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Key Industries & Applications in the Global Deep Learning Market

Over the years, deep learning has emerged as a transformative technology, revolutionizing the way various industries operate. Accordingly, the domain has become instrumental in the field of data analysis, predictive modeling, and process optimization. As per Inkwood Research, the global deep learning market is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 39.67% during the forecast period 2023-2032.

In this blog, we will explore how major industries are leveraging the potential of deep learning in order to drive innovation and efficiency in their operations. We will also highlight real-world examples of successful deep learning applications in each of these industries.

1. Healthcare

Healthcare organizations of all specialties and types are becoming increasingly inclined toward how artificial intelligence (AI) can facilitate better patient care, while improving efficiencies and reducing costs. In this regard, the healthcare industry has been at the forefront of adopting deep learning for a wide range of applications, such as –

Medical Imaging: Deep learning algorithms have significantly improved the accuracy of medical image analysis. For instance, Aidoc (Israel), a leading provider of AI-powered radiology solutions, aims to improve the efficacy as well as accuracy of radiology diagnoses. The company’s platform utilizes deep learning algorithms in order to analyze medical images and aid radiologists in prioritizing and detecting critical findings.

Drug Discovery: Pharmaceutical companies are using deep learning to expedite drug discovery processes. Insilico Medicine (United States), for example, employs deep learning models to predict potential drug candidates, reducing the time and cost associated with developing new medications. The company’s early bet on deep learning is yielding significant results – a drug candidate discovered via its AI platform is now entering Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Disease Diagnosis: Deep learning is aiding in disease diagnosis through predictive modeling. PathAI (United States), for instance, utilizes deep learning-based AI solutions to assist pathologists in the detection, diagnosis, and prognosis of several cancer subtypes, thus improving the accuracy of diagnoses and patient outcomes.

2. Finance & Banking Services

The success of deep learning as a data processing technique has piqued the interest of the financial research community. Moreover, with the proliferation of Fintech over recent years, the use of deep learning in the finance & banking services industry has become highly prevalent across the following applications –

Fraud Detection: Banks and financial institutions deploy deep learning models to detect fraudulent activities in real time. Companies like Feedzai (Portugal) use deep learning algorithms to analyze transaction data and identify unusual patterns indicative of fraud. In July 2023, the company announced the launch of Railgun, a next-generation fraud detection engine, featuring advanced AI to secure millions from the surge in financial crime.

Algorithmic Trading: Hedge funds and trading firms leverage deep learning for algorithmic trading. Investors are utilizing deep learning models to evaluate and anticipate stock and foreign exchange markets, given the advantage of artificial intelligence.

Credit Scoring: Deep learning is transforming the credit scoring landscape. LenddoEFL (Singapore), for instance, creates, collects, and analyzes information from consent-based alternative data sources for an accurate understanding of creditworthiness. The company’s unique credit decisioning tools draw from large, diverse, and unstructured data sources through deep learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced modeling techniques.

3. Manufacturing

Here’s how the manufacturing industry benefits from deep learning in optimizing production processes and quality control –

Predictive Maintenance: Manufacturers use deep learning to predict equipment failures and schedule maintenance proactively. General Electric’s (United States) Predix platform employs deep learning to support innovative IoT solutions to help reduce downtime and maintenance costs.

Quality Control: Deep learning-based image recognition systems inspect products for defects on production lines. Real-time deep learning approaches are essential for automated industrial processes in product manufacturing, where vision-based systems effectively control the fabrication quality on the basis of specific structural designs.

Supply Chain Optimization: According to industry sources, deep learning models have the potential to generate between $1-2 trillion annually in supply chain management. In this regard, deep learning is used in the manufacturing sector to optimize supply chain operations by predicting demand patterns, enhancing inventory levels, and improving logistics planning.

Deep learning’s ability to process vast amounts of data and recognize complex patterns is transforming the way industries operate, making processes more efficient and enhancing customer experiences. As businesses strive to remain competitive in an increasingly data-driven world, leveraging deep learning and staying updated on its latest developments will be crucial for the overall growth of the global deep learning market.

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An Analysis in Value

This is a fic for @i-will-physically-fight-you ! ^^ Prompt: Humans as Space Orcs, gimme all that delicious hurt/comfort or angst with a pair of your choice!

Summary: Logan struggles to affirm his value as an individual and only wants to prove himself to the person who matters most to him. He inadvertently gets that chance, but it was something Virgil already knew all along. Logan just needed a way to see it.

WC: ~4.7k words || It's on AO3

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Earthers, it turns out, will attempt to befriend and pack-bond with literally anything…”attempt” being the key word. But space, in all its vast diversity of life, houses dangers the likes neither Logan nor his Deathworlder Virgil have ever seen. Logan’s homeworld was no Deathworld by any stretch, but even he was wary of new creatures because he had to be for survival. Every new encounter was one of great reluctance.

Virgil, though cautiously wary of other advanced species in the markets and suspicious of strangers, occasionally let his guard down around wild creatures that were familiar to those of his home. He gained their trust, and knew the difference between one that was more likely to be a friend than dangerous…though Virgil had miraculously made friends with one beast twice Logan's size with bone-crushing tusks out of necessity, too, so it was hardly consistent. Logan was perplexed by how Virgil’s kind ever evolved such behavior, especially befriending what any sane surviving species would consider a threat. Despite this, he thought it was admirable how Virgil was brave despite his apprehensions about new situations and settings. It had saved them both twice now in tough situations…but only twice. 

A lucky coincidence was not something to base your view of the entire universe, or even a solar system, on.

Not everything fluffy with a cute face is safe, but it's easy to be disarmed by that. Many planets have evolved or been invaded by offworld predators that are unassuming and mimic the docile forms of prey species; they don't trigger the danger instincts in their prey until it is too late. It's a lesson learned the hard way.

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Logan had only looked away for one turn. Just a moment. He and Virgil had docked their Star Sailer in a narrow plain at the edge of a field, sheltered from the planet's harsh, turbulent climate in the shadow of a mountain. Virgil said he'd gather something to start a fire with and perhaps anything they could check was edible for food along the side of this mountain cluster. Now Logan didn't see him anywhere.

They'd barely managed to steer the sailer through the narrow, maze-like valleys without crashing, even with Logan's 4 arms and Virgil's surprising amount of strength that had held down the mainsail's rigging when it had snapped clean off the stern of their ship.

While they'd survived that harrowing stretch of their journey, they'd never make it off planet to the second moon in this thing. Its old artificial atmosphere wouldn't survive the gravity of the planet, and just be sucked away until they were well-into space. Their entire ship wasn't designed to survive this planet, but they'd had no choice but to make the emergency landing here.

Logan knew nothing substantial about this planet's weather. He had memorized the datacard for this sector of the Sandari Solar System, but he was learning just how much encyclopedias often left out about each subject.

Ventuit; a temperate planet in sector Y, referred to as O-TS-19 in common nomenclature. A rocky planet with low vegetation, damp clay-rich soil. 30% surface water in scattered deep lakes. Tight mountainous regions with most land fauna living in caverns and burrows due to the wind.

It had never mentioned how much wind, nor how strong. That seemed like important information to disclose.

He and Virgil had thankfully landed near some mountains, although on the wind-facing side, hence the treacherous unplanned trip as they were pushed right through. Logan hoped those winds didn't change often. The last thing they needed was a headwind pushing them back again. Their campsite was at least partially sheltered by a hill, but he knew that wouldn't stop wind from bearing down on them or blowing them out of the cover in the night should the worst happen.

…The point being, they really could not stay here long.

Vast plains and dense, isolated forests of low grass-like structures that left zero cover surrounded them in all other directions. They were barely taller than Logan, who himself could see over them to the horizon if he extended his femurs.

