Ai is a great tool for VFX and plenty of other things. It's been the norm for decades. Fake techies turned it into a buzzterm. It's a great way to enable up and comers without resources to grow. If you're lazily replacing people in workflow, of course, that's predatory. That's what a lot of CEO's *want, but they won't achieve. In reality, these tools are being created by the people they're supposed to "replace" to make their jobs easier. I have a passion for art, programming, and a lot of other things that are "effected" by ai. So far, it seems like fear mongering. Traditionalist always get fucked in the art world. You just kinda shoot for it. (I work in graphite and animation)
I zoomed in on the photoshopped tattoo on the right arm. Not only is the image the first one that pops up on Google when you search, "tribal wolf tattoo," but MULTIPLE people have it as a real tattoo.
Personally, I don't want to be remembered, except in the context of a few stories. I'm more worried about the ephemeral nature of information in general and the ability of people to manipulate our perception of the past. Imagine if you were well "remembered," but someone just made everything up. That's terrifying to me. It is better to be forgotten than misrepresented, IMO.
Then I'll continue to not smile. I refuse to pretend to be happy while people suffer. It's natural to feel empathy. You guys can ignore it if you need to for your mental health, but as an American with the power to change things, I will continue to protest.
I feel the opposite as a Democrat. I support positivity, but I won't smile while Palestinians are being murdered. That seems pretty tone deff. I'm happy Donald Trump is going down regardless. I'm voting Kamala. Please don't forget to protest after we win.
I'm also worried about Armenia, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Syria, Iran, Taiwan, Tibet, Uyghurs, immegrants entering the US, UKRAINE. I am NOT smiling while people are dying and our nation is complacent.
I love nag champa! The og smells so sweet, and the ashes are pretty/ easy to clean. I always think of headshops, though lol. They taught me the bottle trick, though. I like to use a key ring to hold the insence upside down in a glass bottle. It's super clean.
I had the same thing with video games. My dad got a free promotional copy of Morrowind from Fry's. I didn't have a computer/ laptop, but every summer, my dad would let me use his on our road trips. That game made me want to learn so much about anthropology, biology, history, mythology, etc... I played for hundreds of hours and never even came close to finishing.
Ai is a great tool for VFX and plenty of other things. It's been the norm for decades. Fake techies turned it into a buzzterm. It's a great way to enable up and comers without resources to grow. If you're lazily replacing people in workflow, of course, that's predatory. That's what a lot of CEO's *want, but they won't achieve. In reality, these tools are being created by the people they're supposed to "replace" to make their jobs easier. I have a passion for art, programming, and a lot of other things that are "effected" by ai. So far, it seems like fear mongering. Traditionalist always get fucked in the art world. You just kinda shoot for it. (I work in graphite and animation)