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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 07:13:23 JST Ars Technica

   We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands

   Gen-3 Alpha produces wild and whimsical results. Here's what it cooked up for us.

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/we-made-a-cat-drink-a-beer-with-runways-ai-video-generator-and-it-sprouted-hands/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • J. Steven York (jstevenyork@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 07:35:09 JST J. Steven York

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     @arstechnica
     "Whimsical" is an interesting way to describe shit results likely based a stolen training material. (Note also, it has one child hand, and one adult hand with SIX FINGERS. Super "whimsical."

   • neonharbinger (neonharbinger@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 08:07:42 JST neonharbinger

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     @arstechnica Outside of the very real ethical and climatological concerns with these things, one must ask, above all else, WHO CARES? Even when something halfway decent is generated, as soon as I know no human was involved, I cannot imagine using it for anything but shitposts. Certainly can't imagine spending money on any aspect of it and generally just want to go the fuck to sleep out of sheer, mind-numbing boredom.

   • acb (acb@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 17:48:38 JST acb

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     • Charlie Stross

     @arstechnica @cstross If Bastet wanted cats to drink beer, She would have given them opposable thumbs

   • kytyn (kytyn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 07:51:18 JST kytyn

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     @arstechnica so upset that y’all are exacerbating climate change by making dumb af “whimsical” pictures - go look at the numbers at how much it takes for each iteration or “ai” search vs normal searches and how it’s using countries worth of energy with related carbon footprint. Then do better.