But now his Deathworlder, the only companion he'd had for nearly a hundred rises, had vanished. In an unknown area with unknown dangers, and he was far shorter than Logan was.

Logan stared at the grass shifting in the wind. Or maybe it was from the movement of something inside it. He turned in a circle, antenna raised. No good being downwind now; even in the mountain's wind shadow, he couldn't sense Virgil nearby.

Surely when he'd said he was going to look for food and some (primitive carbon) fuel, he hadn't gone in there…? Logan might never find him again in that.

He had to find him. Virgil was too smart to risk getting lost in a place with low visibility. So Logan began walking quickly away from the valley's windy opening. The only direction Virgil could have initially gone.

They didn't know how far along the day cycle was, and so it was pertinent that Logan found Virgil before dark. Predators came out in the dark. Virgil was a capable, but squishy Deathworlder. He'd survived more than his fair share of deadly encounters, but Logan would take no chances.

The Ootago skirted the mountain in the direction he hoped Virgil had gone and just accidentally gotten out of view. He was on the right track: he could see where his Earther had cleanly cut stray stems of the plants away from the denser foliage. He soon spotted a pile of the ones V had already gathered up ahead, where it was surely Virgil who had left them…confirmed when he saw the familiar pleated tracks of Virgil's footwear. But then, where was Virgil?

Logan passed by some boulders that had likely rolled down from the mountain— another thing to be careful of tonight— and came across something odd. It was a large pile of bones. He wouldn't have seen it had he not been carefully scanning the mountain for where Virgil could have gone in search of their necessities…almost like it was deliberately hidden back behind them.

He stared at the ravaged carcass of some large grazing mammal, if he was just going off the teeth and build. It was entirely picked clean with hundreds of shallow, tiny holes in the bones. There was also greyish-white fur everywhere…perhaps all that was left of the creature. It didn't look like it had been there long, as the bones were not yet dry or bleached by the light of its main star. Maybe only a rise or two…

Logan was unnerved. He began to call out for Virgil, desperate to get his eyes on him again, just to ensure he was not in danger. The lower light level was more noticeable now…night was approaching within the next few turns. The star was slowly setting behind Logan. Logan did not know enough about the planet to know how long the days and nights were. He could at least estimate, if he knew the tilt of the planet, the size, or where on its latitudes they had landed…

Logan was physically unable to repeat a lot of sounds in Virgil’s limited Earth language and broken common, but he was able to make an elongated “V” sound. That was his way of calling him. When that didn't seem to be loud enough, he risked whistling, as that was a loud and clear sound both he and Virgil could make for signaling.

Logan continued around another outcropping of the mountainside and whistled again. He finally— thankfully— heard Virgil whistle back before he saw him, but Logan zeroed in on where the sound had originated from, his antenna guiding him directly to the source. He quickly found Virgil in a relatively small bowl-shaped cutout set into the mountain. But his shipmate wasn't alone.

Logan froze, horrified as his one true friend in this universe was crouching in the middle of a horde of furry, ravenous creatures. Logan had no idea what they were.

They were small, not even coming up to Virgil's knees as they sat up on their hind legs watching him with strikingly orange eyes…and grey-white fur.

Logan had to resist the urge to flee. He wasn't going to leave Virgil. Virgil had been the only friend he ever had, they were bonded in a way only those who had been through peril together could. Virgil understood him like no one else in the universe did. The kind, fierce little Earther meant more to him than he had the words or experience in life to put a name to. And he was utterly surrounded by 20, possibly 30 of the tripedal, lethal hunters. Virgil was being corralled for the kill, waving at Logan. He wasn't aware he was in danger. He didn't know.

Virgil’s easygoing smile was wiped away when he saw Logan’s frantic threatening gesture, trying to get them to leave or part, but none moved from their circle. One started to clack its teeth at Logan…it had dozens of razor-sharp little needles. That explained the dents in the bones.

Logan had no idea why they hadn't attacked yet, and thus didn't know what would provoke them. He and Virgil could not defend themselves with their dull knives. Deathworlder or not, V wasn't naturally endowed with armor plates and thick skin; Earthers were optimized in other ways, not many of which would help now.

Logan tried to step closer, but the nearest creatures began hissing, their short tails thumping the ground in sync. Startled, Logan took some steps back. He made a whirring noise of distress.

Virgil trusted him, though, and often Logan knew more about the worlds they ended up on, so he didn't try to ask or reassure him when Logan was giving him notable signals. They had proven to be correct just as often as Virgil saved them through befriending. Virgil just looked nervous as he slowly stood up and tried to inch his way towards Logan.

"Lo…?" Logan just looked from Virgil to the creatures, insisting that he not stop. More started the tail thumping, irritated by Virgil trying to get out. One leapt suddenly, snapping at his arm. It missed, but Virgil cried out in alarm, apparently seeing their teeth for the first time. Logan was alarmed too as they tried to cut Virgil off as a group.

He was still too far for Logan to get past the barrier they created. Virgil broke out into a run, trying to close the distance.

Another jumped directly at him and Virgil smacked it away on instinct; he kicked at a different one that tried to latch onto his foot. The ones that were behind him began to hop after him, their 3-legged forms creating an odd gait…but they were fast. Logan saw one lunge while Virgil's back was to it.

It bit down on Virgil’s paw and Virgil lurched, his scream cut off. He collapsed before his next step, crashing to the dirt as he lost control of his muscles. It wasn't just pain. No, when Virgil hit the ground, he didn't move like one would to protect themself from the fall or to fling the creature away from him. He didn't even curl up to try and protect himself…he was just still, unnaturally still, and all Logan knew was he had to get to him now.

Logan bulldozed several of the beasts between him and Virgil. Some tried to grab him too, but his legs were narrow targets and he was faster, taller than them.

Logan’s vision narrowed from his elevated stress. He tried to find any sign that Virgil was still alright. He hadn’t gotten up yet, he had to be alright.

They nipped at Virgil’s feet, trying to drag him into the shadows of a nearby burrow. 

Logan was quick to grab Virgil, though fearing the worst. Virgil shuddered as Logan scooped him up, though he hung awkwardly in Logan’s arms. Thankfully, Earthers weren’t very big (though they were certainly denser than they looked). Logan managed to tuck him in a way that was hopefully comfortable against his plated chest. The first thing he checked for was if Virgil’s breathing was okay as he scrambled for a way over the pack of furious beasts. Virgil’s breathing was fast, his pulse elevated, which would not help him slow the spread of any possible venom these creatures had. Virgil’s eyes were wide and shaking, staring up at Logan in his distress. He tensed and untensed, clearly trying to move, but even that soon stilled as whatever paralyzing toxin was now in his bloodstream took over completely. Logan kept a mandible pressed to Virgil’s chest gently, both to monitor and reassure himself that he was still alive and breathing so he could focus on fleeing.

The little mammals continued jumping at Logan as well as Virgil, who was dangling helplessly in his arms, and Logan held Virgil protectively over their heads, dodging the attacks. 

What was confusing was that they seemed reluctant to actually bite them; Virgil’s bitten paw had several shallow punctures and was bleeding, but not the mutilation that Logan expected from the teeth of creatures who had absolutely shredded through that larger alien. What was it about this area? Were they hiding their prey? Was that why that creature was behind the boulders? What did those places have in common? The burrow…was it the darkness? Getting out of the light? All their efforts just seemed to be trying to keep Logan and Virgil corralled in this isolating area, which meant Logan needed to get out before they decided to change tactics or got lucky in one of their lunges. Logan’s exoskeleton was mostly hard, but he was not willing to test that against jagged teeth that dented bone.

