and address things head on. Lawsuit will only make it worse.
@iamnftbill @wutscookinn @Omakasea_ @ryder_ripps@Pauly0x@FedorLinnik IMO they did what a lot of people do...unintentionally included biased tropes in their artistic expression. It was risky to choose 'apes' as the avatar in the first place given the simianization issue...where was the DEI consultant on this project!!
@iamnftbill @wutscookinn @Omakasea_ @ryder_ripps@Pauly0x@FedorLinnik As to how the original artist @allseeingseneca viewed the work, she claims provenance for the 'bored expression' features but has disavowed the traits (in a text chain with @ryder_ripps) and attributes those most of the other traits to other artists. https://t.co/OMGPMBJgTB
@iamnftbill @wutscookinn @Omakasea_ @ryder_ripps@Pauly0x@FedorLinnik I personally don't buy into the 4chan stuff since it is basically unverifiable but BAYC did tweet out that they directed the artists. https://t.co/gRj7m6B6qN
We wanted to take a moment to shout out the independent artists who worked under our art direction to create the BAYC: @chloeyeemay, @migwashere2, and @thomasdagley. The two other artists have preferred to remain secret agents. They are all 😍
@rayway_eth@dfi I see...are perhaps you saying that because it was 'machine generated' it may not have copyright protection? Or perhaps some other reason? Thanks!
@iamnftbill @Omakasea_ @ryder_ripps@Pauly0x@FedorLinnik One good conspiracy doesn't deserve another. We all know Ripps has been talking about BAYC since January (long before https://t.co/xv0KXAu2jk) Nobody knows who wrote that 4chan post. I'm not condoning an extremist view on either side.
@iamnftbill @Omakasea_ @ryder_ripps@Pauly0x@FedorLinnik I think it's more than a specific 4chan issue. @ryder_ripps opened up two battle lines/theses at once: 1) what is an NFT? and 2) BAYC has biased visual elements. I've asked myself...what does Ryder want from BAYC and the public. I think it is a recognition of the issues.