#Generative AI service

[the-forest-library]

kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

[mlobsters]

jared padalecki and jensen ackles boston con 2025 - gold panel

cheerleading and (allegedly non-existent) short shorts

[oh-nooooooooo]

"why are people mad, its just a trend that creates images inspired from ghibli"

Because. Its common knowledge that AI cannot *create* art. It collects algorithms and data from the global database and generates an image based on your prompt - in simple language - steals bits and pieces from other artworks and puts together a final image devoid of any human soul. Unlike real artists being inspired from ghibli and choosing to draw in ghibli style, Ai generated images are basically just theft. Of someone's hardwork and ideas.

Hayao Miyazaki has hand-drawn every single scene in all 22 films under Studio Ghibli. And now years of his hardwork is being used by some ai tech guy for cash grab without his permission, and No artist deserves this.

People will move on from this trend in a few weeks, but I'm proud of the actual ghibli fans for not treating art like a commodity which sadly enough, seems to be so rare now.

[diet-depression]

“An insult to life itself”

-Hayo Miyazaki, in regard to the use of AI in art.

Miyazaki has been adamant about this for years. He has defended his art for so long to no avail it seems. I get it, who wouldn’t want to see themselves in this beautiful art style? But we need to understand that this isn’t about us or our wants. These artists are being stolen from.

This isn’t a new revelation, so many people have been talking about it lately. I just wanted to give my two cents on it

[sfde8871]

Thx brother

[blamemma]

video taken from and research done by @/ssstarrlightt on twitter but i think it is fair to say at this point that the ai slop used daniel's likeness/old photos of daniel when creating this video. hard to understand really if it was purposeful or not but hilarious to me that he'll forever be a reference point for them

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Lisa Needham at Daily Kos:

Although Elon Musk’s exit from government service was the messiest breakup ever, the multibillionaire’s legacy will live on in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. It’s not just that DOGE personnel are now squirreled away in other agencies, though that is definitely the case. Sadly, DOGE’s real legacy is the mindset of cutting government to the bone with little regard for the consequences. 

We’re still playing the “Who Runs DOGE?” game

This is the stupidest game. Remember that the Trump administration played coy about Musk’s role, saying with great fanfare that he was the head of DOGE, yet insisting to courts that Amy Gleason, a random official who seems to have learned of her new role while on vacation, was running things, although she also found time to work at an entirely different agency.  Gleason is still listed as the acting administrator, but just as was the case during the Musk era, she doesn’t appear to be doing anything at DOGE. Instead, Russell Vought, Project 2025 guru, Christian nationalist, and head of the Office of Management and Budget, will now run DOGE from the shadows.  Where Musk was a mercurial toddler who slashed and burned his way through the federal government, Vought is methodical, steadily advancing toward his twin goals of putting federal workers “in trauma” and making America a Christian nation controlled by a conservative Christian government. Put another way, Vought is just as committed as Musk was to destroying the administrative state—and he might be better at getting that done. 

DOGE’s AI efforts still suck

Despite all evidence to the contrary, the Trump administration remains convinced that DOGE will somehow replace thousands of government workers with artificial intelligence. When they tried to let AI decide which Department of Veterans Affairs contracts to cancel, it was a predictable disaster. The AI tool hallucinated the value of contracts, deciding that over 1,000 contracts were worth $34 million each. The DOGE employee who developed the tool had no particular background in AI, but used AI to write some of his code nonetheless. Then DOGE let the thing loose in the VA, where it determined that 2,000 contracts were “MUNCHABLE” and therefore not essential. 

This is only the latest pathetic effort by the administration to push shoddy AI tools on federal agencies. One federal employee described GSAi, an AI tool for the General Services Administration, as “about as good as an intern” that gave “generic and guessable answers.” Another chatbot at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health has difficulty uploading documents or allowing chatbot users to submit questions. Not a big help, particularly since humans are already pretty capable at uploading documents and answering questions. Despite these repeated failures, the administration remains convinced that AI is magical and ready for prime time. 

[...]

