#how developers use AI

[pauljonessoftware]

My AI Pair Programmer Works as Hard as I Do

How I Rediscovered My Love for Building With Help From an Invisible Teammate When I first started programming, it was exciting—creative, even intoxicating. I came from a background in electronics engineering, and code felt like this unlimited sandbox where I could invent anything. I dove in enthusiastically, thinking I’d found the perfect side hustle or creative outlet. But then something…

[nishitanis-left-nut]

im not that great at analyzing characters and reading into subtext and all that but tumblr has opened my eyes and made me think more about majimas queerness and then i remembered Hannya-Man and its like. its not even subtext the text is hitting you over the head with The Implications.

[starssoblue]

"the reason adrien is just instantly good at everything he tries is because he is programmed to be that way as a senti" aside from the fact that i don't think that's how it works (and also while he was decent at everything he tried with marinette he wasn't instantly good at all of them, and what marinette actually said to him was that he could improve in anything with practice but it was a great first attempt) did we all collectively forget about how adrien actually canonically isn't the best singer?

[lynn-tged-posting]

tged webtoon ep 174 spoilers and thoughts that i'm actually kinda happy about but there's just a little bit more that i wish we got to see this ep but possibly maybe itll show up later,,, maybe,,, i hope,,, and more below the cut

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BEFORE WE BEGIN. WOW. HI ALICIA. WOW!!! WOW!!! SIRENS!!! HOLY BINGLE! GOOD MORNING YUOR HIGHNESS UR GORGEOUS. HELLO!!! WOW. YES. ANYTHING YOU SAY MA'AM. YES MY QUEEN OF COURSE ANYTHING YOU SAY

SHE'S GOT ABS AND MUSCLE SHE'S TONED AND HER LEGS R STRONG AND WOW. WOW GOOD MORNING HI. YES. THANK YOU KHS THANK YOU IM,,, WOW,,, I LOVE STRONG WOMEN,,, BEAUTIFUL!!!

ok back to the ep LMFAOO

it seems i kiiinda misunderstood what was happening last ep, everyone relevant to the railroad construction is in the time bubble it's just that javier isn't going up to the mountains with lloyd,,, i see!!!

"i wanna go to him and make sure he's safe" ooogh,,, oh javier,,, u love him sm,,,, ooohhhh

tbh at first i was like, a lil confused that javier didn't go up to check on lloyd esp since javier is so willing to do anything to protect lloyd. its clear too that he knows abt lloyd's heart freezing,,, though i suppose at the same time, javier trusts lloyd's word so much that when the noble says he'll be fine, javier accepts it as he always has,,, either way his desire to run to protect lloyd and his willingness to trust that lloyd will be okay are both very sweet,,, the mutual trust always makes me so happy,,,,,,, ohhh javier ilysm,,,,,,

i am glad then that alicia went up to go check on him and that javier is reassured by this!!! look at his smile ooohhh hehehee

i think choosing to have javier trust his queen instead of sowing conflict btwn the two is rlly nice, tho mostly bc i am biased bc i tend to prefer sweet reliability over infighting,,, he trusts her to take care of lloyd the way javier would take care of lloyd,,, (is this alillovier propaganda? perchance,,, /lh)

it makes so much sense that they'd be on the same wavelength n get along,,, two peas in a pod,,, powerful and clever and oh so loyal to the person that they've come to admire, respect, and love,,, the person that's saved them time and time again,,, heehee,,, truly the besties of all time!!! red and blue!!! i love it a lot!!!

