Rethinkling

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

I had a joke about Orpheus, but looking back it may have been a mistake

A meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In the top panel, one man labeled "literally every company" hands a plate labeled "AI" to a man labeled "me." In the bottom panel, the man labeled "me" nonchalantly tosses the plate down the hallway, discarding it with casual disdain while the first man watches.

Time to post it again.

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

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All I can say is I have a rock solid conviction that the way to win in an era of AI arms races is to simply get even more human. Embrace the weird, quirky, opinionated, sharp, friction. In a sea of AI generated paste, all seeking to hit the average audience, that’s what’s gonna stand out.

I haven't played the game yet, but is there a part that showcases something that's not covered as well by other parts of your reel?

A series of Tumblr posts: The old magic persists thanks to its unfathomable power." No, the old magic persists because the new magic can't run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don't want or need onto my orb. Look, if the new magic didn't have a personality construct that kept trying to tell me which spells to use, maybe I wouldn't still be using the old magic. Yes it had a deep blood cost, but at least it was a one time sacrifice and not this monthly bloodletting nonsense new age magic has The old magic is robust enough to survive a decade of use and it's compatible with every wand, staff, scroll, and charm in our collection. The new magic stops working after three days and every spell uses proprietary runes. Our preferences, as an archiving institution, should be pretty clear. You try to get guidance for the new magic and the king's sorcerers maybe will answer you in a few days with an unhelpful suggestion to buy the newest orb. You need guidance for the old magic and a dozen retired middle-aged wizards will pop up to explain it to you rune by rune if necessary.

All of these spoke to me, deeply.

I spent so much time looking for a way to turn it off. Its not there

[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

Ke Huy Quan from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once saying “When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how l've learned to survive through everything.”

related ttrpg advice: the first few months of your campaign is about making a bunch of action figures that have strong feelings about each other

the rest of it is pushing their faces together and making them smooch

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a venn diagram. the left circle is “people who understand that climate change is an existential threat” and the right circle is “people who use Al, but, like, not for real work! lol! i just needed a silly pic of a dog on a scooter and it's surprisingly hard to find good reference images”

waaaaay too many people in the middle imo

One of the reasons I teach this poem in core lit is because it’s a reminder of what cannot be distilled/summarized — that’s true of all literature, but at this moment it’s necessary to include texts where it’s VERY OBVIOUS why you can’t just read for plot.

Hi, I do some writing and looking to get into voice acting

Time to take a nap I guess

The physical demands the physical

I played 'the details of our escape' a few weeks ago and it was great. I really want to play it again

Looks like it’s genuinely time to donate to Wikipedia

I despise the way AI and fascist modern forces are conspiring to destroy the concept of factual reality.

I am so tired of AI AHHHHHHHHHHGGGGHHDHHH?!?!!! How is this my life going forward and there is nothing I can do to not engage with it?!??!!!!!?

Actors for Animation and Video Games are frequently asked to perform as aliens and inhuman creatures with their own language.

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It's not quite your prompt, but Blood Car exists. There's even a syfy show apparently

This is cool. I am just starting out. And while such a great mic would be great, but I have a decent one and someone else would benefit more from this

Thank you! I'll be sure to reach out if I have any questions

Hi, I'm Herre. I've only just started getting into VO work. Still learning about how to get started, but I look forward to learning

Bow is in a similar position. It might not be as strong as Stamper. I've seen a lot of established players treat it like a charger, but that's not the best way to play it.