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Infynis

@ Infynis @midwest.social

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  • Torn between needing the job and staying true to my values

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  • I agree with all of this, and I think it's the right choice. You don't have to immediately come out as the brave warrior of what is right, but you can absolutely speak up, in all kinds of ways. Even just starting with, "Hey, this line doesn't sound right, I think it would make more sense if it said 'gender' here," could be helpful. If they insist, ask why.

    Everyone's individual circumstances are going to be different, but there's definitely something you can do. The pressure you're feeling is exactly what the fascists want you to bow to, but most of the people you work with aren't fascists. You might be surprised how much change you can make

  • ‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath

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  • The other people interviewed answer those questions if you keep reading

    “It really weighed on the creativity of my role, and again, spat in the face of my expertise”, [Ricky says]. “It wasn't just this though; the tool itself lacks the intent, context, and limitations of what we're doing. It doesn't have other aspects of the project, influences, references, or personal experiences in the back of its mind, because it doesn't have a mind. Whenever we design something for a game, it's drawn from somewhere, influenced by other things, and filtered through our own experiences as a human. These AI ideas lose ALL of that..."

    “What follows from these discussions is me explaining why, usually over hours rather than minutes, that these tools have no place in a professional game development pipeline or production and actually hinder the development of visuals”, Francis says. “I also find myself explaining to them how the iteration and 'idea' phase of a project is where the best stuff happens, how exploring things through artistic labor is where your best ideas come to fruition, and why would we want an AI (that we don't even own) to do that for us with art that isn't ours to use?”

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  • My fiancee learned about that poop knife one in her archaeology class last year

  • Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow

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  • If he's not arguing to improve it, he's arguing that it shouldn't exist at all, which is worse.

    We must move away from binary tales of catastrophe, not towards naive utopianism that ignores problems and risks that comes with change, but hopeful solutionism that reminds us we can solve and mitigate them...

    I don't like Black Mirror, but I would never say that there's no place for it. It obviously resonated with a lot of people, and it was probably an entry into the genre for a lot of new sci-fi fans. Very 'Old Man Yells At Cloud'

  • Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow

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  • It definitely reads like a criticism of Black Mirror to me

    Black Mirror fails to consistently explore the duality of technology and our reactions to it.

    Absent is the plot twist of Pandora’s box that made it philosophically useful: the box also contained hope and opportunity that new knowledge brings.

    Black Mirror didn't fail to do those things, it wasn't interested in them

  • Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow

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  • I don't like Black Mirror. I think it's generally lazy and sensational. But what this person is saying is not a valid criticism, it's like saying the Bee Movie would have been better if there had been an extended car chase. Louis doesn't want to improve the show, they want something else entirely.

    If you want a contemporary forward-thinking scifi, check out author Becky Chambers!

  • TIL antimatter is the most expensive substance on Earth, costing $60 trillion per gram

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  • How do I securely host Jellyfin? (Part 2)

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  • I work for an ISP, and this is a common practice among my peers

  • Majority of Americans hold unfavourable view of Israel, Pew poll finds

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  • You mistake us. America is, and always has been Genocide First

  • Primitive hu-mons

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  • What's your superpower?

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  • You are the Iron Man of these already mundane Avengers lol

  • White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens

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  • That makes it a better poem in retrospect, imo. It demonstrates its own moral

  • White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens

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  • I mean, Cuba isn't really that different practically from El Salvador, when it comes to offshore concentration camps

  • What's your superpower?

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  • I can level paintings by hand, and usually on the first try. I still always double check with a level

  • What's your superpower?

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  • Generations of panicking string musicians have prepared you

  • What's your superpower?

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  • I don't think being a Disney Princess counts as a minor power 😜

  • What's your superpower?

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  • As far as I'm aware, this is a skill that can be learned by training your palate

  • What's your superpower?

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  • Are you a chameleon?

  • Lower Deck predict this

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  • This is what I thought of when Musk was crying on Fox lol