Then one of them got lucky, desperate to keep their prey contained. Logan let out a high whistling sound as it grabbed onto one of his lower arms and twisted with its teeth locked on. The lower part of the limb, in Logan’s distress and flight response, came off from the force of it. Logan flinched at the feeling of it disconnecting, but it was a much kinder fate than what awaited them if they did not get away. It was the second time Logan had lost a limb, so he knew he would recover it just the same. It would still be uncomfortable to function without it for a few rises. At least it was only part of the arm this time. 

Logan tucked Virgil’s arms gently over his stomach and tried to reassure him as he raced back into the light, squinting as it was now in his face. His theory was correct: those creatures didn’t follow, but the growing shadow behind them allowed them to start after the duo. Logan stayed as far from the shadows as he could. He snagged the stems and leaves Virgil had been working on as he passed by; they might be all they had for the night. Logan didn’t know how long he had to get more. He didn’t even know for sure if light was all they needed, or if the torch on their ship would be enough. But it was all that he could think to do to save them short of driving the ship solo into the tall grass and its unknown perils. He didn’t know what other creatures– or large rocks– lurked just under the blanket of green. They didn’t have the fuel to hover high for very long, and the wind was unpredictable. Logan might only be sending them to crash or into the jaws of something far worse. 

…If Virgil died, it would be because Logan failed to protect him. After everything they’d both escaped, would this really be where it ended?

Logan saw their sailer ahead and covered the distance. He was back in a quarter of the time it had taken to get to V. He rushed to get Virgil on board, abandoning the plans of camping on the ground or starting a campfire. He needed to fire up their torch before their natural daylight was gone. He laid Virgil down gently on the cabin floor near him, patting his arm gently and making sure he was okay there before focusing. If he thought the torium-alloy frame of the ship was enough to protect them, he might have just tried fortifying the boat, but he wasn’t going to make that their only defense. He fumbled with his nondominant claw and the latch and tiny button mechanisms more suited to dexterous tendrils, paws, and feelers. He wasn’t adequate for this job, he was going too slowly. He could hear them, with their terrifying clatter. They were hungry and zeroing in on this boat. What if he was wrong? They’d be caught in the dark–

No. Virgil was counting on him. Logan couldn’t get in his own head right now. Inadequacies or not, he had to get this done. Virgil would do the same for him. Virgil wouldn’t give in to his panic, he’d push through and do everything he could to save them because it was the only viable option. Logan had to give them that chance. They’d been running for too long and had survived far more danger together. That wouldn’t all be for nothing. Logan could prove he was just as worthy a crewmate. He could do this on his own, his ideas…they could work.

He glanced at Virgil, who was looking between Logan and what he was doing. Virgil trusted him, he knew that. They’d long ago placed their lives in each other's arms, given how easy it was to betray and reap the rewards. Most selfish aliens, or even those who deemed them guilty, would have jumped at the opportunity. But Virgil never had and no riches could replace someone so dear to Logan. Logan wouldn’t choke now, when that trust was tested. At least V would never regret giving it to him then.

Logan ignored the sounds of thumps and dings off the bottom of the boat and didn’t stop even as twilight crept into the cabin. The gangplank had been drawn up, but it was only a matter of time before those things managed the height and precision to land on the deck…Logan swore he heard scratching at the door.

The fuel converter finally fired up after two false starts and Logan started shoving leaves in, enough to keep it burning. It was like the boat itself lit up like a beacon in the dim night. The screeches and scattering of claws were genuinely unnerving, and Logan just sat still for a moment, listening tensely. Aside from the nearby drone of the wind, nothing else could be heard. He chanced looking out the port window.

Little streaks of white fled the immediate clearing, diving into the grass. Orange eyes reflected the light back…so not gone. But he’d been right. He just had to keep this light burning, now, Logan slumped, unwilling to go out. If he had been any slower finding Virgil, the shadows appearing in the dip they'd likely lured Virgil into would have gotten him killed…but they’d survived. They were not actively under attack anymore.

Logan waited until he’d calmed down to scoot over to Virgil. He couldn’t relax or celebrate yet. He had to check in. Virgil hadn’t moved from where Logan set him down. “Ooo-ck…Vv.”

Logan intended to wrap Virgil’s paw and made another distressed noise at how it looked swollen and red. He begged for it not to be an infection as he did the best with their improvised medicine and wrapped it in a clean, torn piece of cloth. V’s face twitched each time Logan touched it and he worried he was hurting him. He would watch it to make sure it didn’t get worse, but there was very little aid Logan could give. He’d risk going to a port city if it meant Virgil would be saved, but they were grounded on this planet for at least half a rise. Virgil was also the one with engineering expertise that could potentially fix their boat. Logan had little hope of figuring that out with no reference, no matter how much he had carefully watched Virgil tend to other things. Logan had only learned to pilot it out of necessity with no formal training. If Virgil didn’t get better, then…this was probably it for them.

Logan pulled Virgil into a supported sitting position and really tried to coax Virgil into drinking from the bubble of water. While amphibious, Logan’s kind could get enough moisture from the air to survive anywhere that wasn’t dry. Virgil’s brand of Deathworlder apparently was far less efficient at it, and so he got most of their liquid water supply. Terra Deathworlders needed a lot of water daily, and Logan feared constantly that V was lacking, though he rarely complained. Logan tried to get him to drink, as it could only help his body fight off the poison.

Virgil grimaced as the cool pod touched his lips and he refused to open them. Logan set it down. He'd try again later.

Logan again peeked out over the side of their boat haven and still saw the dozen pairs of unblinking orange eyes peering back in the foliage. Logan’s carapace shuddered and his gills flexed in unease. He knew they probably wouldn’t approach the boat, but it was still extremely unsettling to depend on it all night. Those creatures were strict darkness hunters from Logan’s observations (he begged the universe that he was right), so as long as their artificial light didn’t go out…

Yeaaaah, Logan knew he wasn’t sleeping tonight either way. He hoped the night passed quickly, before their meager pile of plant fiber fuel dwindled. They would burn quickly, but he had to make it last. His hearts couldn’t take this.

Virgil curled into his side, head resting on Logan’s thorax. Logan stroked Virgil’s back, which normally seemed to calm him. They would be okay, and he tried to reassure the Deathworlder. Logan had gotten them back in time, and they were tentatively safe from imminent danger, but he really hoped it wasn’t the neuropoison hurting V further. How lucky would they have to be for Earthers to actually be immune...? Virgil finally decided to reach out and cling to Logan’s closest forearm, and Logan stilled.

He eyed the paw Virgil was nursing. Logan did not like the vibrating his Deathworlder was doing. Virgil only did that when he was uncomfortable.

Logan started to prod Virgil, trying to see what was wrong. Virgil tucked his face more into Logan, pushing back at the foreleg, and Logan stopped.

Virgil reached out very slowly, as if it was a struggle, to the nub that had been one of Logan’s lower arms and brushed it gently.

Oh. Virgil must be unhappy. Unhappy that Logan got hurt saving him. Virgil hadn't seen him lose a limb before, he didn't know it would come back given some time.

A touching sentiment that Logan still wasn’t used to from the pack bonding types. He didn’t know being cared for felt so nice after the life he’d been thrust into before. Logan chittered softly, mandibles clacking. He’d try. “…grrrr-oh. Ooo-ck. Ooo-ck, Vvvv.”

Virgil glanced up at him silently, and Logan’s gills fluttered more erratically at seeing the wet on Virgil’s face. Logan immediately tapped at it, wishing his tibia were better suited: softer.

He switched to stroking Virgil’s outer coat awkwardly, pulling the loose purple-spotted fur over his head. That normally comforted him; he usually did it to sleep. But after several turns, Virgil was still very much awake and unsettled. 

Logan tried something else. He held up the nub that had been his lower right femur before, getting Virgil's attention. Virgil winced upon seeing it and the pale dried hemolymph around the wound, but Logan shook his head as Virgil often did. Virgil looked at him in confusion but focused on the nub again with some hesitance.

