Michael Lauritano

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

I see her thumbnails occasionally and they feel like rage bait. Very off-putting!

The ‘comfort blanket’ seems to match your stated positions best, imho

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

This backstory reads like a very dark joke to me

my hottest educational take is that schools should actively, non-punitively teach students how to admit when they don't know something, aren't sure or have made a mistake, with various teaching frameworks adapted to support this ideal, because people who can't admit fault are breaking the world

There are so many fucking grifters out there and not a single goddamn one of them knows what the fuck they are talking about, about the history of art or photography or its intersection with technology. They don't care about how the best photographers have a relationship to the people and places and things they take photos of, that the intent must be laser sharp and pointed especially in the moment of capture. They don't give a shit about the differences between different kinds of cameras, lenses, or how film develops colors in a way that your iphone flattens. Just say some bullshit about how "realistic painters thought they were going to be replaced too," without any idea of what that means. Monet?? Impressionism? Post-Impressionism? Much of that art movement comes out of influence and cultural exchange with Japan and East Asia, not some fear of being replaced by photographers. Be so fucking for real. These people cannot fathom artists being inspired by other artists, though. We are just arbitrary talking points distilled into reactions that never happened in response to new technology. I wish Monet could have beaten your ass with a tire iron.

"artists reacting to ai are the same as how painters reacted to photography" i keep seeing this take and want to commit violence for real

It’s global apartheid, a pyramid scheme, and landlord economics all rolled into one

and it makes people lazier, less educated, and less talented, which is exactly the type of population these oligarchs need to seize and maintain control

But at least we get cool profile pictures out of it, right?

Take the openpsychometrics quiz and post the first four you know:
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Glenn Rhee (The Walking Dead)
Dr. Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting
Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Marcus (The Bear)

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

I hear what you’re saying 100% and if they bring back the kid as a character, it will prove your point. But I also want to say, being a mother is badass. And passing on the hard lessons you learned in life to a new person is a small but vital sort of rebellion too.

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

"why not use [language model] for this" well you see I take some amount of pride in having stuff to say that can't be predicted by a statistical estimate

If someone is unable to critically engage with any work/franchise, they aren’t a real fan, just a brainless consumer.

The taste isn’t significantly different from a lot of other seltzers. It’s the name and brand styling that gives me secondhand embarrassment. My girlfriend likes it though, so whatever.

My fiancée, drawn from life??? 😉

No arguments here

This cost $2000 please buy my book. It’s illustrated.

‘I would potentially sacrifice my life to strangle you’: A Sentiment Against AI Art - The Comics Journal Ben Passmore with the case against AI art.

www.tcj.com/i-would-pote...

Of the bridges I have used, it’s not bad at all. Not the most aesthetically pleasing though. 3/5 stars.

I’m watching it whenever it arrives on YouTube! I can wait

Recent gingerbread portraits of my cats

An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

Guess I'm here now. RIP twitter( or X, I guess?)?