Unmute !
*raises my hand to ask a question* what if we collectively refused to refer to AI as 'AI'? it's not artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence doesn't currently exist, it's just algorithms that use stolen input to reinforce prejudice. what if we protested by using a more accurate name? just spitballing here but what about Automated Biased Output (ABO for short)
I've been informed that in australia, "Abo" is a slur against Aboriginal people. therefore a respectful and clear differentiation must be made:
- when spoken aloud, 'A.B.O' (Automated Biased Output) should have the distinct pronunciation of an acronym (Aee-Bee-Oh).
- the written form becomes a little trickier in the age of social media, where periods and capitalization are often considered optional. therefore, i would suggest a less common punctuation mark to distinguish the acronymic version of "Automated Biased Output"
in summary: a more descriptive, respectful, and practical term for Artificial Intelligence is, quite logically, A/B/O
A/B/O is also used to talk about the Omegaverse
omegaverse like the thing zuckberg is tryna do with all the facebook instagram internet-of-thing virtual reality Mega company stuff?
No, that's the Metaverse. The Omegaverse is all those movies with Captain America and the Guardians of the Galaxy and whatnot.
oh DUH, that's why i keep seeing stuff about marvel omegaverse on my dash every time they do a new movie
enough toxic masculinity I'm ready for salubrious mexicanity. I'm ready for a social movement that encourages (esp straight, cis) men to indulge in things that make them more joyful, emotionally healthy, and help them strengthen not core muscles but core compassionate communication skills.
I cannot stress enough that I have a minor speech impediment and voice-to-text decided it was more likely that I said "mexicanity" than "masculinity." I was not in fact alluding to the potential healing benefits of being Mexican. I am however perfectly content with this post being about that instead.
it’s always why the fuck did you make a periodic table blanket what’s wrong with you and never how was the periodic table blanket was it fun being crushed by your own creation
That blanket may be the sexiest thing I've ever seen.
Alright US mutuals, if you are interested in, morbidly fascinated by, or anxiously doomscrolling through AI news, including Stable Diffusion, Llama, ChatGPT or Dalle, you need to be aware of this.
The US Copyright Office has submitted a request for comment from the general public. Guidelines can be found on their site, but the gist of it is that they are taking citizen statements on what your views on AI are, and how the Copyright Office should address the admittedly thorny issues in rulings.
Be polite, be succinct, and be honest. They have a list of questions or suggestions, but in truth are looking to get as much data from the general public as possible. If you have links to papers or studies examining the economic impacts of AI, they want them. If you have anecdotal stories of losing commissions, they want them. If you have legal opinions, experience using these tools, or even a layman's perspective of how much human input is required for a piece of work to gain copyright, they want it.
The deadline is Oct 18th and can be submitted via the link in the article. While the regulatory apparatus of the US is largely under sway by corporate interests, this is still the actual, official time for you to directly tell the government what you think and what they should do. Comments can be submitted by individuals or on behalf of organizations. So if you are a small business, say a print shop, you can comment on behalf of the print shop as well.
Finally!!!
So complex, this hunt. But it's worth knowing at last who the artist was. :) (Via Michael Whelan on Twitter, who helped in the search...)
A bit from the latest Dimension 20 season, Mentopolis, that I thought would be fun to animate.
FUCKING KING
Audio transcript: Crowd: Loud cheering Crowd, chanting: LOOT! LOOT! LOOT! Brennan Lee Mulligan: It's not looting if it was your fucking money to start with Crowd: BIG WORDLESS CHEER OF APPROVAL
The United States has always been a terrible place to be sick and disabled. Ableism is baked into our myths of bootstrapping and self-reliance, in which health is virtue and illness is degeneracy. It is long past time for a bedrock shift, for all of us.
Because it is not mentioned by name in the article!:
If any of you develop “violent new food allergies” after having covid — even allergies that present as migraines, malaise, nausea, irritability rather than swelling and itching — you need to get checked for mast cell activation syndrome. It is staggeringly common to develop from long covid and is often treatable.
Doctor: $140,000 a year
Furry artist on Patreon: $160,000 a year
trilllizard420
i think you’re lowballing the furry art amount tbh
I’m sorry for the inaccuracies, Doctor Yiff
trilllizard420
no matter how I respond to this I don’t look good, well played. i walked right into that
boob-a-chu
Well, furry artists are typically more competent and courteous than your average doctor, so I can see that.
