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@virski.bsky.social

Alien sent by an advanced civ to observe humanity. Plays video games and watches anime, for uhh research purposes. Sci-fi is cool. Knows some things about computers. Proud owner of a laser gun and UFO.

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When an AI generates "suspense" in writing and what it comes up with are all the guns suddenly and inexplicably jamming or all the lightbulbs shattering on their own for no reason.

08.11.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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blanket - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

By the way, I'd like to make it very clear that it is *impossible* without broad availability. This ranges from privacy concerns to sheer sociopolitical practicality.

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blanket "covering or encompassing everything"

08.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Considering how he condemns countries which try to ban things, this feels like "covering the ass" language, so someone doesn't come up with a hypothetical or something he isn't arguing for (i.e. deepfakes).

08.11.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes, it feels like "sexual crime prevention" is a buzzword. There is a few people who say it over and over, with various different intended meanings.

08.11.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, something generic like a Spirit World is the kind of thing that someone could easily come up with on their own (or get from mythology). Bleach has lighter direct references to mythology compared to some other titles.

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From what I can see, titles like Naruto, Dragonball, and Yu Yu Hakusho were highly inspired by mythology. There are lots of signs.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamata_... Orochimaru in Naruto is clearly inspired by this mythological creature. You can also see a reference to it in the Ayakashi anime.

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

suffering from burnout but the publisher wanted to keep publishing material. That might be relevant.

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TV and still continue normally (without catching a re-run or buying the title on VHS). It seemed like at times they were also trying to stuff in yet another episode. A couple of Bleach's filler arcs were fairly inexplicable.

From what I've heard of Bleach, the creator was apparently

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

which never seemed to actually happen (although, I think PokΓ©mon eventually dealt with that).

JoJo has it too in Part 3 in the long journey to Cairo, and the title does go back to that sort of time period.

I imagine part of it was so that someone can watch an episode, and miss an episode, on the

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This isn't a dunk on them, this was a product of the times, a time of television.

Think of say, battles that last eight episodes, long journeys to nowhere, another random island.

There were titles like PokΓ©mon and Inuyasha which had some great goal. Become the champion. Get the magic gemstone..

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I see someone trying to say the issue with the Big Three was formulaic stuff like Jiraiya being a copy of Master Roshi or Bleach supposedly being inspired by the Spirit World Arc from Yu Yu Hakusho.

Honestly, if they had a flaw, it was the episodic nature.

07.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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05.11.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The case takes a stranger turn as it feels like they're looking for excuses to punish Shein, perhaps, because they don't like their "fast fashion" model.

06.11.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, she is a lawyer. It is questionable to say that the speech that comes out of an AI model isn't speech, especially if a lot of people use it.

On the other hand, there are those who have made copyright arguments, and there are data protection ones too.

06.11.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is up with this guy and his bad porn takes? #australia #auspol #FreeSpeech #anime

06.11.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/virs... There is no link between porn and crime. #australia #auspol #FreeSpeech

06.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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False Confessions False confessions occur more than most people think and result from a variety of factors, including the use of coercive and deceptive tactics.

have we thought about how this is an inherently coercive situation? Someone might externalize it.

innocenceproject.org/false-confes... These situations are so inherently coercive that people are known to make false confessions. #australia #auspol #FreeSpeech

06.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There being a criminal who watches porn, or some kind of porn doesn't mean porn causes crime. That's like saying that watching the news causes crime because criminals watch the news.

Even if a criminal says something to a cop when they're charged with some crime, #australia #auspol #FreeSpeech

06.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Salter, I know you are trying to be smart with your "gotchas" but prosecuting someone for mopping a floor doesn't become okay just because there is someone who mopped a floor who was a murderer. #australia #auspol #FreeSpeech

Also, it's highly anecdotal.

06.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

If there's one thing I didn't like about tech in EU4, it's that it's hard for some countries to get high tech, even if they have large empires / development. I hope the mechanics there are improved in this one.

06.11.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Europa Universalis V now available Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Paradox Tinto have released Europa Universalis V, the latest in their grand strategy franchise. Europa Universalis V is now available worldwide for Windows…

nichegamer.com/europa-unive... The historical grand strategy games from Paradox are usually very good.

06.11.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

More specifically, "Caitlin" has argued that all porn is unethical and she is known to call for censorship.

06.11.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Caitlin" is an extremist who is known to make misleading statements and who has said before that she wants to ban porn. She is not reliable on anything. #Shein #France #FreeSpeech

06.11.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are also known for making misleading scientific representations for anything they want to censor. #Shein #France #EU #FreeSpeech

06.11.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For instance, the "Dentsu" logo appears in the opening for the Disgaea anime.

05.11.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone says "Dentsu" was founded a few years ago but I can see their logo appear in titles from decades ago?

05.11.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There isn't even one kind of neuron. There are multiple kinds of neurons.

05.11.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Intelligence in living beings is also far more complex than the architectures you see in AI. Generally speaking, nature isn't going to trend towards something complex like that for no reason.

05.11.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fundamentally though, it's not conscious. It can't reason. It's a next word guessing machine that's spitting out words. It's silly to jump to the most ridiculous assumption.

05.11.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It certainly beats assuming the AI is plotting or something (the most ridiculous assumption).

05.11.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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