Logan put his upper right arm below the nub, then slowly raised it, trying to show Virgil the process of the regeneration that would happen over the coming rises. "…g-grrr-oh. Gan?"

He waited for the clarity on Virgil's face as it clicked, and Virgil slumped with relief. "G-Good…worried. Lo okay," he replied. "Saved. Amazing."

Logan made a pleased clacking noise, relieved too. They would be okay. Virgil at least appeared to be fighting off the venom well enough, and that was more than worth still having him, close call or not.

He settled down over Virgil, brushing his head with his mandibles. Logan’s exoskeleton wasn’t useful for warmth, but he knew the gesture often settled the Deathworlder and helped him rest. He pulled the weather tarp over Virgil, though, in the hopes that it would diminish the shaking. It had worked before, but not all creatures shook for the same reason each time.

Virgil slowly reached up and settled a paw on the side of Logan's face, and the look was one Logan wanted to think of as fondness. Logan pressed his head against it, a reassuring weight. He wasn't going anywhere. They would be okay.

Logan watched the light and gradually fed it strips of the plants so it would stay on, diligently keeping an eye on the glowing predators’ all night. Virgil fell asleep, fully trusting Logan would protect him and wake him if necessary. Logan was just glad Virgil was resting, though he made sure the poison wasn't affecting his sleep. Virgil hadn't been concerned about lasting effects, or at least hadn't seemed that way…was this also something familiar to him from Earth?

The thought made Logan's gills twitch. Aside from the temporary paralysis, Virgil just seemed…fine. He was sleeping like normal, still and quiet, but his breathing wasn't any shallower than usual. It was yet another concerning hint at just what Deathworlders could withstand— what they were designed and evolved to be up against in their own world. Especially as a pack.

Logan was certainly glad Virgil had chosen him for a companion. It was an honor to be so accepted and cared for as an individual with value…to be needed. It was more than Logan’s own people would ever give him. To them, he was nothing but a tool to be discarded. To Virgil, Logan was someone living for more. He wasn’t just an inferior copy of a person, but a crewmate…an ally. Logan considered himself an adequate asset to their team, and yet Virgil insisted he was intrinsically valued even without his knowledge and abilities. It was hard to wrap his mind around just being outright wanted. Logan did not want to go on without Virgil. He cared for him too much.

Virigl had given him a scare today, but they were still alive and together. It was one of the better ways to learn a harsh lesson and they'd be far more careful to avoid worse in the future. This planet's closest star began to show on the horizon as they lay there quietly, and Logan, exhausted, could finally just shut his eyes for a turn and appreciate that he hadn’t lost his world and one true home here today. He’d never known a home could be a person until now.

They would find a way off this planet. They would find the way to their haven no matter the setback. A ship and supplies could be replaced, they could survive without. He couldn’t live on without Virgil in his life. And the way Virgil held on in his sleep, unconsciously, Logan figured he truly was just as important to Virgil too. 

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Fun Facts & Lore:

Logan is an Ootago ("Oo-tey-go"), which is an alien species that is like a praying mantis crossed 30% with an axolotl. Their "wings" are optimized for moving in the water, not flight. He can change color for camouflage, but is usually dark blue (what he was used to back home in a mostly Ocean world). Ootagi can regrow lost limbs and some organs (including their elongated hearts ONLY if at least 1 is still working), but not their heads. He has a photographic memory as a member of this pescatarian species.

The species is amphibious, not known for spacefaring, and can naturally clone themselves (via budding or treated fragmentation), usually for dangerous tasks the "original" does not want to do. Logan is a clone who had an existential crisis about it and mutated a little from that sudden clarity and awareness. Sometimes he gets flashes of memories in his dreams that he doesn’t think are his own. He gained a sense of selfhood, fleeing off-planet to save himself, which is a no-no and made him a fugitive as "property of the original". He essentially stole himself by their laws.

He met Virgil, a human asteroid miner who lost most of his crew during an iron mine heist. Virgil says he's given up hope that anyone else escaped the bloodbath, but Logan thinks he's still looking for signs of them and notices that Virgil often leaves innocuous things in strange places on the planets they have visited, perhaps to alert his team someday. Virgil has something those thieves want (a key or map to a greater collection of riches) however, so they are both on the run to find a way to a colony Logan believes can help protect them both. Virgil helped him pick his Deathworld name.

Drip = about 2 seconds. Timed by a steady drip of water from a mechanism the Ootago use for telling time.

Turn = 3 minutes. On Logan's homeworld, a turn is how long it takes their main moon to do a full spin.

Rise = a day in Logan's homeworld time, which is 48 Earth Hours long for simplicity. (He's known Virgil for going on 100 rises, so approaching 200 Earth Days, or a little over half an Earth Year.)

Ootago: singular. The type of alien Logan is, originating from NaDessr in Lophyros-6 Galaxy. Otagi ("Oo-tah-gee") is the plural form. They have 6 limbs usually like insects; they alternate the middle set for running/more stability on land and use for an extra set of arms. Their top arms are more optimized for manipulating things.

[djuvlipen]

Hi, I was wondering if I could ask for your analysis as a historian & feminist. I've just learned that among the supplies sent to Bergen-Belsen immediately after it was liberated, there were cases of lipstick. And that apparently women - dying women, with literally no clothes on their back - took them and used them and it was widely regarded as an important morale booster. I can't really make sense of it... I was wondering if you'd come across this account and how you would understand it. Did it give a sense of "normalcy" to combat the horror of the camp? But how was lipstick more powerful than food ot clothes in that respect? Or is it precisely because it was not an essential item, a luxury? Or associated with beauty? I just can't wrap my head around how femininity can be that powerful of a psychological relief for women, even when they are quite literally dying from torture, disease and starvation. (Also I hope this isn't coming across as callous or judgemental towards them - I'm trying to be concise!) Thank you.

I've actually dedicated a part of my master's degree thesis to this! in the romani camps i studied, cosmetics were even sold on the black market, female prisoners bought them, traded lipsticks with one another etc. here is the explanation i gave it (translation):

"On the one hand, the care given by Romani girls and women to their physical appearance highlights the deep-rooted nature of gender roles among female prisoners. Even behind barbed wires, Romani women were still expected - and still expected of themselves - to be pretty and to conform to femininity.

On the other hand, maintaining a form of traditional femininity allowed women to alleviate part of the psychological distress induced by living in an hostile environment characterized by the destruction of every familiar marker. By taking care of their hairstyle, their clothing, and their makeup, women intended to reintroduce a familiar social order - as conservative as it might be - while at the same time reclaiming the bodily autonomy they had been deprived of by the mandatory cutting and shaving of their hair, the implementation of intrusive medical examinations, and the shortage of clothing."

[alpaca-clouds]

We need to talk about AI

Okay, several people asked me to post about this, so I guess I am going to post about this. Or to say it differently: Hey, for once I am posting about the stuff I am actually doing for university. Woohoo!

Because here is the issue. We are kinda suffering a death of nuance right now, when it comes to the topic of AI.

I understand why this happening (basically everyone wanting to market anything is calling it AI even though it is often a thousand different things) but it is a problem.

So, let's talk about "AI", that isn't actually intelligent, what the term means right now, what it is, what it isn't, and why it is not always bad. I am trying to be short, alright?

So, right now when anyone says they are using AI they mean, that they are using a program that functions based on what computer nerds call "a neural network" through a process called "deep learning" or "machine learning" (yes, those terms mean slightly different things, but frankly, you really do not need to know the details).

Now, the theory for this has been around since the 1940s! The idea had always been to create calculation nodes that mirror the way neurons in the human brain work. That looks kinda like this:

Basically, there are input nodes, in which you put some data, those do some transformations that kinda depend on the kind of thing you want to train it for and in the end a number comes out, that the program than "remembers". I could explain the details, but your eyes would glaze over the same way everyone's eyes glaze over in this class I have on this on every Friday afternoon.