and now for lloyd,,, hehe

i need it to be known that the moment i saw this panel, lloyd wearing alicia's sweater, i yelled and kicked and nearly cried. very loudly. what the hell. THATS SO?? THATS SO. IDEK

still forever thinking abt how javier is always the first one to his mind they truly r the duo ever,,, regardless of whether theyre platonic or romantic they're literally each other's number ones and the first ones they turn to im so. thats so. ghhh my heart,,, (ALSO HI ALICIA)

his stupid face,,, HIS PANELS THIS EP WERE SO SO FUNNY AND SO SO CUTE,,, i love u,,, HE JUST LOOKS SO SHOCKED AAAAHHH SO CUTE,,, wide-eyed and dumbfounded . lloyd i love u

the gags this ep were fucking amazing too HAHA i didnt add it above but the bit where alicia was like "lol next ur gonna tell me he's the demon king" and then just turns and oh hi theres demons LMFAOOO THAT WAS GOOD

AND THESE TOO SO SO SILLY i love when they're silly like this,,, goofy ass inchworm,,, its not helping u beat the bug allegations buddy,,, ily

LIKE THIS FUCKING GRABBING BIT I CACKLED SO FUCKING LOUD HAHAHAHAHAA AND LLOYD ROLLING AWAY GOD THEYRE SO FUNNY I LOVE THEM

and then she shared her mana w him,,, the little smile she gives and LLOYD BLUSHING BACK IM SO. THATS SO CUTE. HE LOOKS SO CUTE. THIS IS SO SWEET,,, AHHH,,, AAAHHHH CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE

though smth to note here, i am quite confused as to why javier's mana is suddenly rejected when he tries to absorb it? but alicia's works just fine? and javier has shared mana with lloyd before, my mutual reminded me of the namaran wall arc where siluria and javier both help lloyd with absorbing the hell knight,,, however the fact that javier's mana components have yet to break the law of causality during this arc, aka he wasnt a grandmaster yet. maybe bc of his status as a grandmaster now, where he has the same otherworldy mana lloyd does, that makes it not possible to properly absorb the mana?

alternatively, javier technically is never fated to die/be transformed in the original story, whereas lloyd should be dead and alicia should be tainted with dark magic, so bc the two of them have warped their fates at the moment, it works? and javier's doesnt bc he's technically not? idk if that makes any sense,,, i was told by my mutual that javier has shared mana with lloyd a lot in the novel before, so i'm not sure why they made this change! i hope they expand on it a lil in the future,,,

also, while i'm yapping here, i like that alicia is straightforward abt what she likes abt lloyd, but i wish they got to have a longer conversation than this,,, like this is a good start but it didn't really go anywhere (besides some really wonderful panels of lloyd but i mean like, narrative-wise lol)

as i mentioned in my last liveblog, alicia and suho share a lot more common experiences than they probably realize! and i think if they got a chance to talk about that, talking about their past circumstances, how they became who they are now, and just more in general on what led alicia to fall for lloyd besides what he's capable of,,, this ship would actually sail pretty well, yknow?

unfortunately though with the pacing of the manhwa and i guess just their episode length requirements in general, it makes sense that they couldn't get to that,,, i just wish it happened,,, maybe in snippets in future episodes? but seeing as we're getting pretty close to the end afaik, the chances are slim

i mainly love llovier but i also really love alilloyd, and i think alilloyd as a whole would have a much better leg to stand on if they actually talked about their experiences and had more instances of saving each other, of supporting each other, the way javier does with lloyd. it's too few and too far between for alicia and lloyd, so it feels like it's flatter than what it could be, y'know?

a part of me hopes that they did get to do that in the novel, but from what i recall hearing, alilloyd didn't have a strong leg in the novel either,,, i distantly recall someone telling me that the manhwa is actually doing alilloyd stronger justice than the novel did (i may be misremembering tho so don't quote me on that lol), and seeing as the manhwa's interpretation of alilloyd is so few and far between as is,,,, it makes me worried that the novel never actually got to touch upon how their relationship evolves (if im wrong, please correct me!!!)

i just want them to do well,,, they're super cute,,, please,,, ueueueue

anyway,,, this leads us to probably my FAVORITE panel of this week,,, this one of lloyd completely flushed EEE EHEHEHHEHEHEHHEE

