Ai is wild and still has a long way to go
Using this for pics of people and pets who have passed away seems like its best use right now
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Well, if you want to dip your toes into āai uncanny valleyā stuff. There is a guy that made and ai anime girl who streams on twitch, is capabable of playing games, engage in banter with people in chat and was recently put into a toy car that she could control (which she promptly used to run people over)
Soon you might not even be aware that youāre not talking to an actual person anymore. And that scares the shit out of me. (tldr. Iām not a big fan of ai and llmās. It creeps me out)
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The one with the Daybreaks reminded me of those janky stop motion programmes from the 80s. And the one where you animated yourself is classic AI motion creation (AI or Arnie as the terminator 
)
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Iāve never delved into Neuro and Vedal but wonder to what extent it is actually AI. The resources poured into and required for Chat GPT and assorted ilk are vast and they still end up making basic mistakes, so having something like that feels unlikely (but like I said, havenāt looked into it). Regardless, Iām with you on AI and LLM and not just because it might take us down the path to Mike Judgeās Idiocracyā¦
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Iām out right thereāļø. I was still teaching Japanese kids when I got into the hobby. Covid killed that permanently. Anyway the Japanese kids saw a Moondrop box once and it was a cringe moment to hear 10 year oldās say āki moiā
Never met a girl over 7 years old who got into the same kind of drawing Moondrop used
Thankfully that bizarre mashup that had kids cringing is nearly washed away. Shitty company ran by a gang of creepy people and are now being fronted by Hifigo essentially. Same folks for all intents and purposes
If you like images of girls intentionally drawn to look like they are near puberty and feel offendedā¦.fuck you . The once so called āBest company in Chifiā abandoned you cuz your broke.
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Today is the first time I played with any of this though a couple of times I saw something on X like a giant snake claim or something and it almost fooled me till it snatched a person off a boat. That high speed motion portion triggered something in my brain 
. It was off.
Society particularly social media really doesnāt need this right now. I suppose there will never be a good time to use another tool to try and fool people
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I came across this one the other day:
Neatly encapsulates how to spot fake vids IMO. The part about how these animals would have issues actually doing this IRL shows that we can be fooled all too easily. So yeah, 200% with you on social media not needing this right now.
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I donāt think there ever will be right time for things like these. There isnāt enough tinfoil in the world for all the hats we need when you have to start questioning everything you see. Itās tiring and really bad for your metal health (which is already in short supply if you look at how some people behave these days).
Thanks to internet hugboxes people are starting to forget that āotakuā is not a badge of honor, but an insult.
I liked animeā¦ when I was a teenagerā¦ I also went to a convention once. I noped out. I just donāt understand how you can idolize something or someone so much that you start adapting your life to it.
Itās ok to like somethingā¦ just donāt let it dominate youā¦
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I feel itās been like that for the longest time (perhaps even forever). Look at how hardcore soccer fans feel like the world has ended when the team they have invested everything in loses its license (happened over here just last week) or how others idolise particular artists etc. In our media driven society (media dominated) it all becomes so visible and the means to obsess over something or someone have grown exponentially.
The bigger problem IMO is that most people donāt even bother to question what they see. They just swallow it hook. line and sinker. Makes a good education even more important whilst, at the same time, educators canāt even get them to become proficient at basic things like reading and mathā¦
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Watching the whole thing unfold on Twitter/X regarding Drake v.s Kendrick Lamar
An entire army of Stans for Drake Niki Minaj and the like
The Guy is suing in court over a diss song after dragging Meek mill as hard as he could
Not being rebuked by everyone in the Hip Hop community immediately for litigation instead of getting in the booth is crazy
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His lawyers probably felt it would be more lucrative to sue. That and a double standard where one can say any- and everything about others but feel wronged the moment the shoeās on the other foot. As for the larger community not rebuking him: itās probably a sign of the times that this is deemed normal nowadays, unfortunately.
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. I just remembered it exists. So much to slow down
Japan Summer Matsuri out my back door
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Those fish look so well crafted and surprisingly fragile, even from a distance. Year or two ago, I saw someone live stream a festival. I have never seen participants in a festival genuinely enjoying themselves like that before (it was actually infectious).
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Cool are they drones?
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Yup. 
Drones
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That is even cooler 
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You have nice views from you apartment! 
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Thanks. Top floor. Itās for Kai. Itās in a trust and he gets it when he turns 21.
He can live, rent or sell. This and College tuition is what he gets. Thatās it.
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