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Casually using generative AI gives its progenitors the numbers they need to justify their mad expansion. Please abandon these tools and let's return to a time when we think up our own ideas, assemble physical and digital materials that allow the greatest possible expression, and make something that tells the world who we are.

Nun sag’, wie hast du’s mit der #KI?

In der Redaktion setzen wir auf #Bildgeneratoren. In Bilddatenbanken finden wir kein passendes Bild zu Fällen wie „Diebstahl an der Wursttheke“ oder „Bienenwachsfontäne“.

Aber Probleme bei der Nutzung von #TextzuBildGeneratoren sorgen in unserer Redaktion immer wieder für Diskussionen. Von #Algorithmus & #geistigesEigentum bis #Umweltschutz.

Was meint ihr? Sollten wir die Finger davon lassen?

thebullshitmachines.com

I'm only finished with the first chapter --and with going through all of the supplementary material for chapter one that's hyperlinked in the instructor guide, which I think should be mandatory rather than supplementary-- but I'm already convinced that this class (and its supplementary materials) should be a requirement for CS majors at least, if not for engineers and "STEM"-type majors in general.

The Stochastic Parrots paper, in particular, is excellent. Two of that paper's listed authors (Emily Bender @emilymbender, Angelina McMillan-Major) hail from the University of Washington. Not surprising then, I suppose, that the folks behind this class/course/curriculum/website also hail from there: Carl Bergstrom (@ct_bergstrom) and Jevin West (@jevinwest@x.com). Those two are also members of a broader effort from that same university called the Center for an Informed Public (@uwcip).

thebullshitmachines.comModern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: IntroductionA free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

Trained image generators kind of ruined my life, or at least ruined my ability to generate freelance income as an illustrator. So when I block your account for its constant stream of bland, wasteful imagery (where literally ANY original version would be more charming) it's not an irrational act of anger just a simple move towards self-preservation and mental health.

#AIArt = #AISlop

I use AI a lot but have stuck to math, numbers, tables, analytics and statistics.

I am doing a bathroom renovation on my third floor. My house was built in 1888 and has a #Mansard roof and #Dormers.

I consider me the #SweatEquity. As #Arthritis has set in, I can no longer do the work, so I have to describe to others how it should look. #AltText
This is my first description to #ChatGPT #DALLE of my bathroom project and asking it to render the image #MyJawDropped

> the new #Flux #AI image synthesis model is unexpectedly good at rendering custom-trained reproductions of typefaces. the new technique is useful for #genAI image hobbyists because Flux is capable of rendering depictions of accurate text, and users can now directly insert words rendered in custom fonts into AI image generations.

arstechnica.com/information-te

Ars Technica · Hobbyists discover how to insert custom fonts into AI-generated imagesLike adding custom art styles or characters, in-world typefaces come to Flux.

An AI generated comic imagery of Florida Panther’s locker room circa 1995 when a giant rat decided to wander into the room scaring all the hockey players present at the time, before Scott Mellanby managed to beat the rat to death.

(Note: AI generated rendition, just an idea of artwork I’m thinking of drawing, this gives me a good staring point of ideas)

#TimeToHunt #Panthers #Hockey #Rat #Comic #Giant #Angry #DALLE #HNOM @hnom @hockey

For many decades, it seemed professional #Go players had reached a hard limit on how well it is possible to play. They were not getting better.

Then, in May 2016, #DeepMind demonstrated #AlphaGo, an #AI that could beat the best human Go players.

After a few years, the weakest professional players were better than the strongest players before AI.

henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/go

Escaping Flatland · After AI beat them, professional go players got better and more creativeBy Henrik Karlsson

I have heard that Microsoft have improved thier image creator AI. I gave it a bash

"Draw me an English countryside steeplechase event, of at least a dozen horses running over fences, but with two of the competitors replaced by centaurs in 18th century clothing, and a third by a robot horse similar to the boston dynamics robot dog"

No centaurs, two robots rather than one in some images, and no clear idea of how a race meeting is held

#AIart#AI#Art