SO SO SO SO CUTE. I YELPED WHEN I SAW THIS,,, I LOVE THAT ALICIA FALLS FIRST AND THEN LLOYD FALLS SO MUCH HARDER THAT'S FUCKING ADORABLE. methinks it's like that with javier too. lloyd falling and tripping up over realizing someone has romantic affection for him is probably one of my favorite things EVER. that's adorable. I LOVE HIM AAAHHH CUTE CUTE CUTE

one last thing to mention is just that,,, it seems like theres a mage messing w the weather conditions up in the mountains and i aaaam a lil worried that itll kickstart fate for alicia,,,, esp considering we,,, havent seen worthroad in a while. whatever that guys name was,,, what if its him and he's gonna fuck everything up!?? im really worried for them,,, please be okay,,,

and that's all for this week! i really REALLY enjoyed this episode,,, the panels and art were so so good, and while there were some things i wished would happen i think it was still really good overall, it gave me a lot to talk about! the gags were balanced and their interactions were so fun,,, yay!

i'll see yall next time,,, im so excited to see whats next,,,!!!!!

[whentherewerebicycles]

AI post you might be interested in:

https://www.tumblr.com/sea-shelly/785869735518715904?source=share

i just finished reading someone's annual self-assessment form, which was so obviously AI-generated that i went to copilot (the tool our institution pushes), plugged in the review questions with some basic instructions, and had it immediately spit out virtually the exact same content this person had sent to me. then i came to tumblr and read this post, which so perfectly sums up the experience of reading AI-generated text. the words make sense. they form sentences that convey some basic information. but my brain just sort of slides over the sentences without absorbing anything, because nothing real or substantive is being communicated. it's nothingness. it's white noise text. it's empty calorie content. it fills space without conveying anything all about what the person believes, who they are, what makes them tick, what their little expressive quirks are, how they see and make sense of the world. it depresses me so fucking much. and 'slop' is the perfect word for it. it's just slop. it's horrible. it's such a waste of my one wild & precious life to read this shit and to have to engage with it like it's something this person really worked on, instead of something a computer spat out for them in .02 seconds so they could get back to scrolling social media.

[kiristoarts]

Honestly dtmg has so much missed potential with ghost characters. Like other than Billy you only see another ghost once (Bobby) which opens up the idea that there's other ghosts the cast can interact with but they don't. I know you explored it in some of your fics but like, for example, they could have come up with fun explorations of house dietys (spirits that protect homes and houses in Japanese folklore I think) or haunted objects or haunted areas. Like for example irl it's said that the Hollywood sign is haunted. It just could have been so much fun if they could explore that properly.

I 1000% agree! That's one reason I started writing DTMG stuff to begin with. DTMG has a lot of tropes that I LOVE, like Ghosts, Music (though I prefer rock and roll over pop), and corny/B list horror/zombie movies (especially 80's ones). Unfortunately, we didn't really get much of that in the show...

I had several ideas for various ghosts and hauntings that the boys would get involved in, but I just haven't gotten around to writing them. Long post, so more under the cut if you're interested:

I had one idea drafted about Spencer working part-time at a movie theater, only to realize it was haunted by a ghost from the black and white films era who would trap his victims in silent movie-esque scenarios. The ghost was upset about being forgotten and left behind. The boys would have to figure out how to calm the ghost down and would work out a compromise, getting the theater to have a classic movie night every now and then, so the ghost wouldn't keep trapping people. Another idea I had was for Spencer to start delving into 'ghost hunting' videos on his MeTube channel. It doesn't go as well as he thought because all the fancy 'ghost hunting' equipment he bought turns out to be mostly BS or 'the living' can't see the evidence. Here's a little drabble I wrote:

“Ok, EVP test,” Spencer said into the mic as he panned his camera around. “Is there anyone here who would like to talk?” Billy grinned and waved when the camera turned to him. “BJC here!” “Not you,” Spencer snapped. “Anyone else, who might want to talk with us?”

