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Does anyone else think that NFTs are an allegory/miniature version of how art is easily commodified by capitalism? IIRC, NFTs were there to help finance artists who work on a purely digital medium, but then grifters coopted the NFT space and try to sell sets of same-looking artwork. Complete with "fandoms" and drama, as well.

Speaking of unfinished books before the creator died, I'd really like to know how AI would try to finish Tintin and Alph-Art, the last book before Herge died

Going with what is happening in the SAG/AFTRA strike, perhaps the big names shouldn't join the strike because they would come across as entitled, but they are more than welcome to donate towards the strike.

Are racially motivated police violence common in the UK? I know they're very common in the US, but I'm unsure about what happens in other places.

I'm on board with this idea, but I'm not sure where to start.

I get your sentiment, and I'm not gonna argue against it. As a freelance illustrator, I've had my own fair share of problems meeting deadlines. I wish I can just make art at my own pace, but my clients want work to be churned out as soon as possible. Which I will relate this conversation with AI. I feel like AI (at its current usage) just perpetuates the vicious cycle in capitalism where quantity trumps quality, or that they have unrealistic expectations for work to be of high quality but with unrealistic deadlines. That's why they turn to AI.

Speaking of single speaker audiobooks with multiple characters, I listened to an audiobook by Raza Jaffrey: The Stone Song. The characters were well acted, in my opinion. Some characters are kids, men, women, even an alien or two. But it's easy to distinguish them. And the thing is, he didn't even have to adjust his pitch. Goes to show how you need a specific skill if you want to do single speaker audiobooks with multiple characters right. Then again I am biased in a way that this is one of the first audiobooks I've ever listened to.

Elevenlabs Projects seem to make them possible now.

As for AI voices, it doesn't quite match real life voices yet. I think what's more feasible is to get an above average actor with a decent budget, then mask the voice with programs like RVC.

Thinking about it, perhaps GRRM should've used AI as a sounding board in order to get his book finished much sooner.

I love classic music so that would extend to opera somewhat, and I also love tech. It's quite an interesting combination, to say the least.

Yep. It's either "embrace the future, adapt or die" or "let's put the technological genie back in the bottle". No actual nuance.

There could be multiple factors and interactions that build trust, right? As others mentioned in the comment section, some of those include supporting you at your worst and accepting "no" for an answer.

I do because a the majority of AI discourse is still on reddit

I have a morbid curiosity for their state propaganda (as with other state propaganda). They're just very persistent with it. Not sure if that counts as something from NK that's good, but it's at least one thing that I'm fascinated by.

This will definitely make customers less trustful of Microsoft when dealing with their privacy-focused AI projects. Here's to hoping that open-source LLMs become more advanced and optimized.

Virtually everyone in my country uses WhatsApp. I'm essentially living off-grid if I don't use it.

I'm not too vocal when it comes to privacy but I will tell you that I really don't like how algorithms take data and use them in order to manipulate the masses. It just seems very controlling, like you're being controlled by a clairvoyant puppetmaster.

Information and Technology lol. You'd think I'd take a major in computer science, right? But I actually despised math so I went to art school instead. Though I must say I feel like I didn't like math because I suspect that I have what is basically mild dyscalculia (undiagnosed), for lack of a better term, and I'm learning some coping skills.

Given how Japan seems to embrace AI and robots more than any other nation, it makes me wonder if Japan may inevitably have a significant portion of the population comprised of robots.

There's a book that helps describe colors to people who have never experienced color. It's called The Black Book of Colors, and it incorporates a synesthesia-like experience to describe them.