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@MyPronounsAreFriedChicken
March 15, 2024 at 11:05 am
Plot twist: she is AI
@dojima24
March 15, 2024 at 11:12 am
Your scientists were so preoccupied with if they could they didn’t stop to see if they SHOULD…- Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park….
@nancie7487
March 15, 2024 at 11:13 am
This woman is stunningly beautiful !!
@doctorlasagna1187
March 15, 2024 at 11:15 am
AI can be used for many things, but just don’t call those “arts”, neither calling those prompters “artist”
@Kryptkeeper911
March 15, 2024 at 11:58 am
I’m curious what exactly does a computer need to accomplish to be considered ai. Do we call a computer ai like how we call a thing with wheels a hover board?
@MorRochben
March 15, 2024 at 12:15 pm
“whether we’re aware of it or not” and whether we consent to it or not
@andrellana8838
March 15, 2024 at 12:34 pm
You consent the moment you login.
@chuckleberrypi3855
March 15, 2024 at 12:40 pm
the colonization of art
@LSS495
March 15, 2024 at 1:37 pm
Procreating with evil, right?!?! Speak for yourself – I don’t make that a part of my lifestyle.
@bohumilliska1801
March 15, 2024 at 2:30 pm
Woauuu… So interesting. To watch this video. The lady especially… And…. Yes she is not only intelligent, but also very yummy. I don’t know what to write as a reasonable response to this. I guess there’s no normal way to explain this.
@samferrara1150
March 15, 2024 at 8:47 pm
As long as people are aware that generative AI ‘hallucinates’ a lot of things it then passes off as fact, we should be able to temper our desire to use it.
I worry we’re already past the point of no return regarding The Singularity.
Terminator 2 and Skynet has already happened. 😅
@namcansdiary6568
March 16, 2024 at 10:37 pm
Better not use it.
@vultureculture7707
March 16, 2024 at 1:21 am
AI “art” is stealing from real artists. We don’t need robots making art while we have children working in factories, shut this bullshit down.
@TheKaptainKombat
March 17, 2024 at 2:03 am
This is not to say AI does not need to be regulated. Think of narrow AI as the automation of someone creating a program made to compile search results into a single file/image. It isn’t really creating anything, it’s just finding a way to make a collage out of PEOPLE’S work that is often their livelihood, or at least copyrighted, trademarked material.
@BigEsGarage
March 19, 2024 at 9:22 pm
I find it fascinating you think everyone is fascinated with AI. We’re not!