@luithe I played Diablo 1 as a kid. The demon face on the start screen was scary enough. I only got as far as the butcher before hearing him scared me off and I never got past it
Arkana (arkana@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 22:39:37 JST
ArkanaAI art is actually a lot closer to 3D art than many people would expect. In both cases you're using a lot of technology others have made. The programs themselves and models or content packs. You still have to pose and determine what you want the image to be like. The only major difference is that most people won't be making models from scratch with AI art, at least yet. AI just automates things to a degree. I would like to see more AI actually using 3D models as well. It would have a lot more consistency when it comes to limbs at least.
@cunnyoisseur@lichelordgodfrey Yeah I knew this a long time ago, it really does go to show the inner nature of people. The European builds small practical things in a way his ancestors may have. The South-East Asians do everything for the sake of appearance and popularity.
Basically that after making one decision it "locks you into a path" and forces you to act differently based on that afterwards. To one extent this is about living with your choices. If you choose to buy a house or a car, you have to deal with it. However it also causes you to "buy in" to a certain lifestyle. If you buy a pickup truck you might look for excuses to use it to carry things. If you buy an expensive car you might want to show it off to raise your status. Even if those were not your intentions in the first place, that decision affects your "path" forwards in life to some degree that otherwise would not have happened.
At some point people may buy into something so heavily that it becomes a cornerstone of their mental identity. You can see this a lot with political ideologies, sexual and "gender" identity, fandoms, etc. Where to the point that if you removed that, the person would not be the same. Basically creating a traumatic shock.
The point I think I'm trying to make is that small decisions add up significantly over time. Especially when it comes to the overall trajectory and momentum of a persons life.