All you need to know: You put in some sort of data (that can be text, math, pictures, audio, whatever), the computer does magic math, and then it gets a number that has a meaning to it.

And we actually have been using this sinde the 80s in some way. If any Digimon fans are here: there is a reason the digital world in Digimon Tamers was created in Stanford in the 80s. This was studied there.

But if it was around so long, why am I hearing so much about it now?

This is a good question hypothetical reader. The very short answer is: some super-nerds found a way to make this work way, way better in 2012, and from that work (which was then called Deep Learning in Artifical Neural Networks, short ANN) we got basically everything that TechBros will not shut up about for the last like ten years. Including "AI".

Now, most things you think about when you hear "AI" is some form of generative AI. Usually it will use some form of a LLM, a Large Language Model to process text, and a method called Stable Diffusion to create visuals. (Tbh, I have no clue what method audio generation uses, as the only audio AI I have so far looked into was based on wolf howls.)

LLMs were like this big, big break through, because they actually appear to comprehend natural language. They don't, of coruse, as to them words and phrases are just stastical variables. Scientists call them also "stochastic parrots". But of course our dumb human brains love to anthropogice shit. So they go: "It makes human words. It gotta be human!"

It is a whole thing.

It does not understand or grasp language. But the mathematics behind it will basically create a statistical analysis of all the words and then create a likely answer.

What you have to understand however is, that LLMs and Stable Diffusion are just a a tiny, minority type of use cases for ANNs. Because research right now is starting to use ANNs for EVERYTHING. Some also partially using Stable Diffusion and LLMs, but not to take away people'S jobs.

Which is probably the place where I will share what I have been doing recently with AI.

The stuff I am doing with Neural Networks

The neat thing: if a Neural Network is Open Source, it is surprisingly easy to work with it. Last year when I started with this I was so intimidated, but frankly, I will confidently say now: As someone who has been working with computers for like more than 10 years, this is easier programming than most shit I did to organize data bases. So, during this last year I did three things with AI. One for a university research project, one for my work, and one because I find it interesting.

The university research project trained an AI to watch video live streams of our biology department's fish tanks, analyse the behavior of the fish and notify someone if a fish showed signs of being sick. We used an AI named "YOLO" for this, that is very good at analyzing pictures, though the base framework did not know anything about stuff that lived not on land. So we needed to teach it what a fish was, how to analyze videos (as the base framework only can look at single pictures) and then we needed to teach it how fish were supposed to behave. We still managed to get that whole thing working in about 5 months. So... Yeah. But nobody can watch hundreds of fish all the time, so without this, those fish will just die if something is wrong.

The second is for my work. For this I used a really old Neural Network Framework called tesseract. This was developed by Google ages ago. And I mean ages. This is one of those neural network based on 1980s research, simply doing OCR. OCR being "optical character recognition". Aka: if you give it a picture of writing, it can read that writing. My work has the issue, that we have tons and tons of old paper work that has been scanned and needs to be digitized into a database. But everyone who was hired to do this manually found this mindnumbing. Just imagine doing this all day: take a contract, look up certain data, fill it into a table, put the contract away, take the next contract and do the same. Thousands of contracts, 8 hours a day. Nobody wants to do that. Our company has been using another OCR software for this. But that one was super expensive. So I was asked if I could built something to do that. So I did. And this was so ridiculously easy, it took me three weeks. And it actually has a higher successrate than the expensive software before.

Lastly there is the one I am doing right now, and this one is a bit more complex. See: we have tons and tons of historical shit, that never has been translated. Be it papyri, stone tablets, letters, manuscripts, whatever. And right now I used tesseract which by now is open source to develop it further to allow it to read handwritten stuff and completely different letters than what it knows so far. I plan to hook it up, once it can reliably do the OCR, to a LLM to then translate those texts. Because here is the thing: these things have not been translated because there is just not enough people speaking those old languages. Which leads to people going like: "GASP! We found this super important document that actually shows things from the anceint world we wanted to know forever, and it was lying in our collection collecting dust for 90 years!" I am not the only person who has this idea, and yeah, I just hope maybe we can in the next few years get something going to help historians and archeologists to do their work.

Make no mistake: ANNs are saving lives right now

Here is the thing: ANNs are Deep Learning are saving lives right now. I really cannot stress enough how quickly this technology has become incredibly important in fields like biology and medicine to analyze data and predict outcomes in a way that a human just never would be capable of.

I saw a post yesterday saying "AI" can never be a part of Solarpunk. I heavily will disagree on that. Solarpunk for example would need the help of AI for a lot of stuff, as it can help us deal with ecological things, might be able to predict weather in ways we are not capable of, will help with medicine, with plants and so many other things.

ANNs are a good thing in general. And yes, they might also be used for some just fun things in general.

And for things that we may not need to know, but that would be fun to know. Like, I mentioned above: the only audio research I read through was based on wolf howls. Basically there is a group of researchers trying to understand wolves and they are using AI to analyze the howling and grunting and find patterns in there which humans are not capable of due ot human bias. So maybe AI will hlep us understand some animals at some point.

Heck, we saw so far, that some LLMs have been capable of on their on extrapolating from being taught one version of a language to just automatically understand another version of it. Like going from modern English to old English and such. Which is why some researchers wonder, if it might actually be able to understand languages that were never deciphered.

All of that is interesting and fascinating.

Again, the generative stuff is a very, very minute part of what AI is being used for.

Yeah, but WHAT ABOUT the generative stuff?

So, let's talk about the generative stuff. Because I kinda hate it, but I also understand that there is a big issue.

If you know me, you know how much I freaking love the creative industry. If I had more money, I would just throw it all at all those amazing creative people online. I mean, fuck! I adore y'all!

And I do think that basically art fully created by AI is lacking the human "heart" - or to phrase it more artistically: it is lacking the chemical inbalances that make a human human lol. Same goes for writing. After all, an AI is actually incapable of actually creating a complex plot and all of that. And even if we managed to train it to do it, I don't think it should.

AI saving lives = good.

AI doing the shit humans actually evolved to do = bad.

And I also think that people who just do the "AI Art/Writing" shit are lazy and need to just put in work to learn the skill. Meh.

However...

I do think that these forms of AI can have a place in the creative process. There are people creating works of art that use some assets created with genAI but still putting in hours and hours of work on their own. And given that collages are legal to create - I do not see how this is meaningfully different. If you can take someone else's artwork as part of a collage legally, you can also take some art created by AI trained on someone else's art legally for the collage.

And then there is also the thing... Look, right now there is a lot of crunch in a lot of creative industries, and a lot of the work is not the fun creative kind, but the annoying creative kind that nobody actually enjoys and still eats hours and hours before deadlines. Swen the Man (the Larian boss) spoke about that recently: how mocapping often created some artifacts where the computer stuff used to record it (which already is done partially by an algorithm) gets janky. So far this was cleaned up by humans, and it is shitty brain numbing work most people hate. You can train AI to do this.

And I am going to assume that in normal 2D animation there is also more than enough clean up steps and such that nobody actually likes to do and that can just help to prevent crunch. Same goes for like those overworked souls doing movie VFX, who have worked 80 hour weeks for the last 5 years. In movie VFX we just do not have enough workers. This is a fact. So, yeah, if we can help those people out: great.

If this is all directed by a human vision and just helping out to make certain processes easier? It is fine.

However, something that is just 100% AI? That is dumb and sucks. And it sucks even more that people's fanart, fanfics, and also commercial work online got stolen for it.

