It is a question of authorship. What I don’t approve of is zero effort AI slop. But the use of CGI in movies is OK because it serves the vision of the director. The usage of samples in music is OK if the use is transformative. Autotuning is pushing it but can be OK if use is limited or transformative. Even AI tools can be OK if authorship remains human. But an end-to-end pipeline of endless soulless AI generated slop is not OK. So it is very a question of degrees. AI generated/authored works should be labelled as such. Also the label should contain the degree to which AI was used. Not simply an either/or tag.

So you’re happy that you are being sold a lie?

Generally the more morally reprehensible a business is the better they pay.

You have to draw the line somewhere. The further from real harm the better.

I dunno. Lemmy.ml is pretty toxic too.

Thanks for this. I also learned more of the context of the conflict.

Effectively Ukraine is doing more to lessen the production of petrol than any other country.

Also the Louvre. And many other mainly European museums.

Almost everyone has a sauna or at least access to one at or near their home.

Finland for those wondering.

As long as you don’t go the Russian historical route: “And then things got worse”

How about none?

This. The US seems incapable of understanding that others don’t see the US as the greatest, bestest country ever. And that there’s no way in hell that they want to be a part of that clusterflop.

This is what I was referencing in my post.

Thanks America for exporting your hate!

Too bad the US is not a signatory to great many of those treaties.

Another baby saved from the glorious baby killing machine.

Yasser Arafat too?

Create smattering of small communities around the world that are sustainable, independent and contain all the scientific knowledge and capabilities to rebuild civilization.

All of it?

Karelia, Siberia… The list goes on.

Civilization, Civilization 2, Civilization 3 and FreeCiv

Just one more turn. Looks up. Where did the day go?

I finally kicked the habit with FreeCiv.