Philip Deevy

Onyx says thank you!

Actually, I think I agree with you - been thinking about it on and off all day and I've made up my mind to swap it out for one of my cat I took earlier. It just doesn't sit well with me to keep using it. Love what I've seen of your art!

Picture of Onyx, a black cat, eating kibble.

And now for something completely different...

This is Onyx. Onyx is camera-shy, so I have to find ways of sneaking pictures of her. She dashed into our kitchen from outside as a part-grown kitten and into our lives last Christmas Eve. Been part of our family since.

Cheers! Don't worry though, it's getting me to stop speaking that poses the challenge here. 😂 It's always interesting to me to see where these conversations end up.

One post would have sufficed, I agree. Thing is though, there is a certain irony in commenting against AI being used in this way when not a week ago I created an avatar in ChatGPT. *shrug*

And I like to waffle on a bit about things I am interested in. Creates good discussion if nothing else.

I am going to commission an artist in the near future to create a similar avatar using the same photo, but in their own style. When that is done I will retire this avatar. Until then, I will keep using it as a reminder to myself of how AI slop can be used to harm artists and creators. (3/3)

I am vocal about supporting artists and creators instead of AI dreck. So why do it? 1) Curiosity as to the results; 2) in order to demonstrate how easily we can be seduced by it; 3) because in order to understand why it is a problem you have to be able to speak from experience of it. (2/3)

So, full disclosure.

Yes, my avatar was generated using ChatGPT. I was curious about what would happen if I used a profile picture and told ChatGPT to change the outfit. I was quite unprepared for what it generated. (1/3)

I will also say that apart from a couple of images I created to see for myself how it works I don't intend to make a habit of it.

For now, I will leave it. But I do intend to replace it with one hand drawn by an artist in their own style. Because it's important to support artists and their work. Having this as my avatar reminds me of the importance of this fact Because it is really easy to get seduced by AI generated art.

Yes, I know. It is AI-generated from ChatGPT using a personal picture. It's one of the reasons I have an interest in the subject. I was curious to see what would happen if I instructed ChatGPT to generate this. I have always been a Star Trek movie fan. I was unprepared for how unsettled it made me.

Food for thought: we are using AI to create digital slaves to churn out mediocre fanfiction at best. It devalues the art and skills involved, and it demeans the person whose creativity and talent it is based upon.

Don't fall for it, and don't impose it on their families if they have passed on!

Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96 She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

Sad news. #PatriciaRoutledge
www.bbc.com/news/article...

We need to put our efforts into lifting up the best of us - we can't normalize the acceptance of such awful people. We need to search for and promote examples that we can point to and say - there goes someone that in their own way makes the world better by being themselves.

There was the scrape of many small swords being drawn and thrust into the air. "Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free men! Nae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae Master! We will not be fooled again!"

I think that Sir Terry said it best in his novel "The Wee Free Men."

KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”

I like it! Still a skeptic on the AI frenzy, but for some things - a useful tool to visualize concepts. But also a bit unnerving.

And yes, I do plan on having an actual anime artist draw this when I can. Support real artists, folks!

ChatGPT-generated profile picture depicting a man in a classic maroon officer's tunic from the Star Trek: The Original Series movies.

So I was messing with ChatGPT, even though I'm not really a fan of AI, and I created an anime version of my profile photo. Then, just for laughs I asked it to change my shirt out for the maroon uniform from Star Trek...

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

No. Just no. This is exactly why I dumped Windows and MS Office on my personal daily driver.

www.theverge.com/news/787076/...

It's not on my calendar - I don't think I got an invite?

Nope. One less reason to keep my Windows 11 install.

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

Death of Stalin movie poster

No reason.

Good. Support real authors, artists and content creators.

#caturday

I resemble this remark.

Democrats: What do we need to do to win back disillusioned voters?

Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.

Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.

Voters: That's not-

Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?

Pinkie Pie holding a large club.

Munchkin Card Idea Because Apparently I Have Too Much Time on my Hands: PINK PONY CLUB.

Went into my junk folder. Looks like spam.