At one point, Spencer actually finds one haunted house but doesn't realize it until the ghost follows him home and starts to torment him and Billy in the mansion. Here's the little drabble I was thinking of when they get home after a hunt and order take-out, only to be met with something worse than a bad delivery driver. Please pardon how rough it is:

Spencer opened the door, grinning at their would-be food bearer. But blinked at the empty space that greeted him instead. He took two steps out of the entrance, looking around, but there was no one there. Not even a delivery bag was left on the stoop. Huh... Maybe he’d imagined it? But no. Billy heard it too. Even told him to go answer the door and get the food. Confused, he shook his head, stepped back in, and closed the door. Maybe the delivery guy had left when Spencer took too long to get to the door. He turned back around and started making his way back up the stairs. Knock Knock Knock Spencer’s heart lept and he whipped around. He shook his head to get a hold of himself. The deliveryman came back. That was all. Must have been within view of the house and seen Spencer come to the door. “Coming!” He called as he jogged over to ensure they didn’t leave again. He flung the door open, anticipating seeing that friendly face even more now. Nothing.  Spencer’s heart sank. He took a few hurried steps outside, looking around in all directions. There was no one else around. He stretched up on his toes, looking over the decorative walls and shrubs around the yard. Maybe a ding-dong-ditch-er was playing a prank; some neighborhood kids or any one of his many, many school bullies. Someone must have found out he was home alone (more or less) and was trying to scare him.  “Not very clever, ya know! It’ll take more than that to scare me!” He shouted into the darkness. No response. A wave of embarrassment washed over him at how ridiculous he must look right now. Outside, by himself, yelling at nothing. He ran back inside and slammed the door, locking it behind him. There was a logical explanation. Maybe the delivery guy had come and gone again. Somehow, impossibly, quick enough that Spencer hadn’t seen him. That was all, right? Right.  Spencer sucked in a breath. Everything was fine. He was the Horror Helmer after all, they’d have to do more than knock to scare him. Spencer started back towards the stairs. Five steps away from the door. Six, seven, eight, nine- KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK Spencer jumped, spinning around and nearly falling over. His heart pounded in his chest so loud that he nearly mistook it for more knocking. Spencer sucked in a breath to brace himself and bolted for the door. He flung it open, letting it swing back and hit the wall, not caring if it left a mark. Now someone HAD to be there. He’d been too fast at answering, even if someone was trying to hide he would still spot them, there weren’t that many hiding places immediately outside the door.  No one. Nothing. The same silent, dark, empty space, dimly lit by the porch lights.  Not even a single moth fluttering around the lamp. . . Huh. NO insects or insect sounds of any kind now that he was listening. No distant echoes of cars driving by, no crickets chirping, no shouting from late-night party goers. Not even the wind. Every hair on Spencer’s body stood on end. He slowly shut the door, bolted the locks, and backed up, keeping his eyes fixated on it.  “YO! Brozilla!” Spencer jumped a foot in the air, and he fell on his backside. Billy swung down into his frame of view. “What gives, dude? Answer the door! The Cobra needs to get his munchies on!” Spencer’s mouth worked, trying to form words, but nothing came out. Billy only gave him a few seconds, staring with a slightly irritated look, one eyebrow raised. Then he rolled his eyes. “Fine, I’ll get it,” he said, clearly not caring if he was seen or not. Spencer tried to call out, to tell him not to answer it, but the words were stuck in his throat.

Throughout the series, Billy's powers keep growing: he can hear things in evp static that 'the living' can't hear, and he can see ghosts when he's just out and about on a normal day, and it freaks him out. I did actually write one story where he sees a ghost who died in a fire, but I never posted it because it was kind of dark and depressing....(I wrote it during a low point, but if anyone is interested, let me know)

Back on the Billy shenanigans front, I had one idea where Spencer was playing around with the idea of making a slasher film, only for Billy's ecto to cause chaos once again. I wanted to title it Chainsaw Slasher after the VHS Glitch song.