Some of the worst DOGE cuts are about to become law

While DOGE was given free rein to hack its way through the federal government, the administration only sent a few of DOGE’s cuts to Congress for them to be passed into law. Out of the $160 billion ostensibly saved by DOGE—well short of the promised $2 trillion—the administration asked Congress to codify only $9.4 billion.  The budget’s passing would slash $1.1 billion from NPR and PBS, eliminating all their federal funding because Trump thinks they are radical leftists, a thing that anyone who listens to NPR or watches PBS knows is not true. Trump also wants to make permanent the $9 million slashed from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.  Modeling studies show that the PEPFAR cuts could result in up to 11 million new HIV infections and 3 million additional deaths by 2030. By one estimate, over 63,000 adults and 6,700 children have already died because of PEPFAR funding freezes. Those deaths are on Musk, DOGE, and Trump, but none of those ghouls care. 

Feral DOGE kids remain in agencies 

DOGE is now embedded at the General Services Administration, and new permanent government employees now include “Big Balls” Edward Coristine and Luke Farritor. It’s unclear how 19-year-old Coristine’s background as a hacker for hire and 23-year-old Farritor’s background as a SpaceX intern make them qualified to work in the GSA, but LOL nothing matters anymore.  Interior Department Secretary Doug Burgum has basically ceded all his authority to former oil executive Tyler Hassen, who is now running that agency as a sort of shadow Cabinet minister after the DOGE takeover. Hassen is perfect for turning Interior from a department that protects public lands into one that exploits them by allowing oil and gas drilling instead. 

Another DOGE denizen who got a sweet government job is Airbnb founder Joe Gebbia, who is embarking on a “digital design challenge” overhauling the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement system.  Over at the CDC, all grants must now be reviewed by unnamed DOGE employees before money can be released. This occurs after review and approval by agency personnel who are public health experts rather than tweens infatuated with Elon Musk. This mandatory secondary review gives DOGE personnel the ability to block any grants based on whatever the spiders in their brain are saying at the time, which is not exactly helpful for public health. 

Even though Elon Musk is no heading up DOGE, DOGE continues terrorizing government agencies.

[muminshoom]

Drawing Ghibli style because I’m sick of that AI slop trend

[ecommmax]

Perfect World: Barefoot in the Kitchen, High Heels on the Lawn

[pvposeur]

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[aivoluptulicious]

Big pharmas Your prescription is ready sir

[affairsmastery]

A fiery rift has emerged within the MAGA camp, pitting tech titans like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy against staunch Trump supporters. The clash revolves around a polarizing issue: immigration.

Silicon Valley Stance:

Elon Musk, an H-1B visa immigrant himself, champions merit-based immigration reforms, arguing that America’s dominance hinges on attracting top global talent. He likened it to building a winning team: “You need to recruit top talent wherever they may be.” Vivek Ramaswamy echoed this sentiment, criticizing the US for valuing mediocrity over excellence.

The Flashpoint:

Tensions soared after the appointment of Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin AI policy lead, in Trump’s administration. Krishnan’s past support for easing green card caps triggered a backlash among Trump loyalists, with far-right commentator Laura Loomer branding the move “deeply disturbing.”

This debate signals deepening fractures in MAGA’s unity as America grapples with its immigration future.

[squipedmew]

music to my fucking ears

[acy-onyx]

the conversation about using generative AI in school can't be had until we acknowledge that college students with ADHD have a 96% failure rate. so 4% of ADHDers actually reach graduation. we cannot brush past the way higher education is actively hostile to students with ADHD and other disabilities. individual students using chatgpt to write their homework aren't the problem.

students have been cheating/faking/frauding their way out of homework since some asshole had the bright idea that taking work home if fine if theyre unpaid students. if you want to make sure a student's work is genuine, you're gunna have to make them do it during class hours, shocker I know.

chatgpt being used by students is the symptom of a much larger systematic problem. don't get sucked into the "gen z is so stupid they can't even write" mindset, it's not productive or helpful.

DISCLAIMER: I have ADHD and dropped out of university due to lack of accommodations. I have never used nor plan on using generative AI for environmental and anticapitalist reasons. Also, students using generative AI to cheat on exams and projects is a different discussion.

[sincerely-sofie]

Me: Ahhh yes. I have finally finished the first truly completed draft of Better the Wool's outline. It's got goofy scenes and gut-wrenching plotlines, tragic backstories and a central theme of power and control versus trust and uncertainty... plus shipping! This project is taking a hot minute, but thankfully I don't have anything demanding I finish prepping the fanfic ASAP :>

Meanwhile, the looming urge to participate in NaNoWriMo again in November: