Alexc

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[–] Alexc 14 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I don’t consider it art. The only “creative” part is the prompt itself. Even then, it’s really just users trying to be as fanciful (or perverted) as possible. Once the prompt is ingested, the code takes its cues to remix the turgid crap that’s called the internet today.

Yes, once in a while it produces something “interesting” but this is an accident and not the desired outcome. Ask any artist about this - I’ve never met any that consider all their work as “good” (Ahem, Damien Hirst) and purposefully filter their own output. Ask AI to do that. It can’t. It will literally continue to shit things out until you ask it to stop. Again, like Damien Hirst…

The downside is it’s cheap and requires literally no skill. This means that soon, it will be pretty much everywhere, and thus we’ll continue the inexorable slide into abject mediocrity.

I’m not scared of the AI uprising. I’m scared it’s going to bore us all to death.

[–] Alexc 4 points 1 year ago

That implies forethought and planning on behalf of governments at all three levels. And moreover, for them to do it together.

Canada - it’s a like the US, but with a public health system and worse cronyism

[–] Alexc 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I just realized something…

At some point, Valve will release a Steam Deck 2 - It will be slimmer and even better than the first. Maybe in a couple of years I am guessing

Then that will be it because other companies will be releasing cheaper devices with their Steam OS. Steam simply cannot compete with them on price, and the feature set (other than faster chips) will mostly be locked in.

In short, there will be now Steam Deck 3 - Gaben strikes again

[–] Alexc 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Came here to say the same thing from slightly different perspective.

I worked at a company that provided Value Added Services to all the carriers. Somehow (lobbying, I guess) all the revenue share we received was treated by them as R&D money, even though it was pure profit. In short, they were making a ton of cash, sharing some of it with us, and then not re-investing it back into their networks like they were legally required to do.

They are an exercise in failed capitalism

[–] Alexc 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try stewing steak instead of ground beef… I won’t go back

[–] Alexc 10 points 2 years ago

Isn’t this guy supposed to be a lawyer? He can’t string two sentences together coherently.

[–] Alexc 11 points 2 years ago

How is this f*cktard speaking on behalf of anyone…?

[–] Alexc 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hallmark Movies…

I once read that they shoot a bunch of footage and then turn it into at least 2-3 different films. Cheap. Crap

[–] Alexc 3 points 2 years ago

The “AI” can safely be omitted from the title. That’s the nature of all startups…

[–] Alexc 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Except for all the twats in my neighborhood that drive around town with full beams on permanently.

Occasionally they turn then off when you flash them, but most are just oblivious. Automatics would at least solve that…

[–] Alexc 8 points 2 years ago

That will be all the other Evangelicals in Iowa - Some of them really aren’t doing their bit to enable the rapture.

But yeah. They don’t read either.

[–] Alexc 1 points 2 years ago

I am sure many have asked this, but I love your stuff. Is it possible to buy one?

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