Kissaki @ Kissaki @beehaw.org

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Lol, they added a "Location" to the winners (winner characters)

I guess it's more about the characters than only AI-generated images.

In a CNN article titled, "The first Miss AI has been crowned — and she’s a Moroccan lifestyle influencer," fashion journalist Jacqui Palumbo writes, "Meet Kenza Layli, a Moroccan lifestyle influencer who hopes to bring 'diversity and inclusivity' to the AI creator landscape.

That's the real problem, isn't it? Not the original character contest, with a clear setting. But others promoting the characters as if they were real people.

There is no artistry. […] It’s all a bunch of fake stupidity and I can’t understand why anyone would care at all about this, much less deign to critique it from a feminist perspective. It doesn’t seem worthy of spending the time analyzing it to that degree.

I really don't get this take.

If they're crafting prompts and iterations they are crafting. If they're crafting them according to artistic concerns on the output, there's artistry.

It's a different kind. But I don't see why it would be immediately disqualified just because it's something different.

It's much closer to creative/producing arts than it is to classic beauty pageants.

Why would a girl feel pressured to look as good as an image that doesn’t have actual bones or organs or skin pores - not even fucking gravity.

If you can interpret it as an image of a woman then there is correlation. What they are sourced from doesn't make a difference.

Do you think photoshopped images or makeup also don't change perception and consequently influence beauty standards? Those are also not based on the inherent physical properties of the original bodies.

What do you mean? How so?

Erlinda Johnson, one of the state prosecutors on the case, resigned on Friday, the fourth prosecutor to quit or be forced to step down.

Four?? In and during one case?

Many legal analysts said the case should never have been brought to trial by the Santa Fe County District Attorney's Office. "The prosecution felt it had to cheat to get the result it wanted," said legal analyst Duncan Levin, a New York defense attorney. "This is the worst of our system on display."

Judge Sommer asked Hancock who had decided to put Teske’s ammunition into a separate case file number.

Hancock said it was the decision of her supervisor, prosecutors and herself.

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They shared sexually explicit images in whatsapp groups. You consider that similar to having personal thoughts nobody will know of or written stories?

"were completely terrified and had tremendous anxiety attacks because they were suffering this in silence."

Have you dismissed this quote? I don't know where to start explaining how it's different from what you described because of how far off it is. I have no idea where the baseline is to argue from.

Humans are a social creature. We form groups, and want to be part of groups. Teens are especially vulnerable with a developing personality, social norms, and social belonging. Breaking norms and violating common personal barriers and control of self-expression and self-presentation is deeply violating in a vulnerable phase of life.

They didn't create a personal collection. They shared in their social groups.

I find it baffling how much criticism/this stuff goes around and gets published. Which may not be surprising, it's central to the current politics, people are invested, and press is always interested in stuff like this. Hysteria and social media trends were a thing before too. Press always rides on about the same thing until it's over or something better comes along.

But with Russias huge investments in destabilizing the western nations with stuff like this, I have to wonder how much of it is caused or extrapolated by its involvement. Especially when I hear/read "on social media" in press, where Russias primary focus lies.

There's no simple or single answer in a complex world. But Russia is certainly looking at this in a very satisfied way. It and what follows with the election may very well be the culmination of many years of destabilization efforts.

We’re not talking about pedo stuff here.

Do you want an explanation of why creating and sharing sexually explicit material of other people without consent is problematic and damaging, and especially for children?

If I were holding the most bitcoin I wouldn't feel the need nor want to mine more. One could do better with that kind of money. In this case, even doing nothing would have been better.

“That pain was worse than childbirth.”

First time I have heard that as pain classification in an article.

The original text had 'he' where 'it' was correct. Which supports part of your premise.

They also merged a change request that changed those instances alongside 'they' instances. I don't know if the original author and denier was involved, but it's certainly important context missing from OP blog post.

the whole point behind it was them making an assumption about something

What makes you think the change suggesters assumed ill intent?

The submitted PRs seem to reason improvement, not accuse the original author. I see them suggesting a change, neutrally. With (minimal) objective reasoning.

/edit: I see the later ones did. But the first one didn't. And the second one arguably didn't.

“I think the comparison to a prison wasn’t perfect,” Cohen candidly admits of his post

lol

I don't see why it would be theater even if they were not actively practicing currently or recently.

I'm not surprised unlisted content would show up. A single public or leaked link means unlisted is discoverable elsewhere than the primary listings. YouTube can't solve that. The private alternative setting already exists.

The problem with law solutions is that they only work as far as the law and prosecution reaches. Maybe the western nations will agree on common policies. Like they do on copyright for example. But will China follow? Russia? Smaller countries? Will the prosecution be active or realistically possible?

Laws are important as agreed upon baselines. But they're no technical guarantees. They're quite limited on a public, accessible Internet.

I'd actually like that if it follows good practicses. I feel like the good ones will continue to be good ones anyway, ignoring unification.

Steam Controller.

It's big enough for my long hands. And it has a ton of features and customizability.

What I don't like is the right track pad when games expect a joystick. Depending on the game controls, it can be suboptimal. (configurable to a degree with center deadzone)

If your content doesn't fit on the platforms limit, why not post on a platform intended for or accepting such content?

This form is quite irritating to read.

Microsoft word?