And yet... Yeah, I am sorry, I am afraid I have to join the camp of: "I am afraid criminalizing taking the training data is a really bad idea." Because yeah... It is fucking shitty how Facebook, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and whatever are using this stolen data to create programs to make themselves richer and what not, while not even making their models open source. BUT... If we outlawed it, the only people being capable of even creating such algorithms that absolutely can help in some processes would be big media corporations that already own a ton of data for training (so basically Disney, Warner and Universal) who would then get a monopoly. And that would actually be a bad thing. So, like... both variations suck. There is no good solution, I am afraid.

And mind you, Disney, Warner, and Universal would still not pay their artists for it. lol

However, that does not mean, you should not bully the companies who are using this stolen data right now without making their models open source! And also please, please bully Hasbro and Riot and whoever for using AI Art in their merchandise. Bully them hard. They have a lot of money and they deserve to be bullied!

But yeah. Generally speaking: Please, please, as I will always say... inform yourself on these topics. Do not hate on stuff without understanding what it actually is. Most topics in life are nuanced. Not all. But many.

[yoursoulvisions]

hii, can u please tell me a lil about pluto in 2nd house sagittarius, i have heard pluto in 2nd house relationship with money is a bit challenging any thoughts??? tyy btw

Pluto in Sagittarius in the 2nd House

This placement of Pluto indicates that the sphere of money and personal values will not be static for you. A tremendous potential for deep changes is embedded here, and as a result, the attainment of true strength and stability. However, this path may not be easy, being associated with intense experiences and tests of resilience. Pluto in Sagittarius is connected with the striving aimed at expanding horizons and achieving financial freedom that will allow you to travel, study, explore the world, and finance projects corresponding to your high ideals and beliefs. With harmonious aspects to other planets, this can indeed indicate the possibility of significant earnings. Instead of being broken by financial difficulties, you are capable of using them as a catalyst for personal growth and rethinking your attitude towards money and values. Crises can lead to a deep understanding that true value is not solely material. Perhaps you possess insight and are able to see hidden opportunities where others do not notice them. This can manifest in the ability to invest profitably, find unconventional sources of income, or work successfully in areas requiring deep analysis and transformation, such as finance, investments, and taxation. The energy of Sagittarius can direct this talent towards international markets, education, publishing, or large, possibly risky, but potentially very profitable projects. Under the influence of Pluto in Sagittarius, your value system is constantly developing and transforming. You may discard outdated beliefs about wealth and success, seeking a deeper meaning and using your resources to achieve high goals, spread knowledge, or help others. Travel and acquaintance with other cultures can significantly influence your understanding of values. But despite all the potential, you may have a deep, subconscious fear of being without money. This fear can manifest in cyclical behavior: a strong desire to accumulate, and then quickly spend what has been saved, possibly on things that symbolize freedom or expansion (travel, education), sometimes without proper planning. There is a tendency to excessively link your self-worth as a person to the level of material wealth or the ability to finance a certain lifestyle associated with Sagittarius themes (travel, status items, education). This can lead to a desire to «squeeze into an expensive suit» to feel significant, or to a feeling of insecurity during financial difficulties. It is important to realize that your true worth is not measured by money. The desire to completely control your material resources can become an obsession, causing increased anxiety and stress if something does not go according to plan. This can manifest as distrust of others in financial matters. I can advise you to develop your insight and use it for competent financial management, but avoid excessive risk and adventurism. Direct your powerful energy towards creating a solid financial foundation that will provide you with true freedom and the opportunity to realize your high aspirations. Be open to change, learn from your mistakes, and strive for a balance between the material and the spiritual🤍

[v3lvet-midnight]

Hello! I'd like to request for a DC matchup please. ^^

Name: Aurora  Pronouns: they/them Character preference: Someone from teen titans or the batfam

MBTI: INFP Enneagram: 4w5 sp/sx Zodiac: Cancer Moral alignment: True neutral (leaning slightly towards lawful evil)

Personality: Introspective and rational, terrified of conflict. I daydream a lot and tend to space out when I’m not talking to someone. I’m a true introvert, but I love to talk to certain people and about things I find interesting, like my fixations or a fun hypothetical situation. I observe people more than I want to interact with them. I'm also good at reading people (to the point where my brother thinks I can read people's minds). Purple represents me best as a colour.

I value my authenticity, creativity and emotional intelligence (I can’t say I’m really empathetic, but I listen to people when they need me to and I try to be there for them). But I am quite sensitive and emotional. I tend to remember events in which I was hurt easily. My friend would describe me as a jaded Disney princess because I daydream a lot and used to be idealistic as a kid but now I'm more of a realist/pessimist. They also say that I can be blunt most of the time.

Love languages: Giving - gift giving and quality time, receiving - words of affirmation and acts of service

Hobbies: Reading, looking for fanfiction with amazing writing styles (descriptions, vibes, the closer it reads like poetry, the better), writing (fanfiction for now, but I plan to become a professional writer in the future e.g. movies, tv shows, manga), listening to music, psychoanalyzing people, analyzing fictional characters, watching horror movie summaries and anime/movie reaction videos

Likes: POETRY, anime (mostly shounen, but I've watched some movies as well), manga, analyzing characters with many layers to them, personality typology (the closest thing I've had to a hyperfixation. my all-time favourite is enneagram, but I’ve had astrology and MBTI phases), personality quizzes, action or comedy movies, visiting cafes, looking at sunrises and sunsets, watching storms (LIGHTNING), crochet flowers and plushies (I don’t crochet, I just buy them), phone charms, the colour purple, window shopping, video essays (marketing - celebrities, not companies, somewhat deep topics like love and philosophy, literature and film analysis - especially themes of horror movies, despite me being too chicken to actually watch the moves)

Thank you for your hard work!

𝕷𝖔𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖚𝖕...

𝖈𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖆 𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖓- 𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖌𝖎𝖗𝖑

you're good at reading people, and as a girl with limited speech and mostly uses body language to communicate ...it fits in my opinion

she feels you understand her, and initially that's what brought you both together at least before Barbara taught her to speak. Cassandra was overjoyed the days you'd also join in on the lessons and help her it just made things more comfortable for her with you around

once she learned to read more, she definitely loved joining you when you did, doesn't matter where as long as she was close to you, she didn't mind it one bit <3

she was the one who confessed, after Steph helped her realize her feelings towards you. She probably let it slip out on a night of patrol

she notices your habit of buying crochet plushies, and she began getting you some. though she wouldn't give them to you up front, you'd just find them in your stuff or somewhere she knows you'd find them with a sweet little note from her

Shes also a good listener, and she will gladly lend an ear when you want to talk about something that you are excited about, she finds it endearing and your voice is something that's comforting to her so that's a bonus

⥅♡⤎

[leylasnovella]

Hello lovely, my name is Leyla!

On my page I want to explore the deep depths of my mind in form of poetry and creativity, so I figured starting this blog might be just right!

Here are some things about me:

- my page is known to be „colourless“ and „cold“ however, to me it reflects a calm tranquility within nature and the mind without distractions and perceiving details in little things which life offers!

- I love the movie Dead Poets Society! There is nothing more I could talk about for hours and watch new analysis videos on YouTube. Simply beautiful.

Furthermore I also enjoy movies which cradle deep into my mind like Dune, Tenet, Interstellar, Inception, Catch Me If You Can, … some more fantasy films to get lost in my mind.

- Books and reading. Do you also happen to collect some books before reading them simply because you know you‘re going to read them and they look so beautiful? Me too. However, this year I‘m actually setting the goal to read more books I own before I get some new ones (I should probably avoid book bazaars and flee markets…)

There are various genres I enjoy such as: mystery, fiction, non-fiction, psychology, philosophy, theology and classics!

- Video- and Photography. There is nothing more beautiful than capturing a feeling or moment, expressing a situation or feeling through some video and sounds. Hopefully I‘ll get deeper into my hobby and soon you‘ll see some work of mine.

