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everyone wake up, new gender just dropped

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Wildest thing to me about the online safety act is that parental controls already exist on every device. Like my mp3 player has a parental controls option. Like why should i have to give up my privacy and risk my data being leaked because some people cant be bothered to check that their kids are safe online

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I also appreciate the storytelling of Zenos taking the form of Shinryu again to chase after the WoL.

Because it has long been established that Midgardsormr flew from the Dragonstar to Etheirys. Dragon flew through the universe, passing multiple worlds, to get to one that still had abundant life. Because, at that point, most of the worlds were dead. And Midgardsormr could make that trip because dragons aetherical density is fucking staggering and their scales and eyes are full of it. That's why we have the whole Vrtra scales protecting against aetherical corruption blahdy blah.

So taking the form of the dragon allows Zenos to literally fly through space, across the known universe, to get to you. He didn't take the warp drive portal. That closed behind us. He had to do it the hard way. And man broke speed records, I can assure you.

Man also didn't have Hydaelyn's coordinate crystal. He just zeroed in on your soul and booked it.

Fantastic. No notes.

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he definitely fucks but there’s no way he fucks normal

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little miss awful body temperature regulation is taking his hoodie off again

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truly just as we have universal health care we need to have universal death care. dying is not optional and funerals should not be a financial burden for families.

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I love this (and, as a scientist, love the nod to how beneficial genAI can be in those spaces when used properly)!

I want to add that it's not hopeless and it won't be like this forever!! GenAI is growing much, MUCH faster than the law can keep up, but I assure you (as someone involved in the process of doing actual research on effective and ethical use of generative AI in university classrooms) there are crazy amounts of people whose main or entire job is to piece apart this train wreck of a situation by talking to educators, students, employers, community members, etc, figuring out what the issues are, and forming policies, training programs, and general recommendations to mitigate or resolve them. Those things are just background processes that most people dont hear about until the laws or policies actually get implemented, and unfortunately, it's a long and slow process.

So, keep speaking out, keep voicing your concerns, because people ARE listening and trying to get regulations in place to protect you, your information, and your livelihood. Contact your government representatives. If your profession has a union, JOIN IT. If you have kids or work with kids, model for them how to use genAI as a tool instead of a replacement.

At the end of the day, genAI outputs with no modification by actual real human people with expertise in their disciplone are dull and soulless, and there's no real solution to that "problem" in the AI-development world (to my knowledge). No program can replace the adaptability and creativity of the human mind. It's "cool and exciting" now because it's novel and can catch people's eye for cheap, but so was photoshop 20 years ago.

GenAI is expensive to develop, expensive to maintain, and ultimately doesn't make a viable standalone product in most situations. If we keep doing what we're doing (not engaging with AI-generated media, putting out meaningful art that shines a spotlight on how lackluster genAI products are) the money being fronted to fund those enterprises and keep genAI cheap and accessible will move on, and/or governments will put safety nets in place to protect us. It won't be like this forever. Please don't let a temporary unregulated boom destroy your passion for life!

this has probably been said a million times before and will be said a million times again but i’m going to say it anyway because i think every voice matters :) so i’m ranting about generative AI below the cut:

i am genuinely getting so scared of the growth of AI in society? and before anyone comes at me to say how helpful it can be, save your breath. i’m not talking about medicine or science. some of that actually excites me - i mean, it might be helping us to discover much needed cures and recover ancient literature! Who wouldn’t love that? But I mean in terms of academics, art, writing, music. I’m terrified that we’re diving into a society where people will be unable to think for themselves and genuinely lose that creative spark that some people live off. I’m genuinely scared humans are going to lose sight of what makes us human - discovery, learning, creation, passion, not to mention morality.

I’m not making this post just to talk about horror. I suppose I want anyone reading this who might be scared like I am to try and look past this. Whether you’re an artist or a writer or a musician who’s scared their work will never live up to AI, or that you should simply give up because AI is ripping your passion from closed fists, I want you to know that you shouldn’t give up. The growth of AI art and writing is exactly why we need to keep creating - we shouldn’t have to sit back and willingly hand over our passion to things that will never understand how much it hurts to give it up.

If you write, why? I’m guessing your answer is something along the lines of ‘Because I enjoy it. Because I care about what I create, and I’m passionate about the words I engrave on pages like tattoos’. Musicians write music because sometimes the only way to explain your soul is through a melody or a chord sequence. I’m not an artist, but I’m assuming it’s the same, no? I just want anyone who sees this, even if it’s no more than five of my mutuals, to just take a moment and promise that you’ll never give up. If you’re scared of AI, you can’t give in to fear and let them take over not only society but also your life. You have to stand up and keep fighting for your passion, for your love, for your life.

I was crying about five minutes ago so I’ll be amazed if any of this actually makes sense, but, please, don’t let AI ruin you. Keep writing. Keep creating. God knows the world needs it now more than ever.

(I’m sorry for the angry ranting, I hope everyone who reads this has a lovely day <3)

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i have this unrealistic fantasy in my head where if you calmly and logically explain something to someone perfectly they will understand your position and gain knowledge from the exchange. unfortunately in the real world this does not happen often

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every day i struggle between the choice of writing or ao3-ing or tumblr-ing before i inevitably have to sleep and it's a terrible terrible struggle

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non-writers will never understand the mental illness of writing an entire conversation in your head while doing dishes and then forgetting every word the second you open a blank doc

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Saying "I'm gonna finish writing that chapter today" and then NOT doing it makes YOU the unreliable narrator 💔

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I love other writers so much because every writer I've ever met is genuinely and utterly deranged on a level only writers can achieve

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"What are you reading right now?" My own wip because apparently I forgot my own writing style

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“I hate school I’m sorry Malala”- Funny yet poignant. Acknowledges both the difficulty of the task and the fact that doing that task is a privilege. Gives credit to the people who fought for that privilege with a tongue in cheek acknowledgement of the irony of the initial statement

“I’m just a girl I should be home baking bread not doing calculus” - at best historically uninformed at worst leaps decades back in time. Refusal to acknowledge the charged history of education and slights the centuries of women’s labor it took to reach this point