Notices by Deniz Opal (selzero@vmst.io)

Imagine if people put the same amount of energy into things that would help them, like Universal Basic Income or Climate Change, as they do into things that are just hate, like the rights of refugees or non-cis people.

I spend too much time adding i-i-e-s to crucifixion images at Easter.

Dancing is so yesterday, the new TikTok thing is...

The Book Wheel was an invention from the 16th century for people that needed multiple tabs open before browsers were invented.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/behold-the-renaissance-bookwheel.amp

@aral @jkb Same happens to me in EU airports. Birthplace and passport both UK, must be my name or brown face. You would expect airports to have a more sophisticated profiling system than Millwall fans.

It's not a "Chinese Balloon"

I saw a documentary once.

Here is a thought, how about we get wood from trees without cutting the whole bloody tree down. You know, like we did 700 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisugi

@niclas losing what?

@niclas the point is Disney will win.

The artists are banking on it.

The AI model providers TOS states "you own the output".

They are putting the model providers into the firing line.

Well this has come to a head. In order to protest AI image generators stealing artists work to train AI models, the artists are deliberately generating AI art based on the IP of corporations that are most sensitive to protecting it.

Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists?

Alt text: pictures contain images of AI generated images of Disney, Nintendo, DC, and Marvel characters.