- Trees, winter, calmness, rain, big windows and wind.

Some of my absolute favourite artists are Tamino and Morpheus. However, my music taste can vary a lot.

Sibylle Baier, Françoise, Matt Elliott, Hako Yamazaki, Felix Damour, Mayberg and the Bands PianoMagic, Archive, BuckTick, MaliceMizer, TheSmiths, MassiveAttack and Rammstein. Not to mention my favourite composer Antonin Dvorak. I‘m also playing the violin and little bits of the piano.

- Languages, languages, languages. Some of my greatest interests is to discover cultures, languages and how it connects people. As for me, I‘m fluent in German, Turkish and English. However, I‘m also learning Latin-I‘ll probably learn more different languages in future hopefully.

Thank you for taking some time to read my introduction! Don‘t be shy to drop some comments about something you enjoy or have in common! I‘d love to make some moots.

See you soon!

[vaguely-concerned]

I listened to the first episode of vows and vengeance and... god. god forget waiting for veilguard, how the fuck am I going to survive the wait between each episode of this???? tl;dr: I loved it, I love dragon age, I love audio dramas, I love voice acting and music, I love thedas, I am IMMEDIATELY painfully invested. if nadia doesn't get her sweet fancy lad back whole and unharmed by the end of this I am killing everyone in tevinter and then myself.

more thoughts under the cut! not a lot of deep analysis just flailing and feelings today haha

I hadn't realized that elio would be a magister! idk if it was in any marketing beforehand, but if so I didn't pay enough attention to remember it lol. he sounds like he might be prime lucerni-material politically, so I'm a little sad we didn't get even a subtle dorian or maevaris easter egg in there, as far as I could tell, but hey, you can't have everything. (honestly unless BIG changes are upon us (which tbf they probably are) it might be just as well that this went down as it did, b/c I'm not sure how long elio would survive in the magisterium that we've heard tell of, he's quite -- either soft and shortsighted, or politically reckless, I think nadia was right there.)

I found nadia, elio and their dynamic very effectively introduced -- the fact that they haven't quite figured out how to be good to each other yet but so clearly both desperately want to be and are willing to work for that is a smart place to start the story. it makes it feel all the sadder if they never get the chance to work it all out, because I think they could have every chance to, given the time.

The voice actors for the central characters are all wonderful (orin's was. fine! doing a good enough job with a slightly more thankless role, let's call it that.) also so nice to hear people humming the tavern songs we heard in inquisition. god I love thedas I'm so glad we're getting to go right back in there soon

The episode was longer than I thought they would get, and it was all the better for it! I'm so happy it seems they'll get the space they need to tell this story, especially since nadia appears to be setting out on quite a continent-spanning odyssey here (I'm so sorry about your life nadia)

SOLAS solas solas! solas. solas!!!! he is such a BITCH and I love him so much. he is being aggressively himself and I didn't realize just how much I'd missed him. no one gets me frustrated quite like you baby you know better than this I KNOW you could know better than this why do you never learn a single thing I know you have the capacity somewhere in there. patron saint of endlessly fucking up. WHERE do you get off being condescending to nadia when all your ~*brilliant*~ plans backfire catastrophically on you every single time solas. yeah of course you're sorry, and you fucking better be, if she stabbed you I'd be sad but also like 'yeah I mean you had that one coming sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯' about it!!! what the fuck. come home please

such a weird feeling to have him be an ominous stranger on the road to elio and nadia while I was standing there with my arms crossed and my foot tapping irritably like 'oh so now he shows his face, there he is. my husband. my ex-husb -- my nemesis and poor little meo -- it's complicated alright. he's in the dog house, but the dog house he's in is still mine'. I do adore how unstoppably solas clearly wants to be a teacher, he works so hard to be mysterious and aloof but the lonely insufferable chatterbox knowitall jumps out at every turn.

neve trying and almost succeeding in freezing the whole bay I'm

like. okay then! much to think about

the only thing I'm not a big fan of is the characters calling out in-game spells in sort of a self-indulgent way, but hell if I know how else you'd communicate exactly what's going down magically in an audio format like this so y'know. very easily forgiven from my side honestly

[storkmuffin]

Feel free to ignore if you don't want to answer or have already answered!

But I'm so curious about your impression of Ateez when you first saw them to now, and what you're even excited to learn more about?

I found Ateez alarming and off-putting when I first saw them, which was during my deep dive into Lee Know's (Stray Kids) dance rehearsal videos, which led to watching some of the Kingdom clips in which Ateez play an important part. What Ateez was doing looked ambitious and theatrical, but I wasn't particularly intrigued. I actually thought, Maybe the market is so saturated that this group decided to just go really weird, for attention. But I just didn't like them because of the noisiness and strangeness, so I didn't even bother learning the name of the band.

Then the algorithm showed me Wooyoung's famous "live" clip, where he calls Atiny 'Mom' by mistake. This got me interested in him in particular, and that led me to Ice on My Teeth which had recently come out. I watched one of the music show onstage presentations. They were all in suits, some in long coats, some in glasses. The suits caught my eye, because I thought it was witty to put these Idols in 3 piece suits when nobody wears suits to the office in S. Korea much anymore, and in an era of terrible youth unemployment. And they looked free and manly, in comparison to Stray Kids, who are more or less the same age but are firmly boyish still. After watching the extremely precise, anal retentively perfectly synchronized dancing that Stray Kids do for weeks, watching Ateez swagger around doing 8 versions of the steps, where each of them moves however he wants and prioritze beat over uniformity felt refreshing.

[Another giant essay. I didn't know I had this much to say.]

I was also finding the Stray Kids reality content grating at this point. The extremely infantilizing Stray Kids set ups are a problem for me, especially with Lee Know and Bang Chan. This is very personal to me, but the reason I am not a Stay is because I increasingly feel like Lee Know, my bias, is sick and tired of being an Idol. What they have him doing doesn't seem to be what he wants to do. He just looks sadder and more worn out than he should be, given that Seonghwa, who is the same age, is coming into his own. (Seonghwa post is coming later).

So on a whim I watched Idol Theater, Ateez. The one where Wooyoung chooses the 'wrong' choice several times and San grabs him and is like, HEADBUTT HIM, HYUNG! to HongJoong, who gets into a runner's prep pose, looking like he's powering up to just that. And I was like, Oh this group is just more free and more fun!

The present impression is that Ateez was actually put together by people who really do know what they're doing in terms of making Idol music and content. If we were to go into the members? One sentence summaries: Seonghwa is a very fascinating theatrical performer. Wooyoung deserves to be a massive star, and I hope he does. San should get to sing a lot heartrending ballads, because I like the 'cry' he has in his voice. Mingi has a really awesome voice and delivery, and I like how he enjoys his own sexiness. I don't have thoughts yet on Hongjoong, Jongho or Yunho [EDITED TO ADD: HOLY SHIT I FORGOT YEOSANG, SORRY SORRY], but that's because there was so much to work through with the ones I have named, and I've just gotten started on Mingi. The mix of voices, personas, and the primary appeal presented by each performer is a great one, built for longevity.

This makes me interested in 이든, Edenary, the producer and I think, real songwriter for the group (Sorry, Hongjoong). I'm also excited to actually learn about the Idol industry, and what the scholarly analysis is about this cultural art form (books have been downloaded lol). Is that a terribly boring answer? I just have an assumption that every single thing we ever see from Idols is performance of some kind. I think none of it is really them, you know? But I see from the song credits that Edenary is the person who crafts and leads this group, and the songs are clearly written by an adult with an adult's perspective. When Ateez sing about ruinous sexual desire they sound like someone who has actually been through a relationship where the sex was great but the relationship toxic. When Stray Kids try to do the same, they end up singing about, essentially, insomnia, instead. I think the difference is coming from Eden, more than anything else. So I'm interested in what Eden thinks he's doing.

