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olivermoss) wrote2023-02-20 04:10 pm
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* Humans back on top in Go. For now at least, humans can beat computers are Go by specifically exploiting the weaknesses of machines... which is basically studying your opponent.
* A Sci Fi magazine that helped launch a lot of authors is closing open submissions due to getting spammed with AI submissions.
* Also something something the Bing AI was weird and argued with people about what the current year is.
* Even more RPG and other companies that take art submissions for contests and/or publication are banning AI and the tech-bros are angry. One of the points no one seems to care about is that art needs to be human made to by copyrightable in the US. These companies can't use AI submissions for art assets, because art assets need to be subject to copyright.
But also, these spaces rely on community. Allowing AI art in some of these spaces would be the companies screwing over their own communities, and therefor customer base. Tech bros flooded a twitch stream I was on to 'help' the streamer learn to use AI for thumbnails and art to promote the stream. He was just like 'My community makes my art. I don't want to be a dick to my own community.'
None of this means that plagarism bots calling themselves 'ai' are over, but a few months ago we had no idea how these apps were going to play out and now we are starting to see. The companies are dealing with backlash, legal issues and and need to start monetizing their products.
This Tom Scott video is one of the few good takes we've seen. Basically no one, not even insiders, know if the technology is going to continue to evolve or hit a ceiling. The weird techbros and their fanboys who are pushing completely false narratives about reactions to the rise of the digital age so far are sure that things will only improve faster and faster, but that is not how anything has worked ever with technology or computers.
Some very random navel gazing about this:
What has perplexed me the most about reactions to 'ai' is people being 'we can't tell what is real anymore'. But, these people NEVER COULD. We've had slick audio editing tricks only professionals could detect for about 20 years now. We've always been reliant on good sourcing and trusting experts. But so many people, especially those under 30 are panicking like their lifeline to reality is eroding because they rely on viral 'leaked' videos and audios to know what is really going on in the world instead of news media or having a basic concept of how to source anything.
For a lot of people, it's like reality is falling apart for them, but that reality has always been bullshit. They've just built their lives on information flows outside of the evil 'mainstream media' and have zero media literacy. And, to be fair, I do following some sources I trust who are outside of mainstream media, especially on crypto... but also I had a base understanding on crypto before the NFT Web3 BS blew up so I was able to navigate who was saying shit that made sense and who didn't, no matter how many people screamed at me on twitter. I also do read articles from news sources, even though they tend to be trash. Honestly, one BIG reason why a lot of people who are very internet culture / tech / new media literate tend to hate anything even close to mainstream media is that they tend to be hot garbage on the topics they know a lot about. All the articles I've seen from established news sites or magazines on the rise of ai where complete shit.
Anyway, just like in the early days of computers a lot of news places need to source some non-idiots to cover this shit. I'd go on a bit longer, but I need to get off my butt and get some stuff done.
* A Sci Fi magazine that helped launch a lot of authors is closing open submissions due to getting spammed with AI submissions.
* Also something something the Bing AI was weird and argued with people about what the current year is.
* Even more RPG and other companies that take art submissions for contests and/or publication are banning AI and the tech-bros are angry. One of the points no one seems to care about is that art needs to be human made to by copyrightable in the US. These companies can't use AI submissions for art assets, because art assets need to be subject to copyright.
But also, these spaces rely on community. Allowing AI art in some of these spaces would be the companies screwing over their own communities, and therefor customer base. Tech bros flooded a twitch stream I was on to 'help' the streamer learn to use AI for thumbnails and art to promote the stream. He was just like 'My community makes my art. I don't want to be a dick to my own community.'
None of this means that plagarism bots calling themselves 'ai' are over, but a few months ago we had no idea how these apps were going to play out and now we are starting to see. The companies are dealing with backlash, legal issues and and need to start monetizing their products.
This Tom Scott video is one of the few good takes we've seen. Basically no one, not even insiders, know if the technology is going to continue to evolve or hit a ceiling. The weird techbros and their fanboys who are pushing completely false narratives about reactions to the rise of the digital age so far are sure that things will only improve faster and faster, but that is not how anything has worked ever with technology or computers.
Some very random navel gazing about this:
What has perplexed me the most about reactions to 'ai' is people being 'we can't tell what is real anymore'. But, these people NEVER COULD. We've had slick audio editing tricks only professionals could detect for about 20 years now. We've always been reliant on good sourcing and trusting experts. But so many people, especially those under 30 are panicking like their lifeline to reality is eroding because they rely on viral 'leaked' videos and audios to know what is really going on in the world instead of news media or having a basic concept of how to source anything.
For a lot of people, it's like reality is falling apart for them, but that reality has always been bullshit. They've just built their lives on information flows outside of the evil 'mainstream media' and have zero media literacy. And, to be fair, I do following some sources I trust who are outside of mainstream media, especially on crypto... but also I had a base understanding on crypto before the NFT Web3 BS blew up so I was able to navigate who was saying shit that made sense and who didn't, no matter how many people screamed at me on twitter. I also do read articles from news sources, even though they tend to be trash. Honestly, one BIG reason why a lot of people who are very internet culture / tech / new media literate tend to hate anything even close to mainstream media is that they tend to be hot garbage on the topics they know a lot about. All the articles I've seen from established news sites or magazines on the rise of ai where complete shit.
Anyway, just like in the early days of computers a lot of news places need to source some non-idiots to cover this shit. I'd go on a bit longer, but I need to get off my butt and get some stuff done.
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Also, maybe Portland got more than it's fair share of the really tumblr-addled set. Lots of nerds moved here when I did, maybe some where strange and some where just boundary-less people looking for validation.
Same. Every time I've got to a meetup event or walk it's all the hardcore anti-mask and anti-vax set who assume I am one of them and want to welcome me into their MAGA arms and nope, nope, nope, nope
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Portland might have been a big target for the worst of the tumblr-types. It has that sort of "liberal utopia (in the quirky/weird way)" reputation. (Though I know you said that there've been people told absolutely untrue things about stuff like long-running transmasc queer spaces or the like.) It's very possible that there was at least a slightly-higher percentage of the bad-boundaried than in the average population.
Right? It seems like the "in-person socialization boom" is only for certain kinds of people... mostly ones I don't want anything to do with.
And while this is only true of my personal life, it seems like the vast majority of the people I knew at an acquaintance level, but would like to get to know better, are stuck dealing with other things completely. Grief over lost loved ones (covid and non) or all-consuming health issues (covid and non)...