The annoying: Sam’s Club is apparently using AI to create official product pics. The horror: AI made Little Debbie Oatmeal Crème Pies into tacos. 😱 (Hat tip to Reddit. Verified in Sam’s app. This is image 9 of product.)
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Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
"snowpiercer is trying to say that class societ-" WRONG, snowpiercer is saying that it even in the worst circumstances that it kicks ass to be on a train
i just don't think I'm living very más right now
one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting
Freya Holmér@freya.bsky.social · last wk."AI lets you focus on the higher level ideas!!" because we all grew up dreaming of becoming managers and CEOs we all know the real artists at the very highest level are the shareholders, famously full of amazing ideas
once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w agoA better way to phrase this Variety headline would be "Publicity Seeker Who Invented A Program Continues Long Con"
in that any larger con center would also likely require that they no longer be a 24-hour event. Otakon, for instance, is at really the only other larger DC venue and operates 8am-2am, I think. It might not be a huge deal for a lot of folks but you would lose out on a lot of programming, I think
MAGFest selling out in six hours - certainly unprecedented. For a couple years now its been a closed event, so no lobbyconning either (which I think is a good thing). Already seeing folks say that the con needs more space, that it needs a new venue, etc. But moving probably poses a bigger problem-
MAGFest hosts an official badge selling marketplace where you can get badges at face value from people who can no longer go! Keep an eye out over the next few weeks, especially after they're done with the hotel lottery
i just feel like. i mean i know the cons would probably outweigh the pros but. you gotta admit scrambling around everywhere on all fours like a goblin sounds like a pretty good time
only just now noticing my name here lol the only thing i’ve done with gamechops is a 2014 collab cover of an animal crossing song with now disgraced artist, grimecraft. kinda nasty to use my name to curry favor while omitting grimecraft’s because the latter has used up his community’s good will
GWIZ 🎧🌙✨@gwizofthestars.com · 4w agoThe concept of making a list of your DMCA'd artists but arranging it like a music festival poster including headliner font sizing
its cool that cosmic relief took off like 3-4 years after its release and continues to ascend. its a really encouraging lesson that if a release doesnt "blow up" (whatever that means) right away that music has no expiration date.
For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs
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I’m not the first person to make this observation but the prevalence of nauseating ai-generated business logos means stuff like this hits CRAZY for me now
my first show at the blue note was @buttonmasher.bsky.social and it was an absolute trip
@nelward.bsky.social was awesome, don't pass up a chance to see em live!
Guitars! They're cool, right? Well here's a bunch of em. Pete Presents: Part One of the Clair Obscur Guitar Explainer series! #vgm #fusion #rock #clairobscurexpedition33 #bald
my therapist brought up "jazz sax player Dave Brubeck" and I decided not to Well Actually him that he was a pianist. everyone be proud of me
The process of a Discocactus arrangement is wildly varied between all of us; luckily for you, we love talking about it! Laura talks more about inspiration, structure, and what it was like to work with our collaborators on our newest track, Une Vie a T'aimer!
one of the first times I came across Tim Curry was in a videogame - not his infamous role in Red Alert 3, but as Dr Frankenstein in "Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster." no matter how campy the role, he always gave a hell of a performance. RIP youtu.be/gvWtHfSmbnw?...
Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster | PC | Full Game
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We heard from some VIP (Very Important Pfans) that there's more interest in some behind-the-scenes footage of our arrangements. Well, to kick that off, we have our arranger Laura and our resident low end expert Sam to talk about the inspiration for Alicia!