Allen James
@lalenjames.bsky.social
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Artist and musician. I ride bikes too. Interested in animal welfare, math, science, philosophy, foss/linux.
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Wow, had no idea you have your own shop and everything. This is very cool and the aesthetic with the purple looks nice too!
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That can't be legal to shoot a fleeing person. Is the family planning to sue?
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He wouldn't like heaven anyway.
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Public financing of candidates would go a long way to fixing this mess. Private dark money and politics is almost never a good combination.
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If people just generate images and post them without doing any review I think it gets more into slop territory because AI does make really dumb mistakes still. But when a human's critical eye is used to curate and modify the images that is where some aesthetic standards are being applied.
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Most/all human art is derivative too. It doesn't bother me much. I think the tech can produce interesting and aesthetic results, dare I say "creative". I've been making art my whole life so I can have an opinion on it too even if it goes against what the haters say.
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Because the topic of discussion is whether the above image aesthetically is "drivel". I don't think it is and they're rehashing old rhetoric that doesn't apply anymore. That doesn't mean I have no critiques of AI. Like with any once-per-century technology it will cause many problems too.
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The next Dem president could do the funniest thing and just reverse all this immediately.
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Satan doesn't want him.
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Interesting video by Christian immigrants which influenced Pope Leo's recent decision that "the church cannot be silent" and needs a "stronger, more unified voice".

youtu.be/rOdHZDpM9X8
Letter to Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church in the United States
YouTube video by Hope Border Institute
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(people go to Mars)

"who cares, it's as impressive as my shit"

"in fact when I take a shit, I can return that shit to the soil where it will break down and feed the soil 😎"

"I am so smart"

"wait why do people still care about that Mars thing"
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It was a really simple point I was making and you still failed to understand. It's wasn't meant to compare cars to AI lol.
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When did the person who posted that call themselves a creator? Must've missed that. Chances are most haters here found it because it was accurately and honestly labeled as AI art. Keep on dog-piling these people and incentivize them to not even be honest and label is as AI next time.
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"This car is so slow and stupid"

"Actually it can go 0 to 200 mph in 10 seconds"

"It's destroying the eco system!!!"

Can you not understand how that's a completely different discussion? I was responding to people calling this image "drivel".
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Yeah I know. And if people want to say they just don't like AI and think it harms artists I'm totally fine with that. But look back on the image I posted, and where the tech is now. Insisting on still calling it "drivel" or "slop" is silly IMO.
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Was your shit the culmination of 50 years of computer science and the kind of thing that would've seemed impossible even a few years ago?
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It's not useless if someone wants to generate an image like this in under 5 minutes instead of spending days and lots of money working with an artist, which they otherwise would not do so no artist is missing out on work anyway.
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Even five years ago this would've been considered miraculous. Did everyone forget what AI imagery used to look like just a few years ago?
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How'd you get this shot? Hot air balloon? 😝
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She's so tiring and makes me want to quit, and I don't even work there.
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"We're only kicking bad, undeserving people off Medicaid."
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That's just how Pimple rolls 😎
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That awkward moment when the flight crew promises 20% less heart attacks and strokes than last time.