Making art can be lonely when you come up for air and feel like nobody cares or would enjoy what you’re creating, but I’m sure plenty of people would love to read what you’re writing! It’s impressive that you’re even attempting to write a book!
What film are you referencing?
Nice, thank you! 👍
The head of my agency is a gullible rube who is terrified of being “left behind”, and the head of my department is a grown-up with a family and a career who spends his days off sending AI videos and memes into the work chat.
I’ve been called into meetings and told I have to be positive about AI. I’ve been told to stop coding and generate (very important) things with AI.
It’s disheartening. My career is over, because I have no interest in generating mountains of no-intention code rather than putting in the effort to build reliable, good, useful things for our clients. AI dorks can’t fathom human effort and hard work being important.
I’m working to pay off my debts, and then I’m done. I strongly want to get a job that allows me to be offline.
Asking you as it seems like you’re somebody working in the AI field: how can I avoid whatever you and others in your field are doing? Do I just have to go offline?
I’m not against that idea, but unfortunately I do have debts to pay off at least for the next 45 months or so and my career requires me to use the internet (I’m a web developer). Once the debt is paid, I’m free.
I hear you. It’s hard to trust that art you see is genuine art by people anymore, and it’s only going to get more difficult as these AIs swallow and plagiarise more and more of the human effort that they can.
I can’t give you easy advice on this. Find an artist you trust. Follow them. Learn to appreciate older artists who are dead. Learn to love fewer artists.
What I can tell you is this: take time away from the internet. This whole Generative AI boom has shown me that a disconcerting number of people, probably even the majority, honestly and seriously do not give a shit about authentic human effort and creativity. Being real, being authentic, being creative, any of the things you or I might view as essential to the human experience don’t matter to them. They want content to consume, and that’s that. Don’t give a shit where it comes from. Don’t give a shit what it means. Just stick it in front of their eyes for a few seconds before they move onto the next thing. It’s really fucked up.
So, go outside. Reconnect with your real friends, in contexts where these marketing machines can’t lie to you. Talk with human beings. I’ve started going to galleries in my area. I’m sober at the moment so I’m spending a lot of time working out at home or running. I went out to a film night screening Palestinian films made about the genocide. Met a lot of people there.
Get away from the internet when you can. It’s not a healthy place, and it can make people a little bit sick, I think. Make art for yourself.
Oh, that’s strange! And you’re saying that this happens only on this map? The not-full-width thing, I mean?
When you say “it doesn’t run full width”, what do you mean? I’m not following either 😅 do you mean the split screen is vertical (i.e. side-by-side) rather than horizontal (i.e. one on top of the other)?
Yeah I just thought you lot were talking about Alien 🤷♂️
That’s in the sequel tho innit?
Why does he look like a megachurch pastor in this thumbnail?
Additionally, people are still buying this strange little man’s games? Why? Lol
Consumers are way too forgiving of the scummy monetisation practices that these companies demonstrate again and again and again and again and again. Happened with the whole PSN account/Steam debacle too.
It’s not the same guys, nor is it a sequel - it’s a totally different game called CrisisX. People in the comments on the trailer are calling it ‘The Day Before 2’ because they expect it to be a similar sort of failure.
You’re going to have a lot of fun generating pictures with AI and then telling people you didn’t?
That’s sad and weird dude, please go outside, you have been online too long and forgotten that there are real things out there.
I’m just asking you not to litter. Go get ChatGPT to coddle you for a while.
Just don’t dump AI spam everywhere 🤷♂️
Beep boop beep boop
Isn’t the saying “Pot calling the kettle black”? I’m also not sure about the “all that and a bag of chips” – it doesn’t refer to getting free things, it means something similar to “the bee’s knees”.
Not sure why you’re asking me 🤷♂️ does ChatGPT use em dashes a lot? Also what is a hall monitor?
What’s a hall monitor? Lol
I just don’t want to have more chatbot sludge on the internet. Glad you didn’t use ChatGPT 👍
It’s gotta be Gordon Freeman, anyway!
Ahhh I assumed it was that one, lol