The7thStranger

I've softened considerably on it for non-fraudulent use cases, first because it is not going away, and second because it's dangerous to stick our heads in the sand and not understand how it works and what it can be used for. Because then truly bad faith actors will have complete control over it. Or then they will try to make it entirely inaccessible to certain groups people so they can exploit them even further. My first question now is how do we make this more sustainable? Now, I'm not quite as moved by some people's faux outrage about how damaging AI is to the environment because that exact cry, I am more than convinced, is coming from people who happily stream music and videos on a daily basis and at very high quantities. That being said, AI is a significant added stressor, and it's leading to the alleged "need" for more resource-intensive data centers that many people are adamant they do not want in their communities, and those people are not being heard. That really, really bothers me. Without having serious regulation on these centers and the usage of AI, we will be doing irreparable damage. As for the core technology itself... it's amazing, if you use it for valiant/positive purposes. It has helped untangle some longstanding projects of mine, for example, it has coded some apps for me to help service and make significantly older pieces of technology more useful today. It has also made an app to help me translate an older version of a video game that was never translated into Italian (it made the app; my translation is my own, human-written and human-edited). And it helped me parse information for an extremely complex work project that I had to take over after a colleague left the department and for which I had almost no time to prepare. So I cannot deny how helpful it can be. But that does not mean I also don't see how incredibly dangerous it is. It has been for falsifying or corrupting evidence (e.g., Flock), hacking into systems that must remain secure for our safety, and generating deep-fakes. AI is a technology that we, as a society and on the whole, are not responsible enough to handle. And with younger generations not reaching their full mental capacity now at an alarming rate, AI is only going to compound this problem. These kids can't identify patterns, they can't comprehend even moderately complex situations, they can't solve their own problems, they can barely write more than a sentence. And that is what scares me. It's amazing technology that we are not ready for.

Yes.

Literally my favorite song of the whole damn era.

So. God can't count?

Maybe he's a brat and Taylor is his dom.

Janet making Put Your Hands On the bonus track on Damita Jo was crime.

Winnie is that *****. He knows he's that *****. And he will forever be that *****

Ridiculous price, but she agreed to pay it and then was gracious about the ban. ...what's the story here?

The store owner sounds insufferable. I think it's easy to assume that the celebrity in this case is being some big diva just because they're famous, but when I working for an airline and came into semi-regular contact with prominent people, only one has-been actor really lived up to the stereotype. The others were perfectly cordial. I'm giving Kelly the benefit of the doubt on this one.

All he had to turn was turn the gun back on himself in a humorous way and drop the word *****. It's like he went with the first draft. Oh. Wait. This is the fool that SNL fired.

If you have to say you're the king, you're not the king. And that applies both to Usher and Chris Clown. I'm not going to claim Usher doesn't deserve to be a part of the conversation, but boy... your competition is Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, and Al Green. Sit. Down.

The way the girl who was marketed as a glitter vomiting trashy mess is always the classiest person in the room. My level of respect for Kesha knows no bounds.

Her best decision... ever!

Nope. I do feel sometimes out of space in circles focused on classic rock, though.

Fork found in kitchen.