Another drabble I was working on was them investigating an entire ghost town. During the day, it was much less exciting than Spencer was led to believe. But if you're one of the unlucky few to hear the bell tower chime at sunset while there's no one else around, then get ready for one hell of a night.

I had a standalone story that was kind of a "What If?" where Mallory kept the pirate hat on in Ep 1 and she saw Billy and how that'd unfold.

AND, to round out my Ghost Stories series, I had an idea where Billy goes toe-to-toe with Hoover in the Beverly Beverly Hills High School gymnasium, and his powers basically obliterate the gym. This lets Madam X know he's becoming too strong and getting further out of her reach, so she hatches a plan and uses the help of Bobby to finally catch him. The gang has to figure out how to break him out. This all leads into another plot about how he actually died and her possible unintentional involvement.

So yeah, I digress. They could have done SO MUCH with all these neat tropes. And I feel terrible about not continuing the series atm, but unfortunately, ~ L I F E ~ decided to get in the way...

[afantasyoffiction]

maybe it’s all gonna be ok maybe ai will lead to more human-created art not less maybe humanity’s spirit will survive itself once again

[songmingisthighs]

dear "creators" who depend on ai

how does it feel to be so absolutely lazy and useless as a human being ?? how does it feel to have a functioning brain but can't use it properly ?? how does it feel to be so absolutely incredibly dull and uncreative that you can't muster 200 words to convey your ideas ?? how does it feel to have to face the fact that you suck so damn bad and you have to live with it ??

[silly-moth-123]

My younger sibling literally blocked my phone number because we got into an argument over capitalism ???

Wow I reached the tag limit on this post

Beware a long vent in the tags lmao

[bigtiddygandalf]

i just had to take this ai personality test to submit a job application (to be a bartender).

[funkle420]

a great way to combat genAI in the future would be educating kids (and teens and college students and all ppl) on art way more.

[ink-the-artist]

i’m afraid there can only be one colored pencil artist on tumblr at a time. we’ll have to take away your credentials.

i think its the fucked up creature art ppl are upset about, ive gotten that reaction on some pantyhose sculptures I did that were inspired by completely different artists lol

[prismintheclouds]

I'm a big sci fi enjoyer but being able to see the parallels between dystopian fiction and what society is like in 21st century USA is too much to bare sometimes

[cxdemusings]

"Favourite thing about roleplaying? "

[♡ Munday Meme ♡]

Since I don't write fanfic or plan on writing any novels, it's a good way for me to write! I get to do it with other people and though that comes with the complication of not always seeing eye-to-eye--

I've been roleplaying for practically 15-20 years, even during my middle school days. I've read some pretty creative things come from other people's minds.

[r7inyz]

um so actually this has brewing in my mind so fuck those who say "ai makes art accessible" because heyyyy 👋👋👋👋👋👋 as an ARTIST who had a surgery on the full length of their spine which has caused a lot of difficulty in simple things such a sitting comfortably, AND who constantly has muscle spasms in their right shoulder ((im right handed so it sucks a lot 💔💔)) i can still draw! i can still paint! i can still fill up a page in my sketchbook and i can still open up that silly little app on my tablet that allows me to draw digitally! because hey guess what? ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACCESSIBLE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PICK UP A PEN AND FIND A BLANK PAGE I WILL BURN YOU AT THE STAKE

no reaction image i can find can convey the feeling of pure rage i am experiencing so please. just have a picture of my cat

[ef-1]

I remember your girl edits from ages ago they were so good 😭 I can't find them anymore pleaseee the daniel one lives in my brainnnnmnnn

I posted it in 2020. How do you even remember that 🤯

here is girl!daniel from that post. i could write a dissertation about her but i wont (yet) also was conflicted about the intensity of her freckles, so here are both versions