I also think that the Ateez content is more fun for me because the guys have this 'hunger' still, so they're working very very hard to be fun. They want credit for being excellent Idols, which they are, but they aren't getting the attention they deserve at home, so despite their huge success overseas they're still white-knuckle grit-teeth determined to make it work with the Korean audience. I want to see if they succeed.

[augustablog]

AI, Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks.

This week we learnt about the above topic and my take home from it is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables machines to mimic human intelligence, driving innovations like speech recognition and recommendation systems. Machine Learning (ML), a subset of AI, allows computers to learn from data and improve over time.

Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning are types of AI

Supervised Learning: Uses labeled data to train models for tasks like fraud detection and image recognition.

Unsupervised Learning: Finds patterns in unlabeled data, used for clustering and market analysis.

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)

ANNs mimic the human brain, processing data through interconnected layers

Input Layer: Receives raw data.

Hidden Layers: Extract features and process information.

Output Layer: Produces predictions.

Deep Learning, a subset of ML, uses deep ANNs for tasks like NLP and self-driving technology. As AI evolves, understanding these core concepts is key to leveraging its potential.

It was really quite enlightening.

[sageofsunbloom]

Is AI fr gonna steal our jobs?

Disclaimer: This post is mostly speculative and meant to encourage discussion and different perspectives on the topic.

Some time ago, I along with many others thought that AI was mostly going to aid in all the task centered, administrative, repetitive jobs. Cashiers, factory workers, call center workers, all the jobs that would benefit from automation were being taken over by AI.

When the ghibli trend came around, it was a guttural shock to many artists.

What used to generate questionable and bad looking art has now developed and is transitioning to generating high quality pieces, videos, music, animation and what not. In a matter of mere months. [AI tools example: midjourney, DALL-E, ChatGPT]

Art is not simply something pretty to look at. It is the accumulation of experiences, emotions and essense of humans. Art is their unique expression and the lens with which they see the world.

This blog is not an argument against the use of AI for art, but a call to understand what it really means.

Did most people see it coming when AI mimicked it with precision?

How long before it starts mimicking creativity, intuition, emotion and depth, all of what we thought was deeply and uniquely human?

"AI works by learning from lots of information, recognizing patterns, and using that knowledge to make decisions or do tasks like a human would." - Chatgpt.

Some time ago, the dominant argument was that AI might be able copy the strokes of a painting, the words of a novel. But it cannot hold the hands of another human and tell them all was well, it cannot feel and experience the real world like us, it cannot connect with humans and it cant innovate and envision new solutions.

If you still believe this, I urge you to go to chatgpt right now and open up to it like it was your friend. It will provide consolidation and advice tailored so well to your individual behaviours that it might feel better than talking to your bestfriend.

What is a deep neurological, experience based and emotional reaction to us is simply just analysis and application of data and patterns to AI. And the difference? Not easily distinguishable to the average human.

As long as the end result is not compromised, it doesnt matter to client and employers whether the process was human or not. Efficiency is often prioritized above substance. And now even substance is being mimicked.

Currently, the prominent discussion online is that in order to improve your job security, we need to master AI tools. Instead of fighting for stability(which is nothing but an illusion now) we need to ride the waves of the new age flooding towards us, and work with Ai instead of fighting against the change.

But the paradox is, the more we use AI the quicker it will learn from us, the quicker it will reduce the need for human guidance and supervision, and the quicker it will replace us.

Times are moving fast. We need everyone to be aware of the rate at which the world is changing and the things that are going on beneath the surface. If we simply take information at face value and avoid research, give it a few years or even months of time, and noone will know what hit us.

"Use of generative AI increased from 33% in 2023 to 71% in 2024. Use of AI by business function for the latest data varied from 36% in IT to 12% in manufacturing. Use of gen AI by business function for the latest data varied from 42% in marketing and sales to 5% in manufacturing."-Mckinsey, Mar 12, 2025.

By 2030, 14% of employees will have been forced to change their career because of- AI-McKinsey.

Since 2000, automation has resulted in 1.7 million manufacturing jobs being lost -BuiltIn

There is a radical change taking momentum right now. It's gonna be humans vs AI starting from the job aspect of the world.

Its not a matter of which jobs and skills are AI proof but which ones is AI likely to take over last.

What I predict personally, is that soon the world leaders are going to have to make a transformative choice.

This can either lead to a world where humans can be provided with money and resources instead of working to earn, as AI generates profit, and we can lay back and enjoy the things we love doing.

Or the other option is that we are going to have to live by scraps as small elite groups take over all the resources and tech.

Dystopia or utopia? The line is blurred.

Thankfully, for now, the choice is in human hands.

[kilov3books]

AI has taken away human jobs however, AI is also creating human jobs

Febuary 16, 2025

By: Ki Lov3 Editor: Toni Gelardi 

The greatest strategy to stay ahead of the curve as AI continues to change the labor market is to embrace AI as a tool rather than a threat, adapt, and upskill. The following are essential steps to prepare your career for the future:

1. Develop AI and Tech Skills

Learn how AI works and how it impacts your industry. Take online courses in AI, machine learning, automation, and data analysis. Familiarize yourself with AI-powered tools in your profession (e.g., ChatGPT for writing, VideoGPT to video creation and AI-driven analytics for marketing).

2.Focus on Human-Centric Skills

AI is great at automation, but human traits remain irreplaceable:

Emotional intelligence (EQ): 

AI can’t replicate empathy, leadership, or deep human connections.

Critical thinking & problem-solving: 

AI provides data, but humans must interpret and apply it effectively.

Creativity & innovation: 

AI can generate content, but original ideas and strategic thinking still require human input.

3. Stay flexible and Willing to Pivot

Be open to career shifts—AI might replace some jobs but will create new ones.

Adaptability is key; embrace lifelong learning and continuous skill-building. Consider industries that integrate AI rather than resist it.

4. Learn AI-Augmented Roles

Many jobs won’t disappear but will evolve. Understanding how to work with AI instead of against it can give you an edge.

Example: A digital marketer using AI-powered analytics to optimize campaigns rather than manually crunching data.

5. Build a Unique Personal Brand

If AI is replacing generic jobs, make yourself stand out with a strong personal brand.

Develop expertise in niche areas where AI support is valuable but not dominant.

Use platforms like LinkedIn, personal blogs, or social media to showcase your knowledge.

6. Strengthen Networking and Collaboration

AI can’t replace human relationships and professional networks. Become an in-person person– with genuine emotions.

Build strong connections with industry leaders, join professional groups, and attend AI-focused workshops.

Collaborating with others can open doors to AI-proof career opportunities.

7. Explore Entrepreneurship & Side Gigs

AI creates new business opportunities—consider how you can use AI tools to start a side business or freelance work.

Examples: AI-assisted content creation, AI-driven marketing consultancy, or AI-enhanced coaching services.

8. Stay Informed on AI Trends

Keep up with AI advancements and understand their impact on your industry. Read tech blogs, listen to AI-related podcasts, and follow AI influencers. Take free online tutorials, videos and ecourse online any and everything AI, their are plenty. Stay ahead of industry shifts rather than reacting to them.

Final Thoughts

The only thing we can count on in life is change. Prepare yourself for the change so you aren't left behind.

AI isn’t just taking jobs—it’s changing them. The key to surviving (and thriving) in an AI-driven world is to be adaptable, proactive, and willing to evolve. Instead of fearing AI, embrace it as a tool to enhance your work, increase efficiency, and open up new career opportunities.

Those who learn to work alongside AI, focus on human-centric skills, and continuously upskill will not just survive the AI revolution—they’ll lead it.

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