A brain in a jar, but the jar has flames on the side. Also a 3D artist. Also a 2D artist. Also likes to talk about philosophy.
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Shocked to learn just now that JFK *never* disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood at any point during his political career
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I mostly agree, but I don't think this targets the actual moral framework in action here. People just believe there's a line, and individuals who have crossed that line. Criminals don't necessarily "deserve" <x>, it's just that they bought their ticket and now they take the ride.
I think prisons should be safe, actually. If you want rapists to receive corporal punishment then change the law. Outsourcing punishment to random violence in prisons is morally and practically wrong, as well as cowardly.
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What they should really do is start requiring cigarettes to be sold sewn into little flaps of grey, fibrotic lung tissue sourced from the corpses of smokers past.
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If losing your kid for an hour is anything like losing your cat for twenty minutes - and I suspect it might even be slightly worse - then I'm very glad that I never became a parent
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As with all new creative/productive technologies, AI isn't reducing my time spent on work/projects but is instead causing me to commit to more work/projects, imagining that I can fit more into the same amount of time.
(which I can't)
#jevonsparadox 🤷♂️
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I think this is wrong.
This is not the auteur's vision. It's the auteur's vision muddied and translated by a video generation model.
Like, set video aside for a second, think of image generation models. Have you ever prompted one and got a result that made you say, "yes, this is PRECISELY what I had in mind"?
Working with these models is still collaboration, and they're less amenable to suggestion than most human collaborators.
The store ran out of "Tom's of Maine" toothpaste, and all they had instead was "Tom's of New Jersey".
It was alright I guess, but there was a cartoon of a plumber on the front for some reason, and the only flavor they had was Mustard.
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I'm addicted to debating, I know that, but another part of it - something I just realized - is that I actually *enjoy* disagreeing with people (if I think the disagreement is polite and nuanced). I *look forward to it*. I fantasize about it happening when it's not happening.
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I made a thing! I made a game! Just released this Thursday!
Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Grab random people on the sidewalk and scream the url into their faces!
Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3…
Meta Quest:
meta.com/experiences/exoshoc…
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Genuinely bummed about Patrick Stewart.
Also had a pipe dream that he might one day play Burroughs in a biopic. He would have been perfect for it.
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