Did you just legitimately tell me that a person who draws wolf ass is more competent than a dude who spent 8+ years in a university to give you your lung transplant?
bog-dweller-official
doctors are bullshit and furry artists perform an infinitely more valuable service to society compared to them
You will die in 7 days
It took doctor’s like 10 years to diagnose what was wrong with me, some insisting I was faking for attention while a furry artist I knew just went “that sounds like crohn’s” after hearing me complain once and ended up being right
Also I can’t go to a doctor and ask them to draw Rouge the Bat wider than she is tall with tits to match, now can I
You could if you weren’t a fucking coward
World Heritage Post
Art by coolfrogdude together at last
[ID: a comic illustrating the above thread as if it was happening in a theater. The users are mostly shaped like their icons, pukicho is a pikachu and hokuto-ju-no-ken is a gengar. The last panel is gengar looks back where a speech bubble comes out of the crowd to say, “you could if you weren’t a fucking coward.” /end]
I can’t believe I’m actually seeing this post
Magic of tumblr,
I am morally obligated to add the YouTube video whenever this thread crosses my dash
I’ve seen this thread more than a few times. But this is the first time I’ve seen this video. So thank you for your service.
Roni Landa, Grand Finale Sculpture
your-local-questioning-queer
@calamitys-child ooh this has you vibes
I'll add to this for the hell of it:
Fluids you can find under your car and what you should do if you see them.
- Clear fluid with no odor after parking from driving for more than 10 minutes: that's condensation, you can ignore that, it's coming off your AC system.
- Clear-ish fluid with gasoline odor after parking from driving for more than 10 minutes: if it's by the tail pipe then it means your car is not burning all the gas going through the engine and it's being sent out the exhaust. This can damage your catalytic convertor and hints at other issues, but is not an immediate concern. If you find it anywhere else you need to take it into the shop immediately or you might end up on the news with your car on fire.
- Black fluid in the middle underneath your engine: you have an oil leak. If the puddle is small then it most likely is a gasket or seal, if the puddle is large then you might have a crack somewhere. If it's a small leak then you can limp it along and top off your oil as necessary till you can get enough money together to get it fixed but if it's a large leak you need to get it taken care of as soon as possible.
- Green/Blue/Yellow/Orange fluid found at the front of your car: this is either your windshield wiper fluid or your radiator fluid. Either way you have a leak that needs to be addressed but one of them will be more expensive than the other. To see which one it is check your radiator overflow tank in your engine bay, if the colors don't match up then you're okay for a little bit but you'll still want to get it looked at eventually.
- Milky white fluid at the back and/or front middle: this is differential or "pumpkin" gear oil that's gotten water in it and fouled it up. It means that you have one or more bad seals and need those replaced along with your differential fluid. Get this done as soon as you're able or you will be stranded.
- Red to reddish-brown fluid in the middle-middle of your vehicle: this is transmission fluid, you have a leak there, get this looked at as soon as you're able to. When your transmission runs out of fluid it'll lock up and you'll be stranded.
...Um, maybe not.
But profreading is so important! As is the Frong cover of your book! HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT FRONG TO USE?!1!
Source: twitter.com
Everyone reblogging this with Culver's is so fucking wrong. It's literally a massive chain and at this point it's spread across the US and is not remotely local
Valid answers are Five Guys or Portillos (but Portillos is for hotdogs & Italian beef not burgers)
Five guys is also a chain? They're like, everywhere I thought
Yeah, I first had five guys back in California, but never saw a Culver's until Michigan
Five Guys is also in Chicago and Philadelphia.
I cannot stress this enough & cant believe it has to be said: DO NOT SHIP THE TWO POPES (Francis and Benedict) IN “the two popes”.
I mean it. Firstly, they’re both real people. Secondly, they’re popes. Thirdly, they’re real popes.
This post is a distant shark fin in this big blue ocean of a website
they got mad
causeallidoisdance
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this about his father, who died of cancer on September 1st, 1982. At his father’s funeral, Billie cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to Billie’s room, Billie simply said, “Wake me up when September ends.”
So I’d be angry too if people kept this shit up every single year.
frecklebuttcronus
i am going to reblog this until i die
iamtonysexual
…oh
a-pentaholics-paradise
Seriously its just not funny and I wish people would stop