Over the past few years I’ve amassed a pretty solid folder of “favorite” wallpapers. I keep them rotating at random for the two monitor setup I’ve got. Every couple of months I’ll get the itch to add more to collection and delete the ones that don’t click anymore.

I would mostly use Reddit to find them. AI ruined that option. In the world of sharing wallpapers, it’s not exactly a circle of artists vehemently defending their space (and rightfully so) from the AI boom. Most of the places I checked seemed to be overwhelmed by people trying to show off their prompting skills. Fortunately there was an alternative shared in one of those very forums: wallhaven.cc. Not only is there a wealth of interesting wallpaper but they have banned AI wallpapers from being shared on their site.

I’m not naïve.

I know there’s probably some lurking on there, but I feel much better knowing there’s an effort to keep AI out.

Check it out. The image featured above can be found here: https://wallhaven.cc/w/gwq1w3