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kianlocke

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About kianlocke

A sufficiently advanced prompt is indistinguishable from poetry.

https://www.thekeyunlocks.us https://x.com/the_key_unlocks

Feel free to message me at my username at the url above.

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    A notation and IDE for writing fractal poetry (LambdaConf video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjg2LeQMvk ) A constraint-solver for a novel algorithmic theory of harmony (cadence…

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    SEEKING FREELANCER Location: SF Bay Area Remote OK I'm looking for one or more freelancers to help with two different projects. One requires text transformation animations between …

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    SEEKING FREELANCER | SF Bay Area | Remote OK I'm seeking freelancers to help with two projects. One is a website that implements my 'programming language of poetry' for creating fr…

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    When our soul begins to die. Never stop searching ;)

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    Or perhaps a slightly more complementary quote from the above: Rhyme without Reason's like trees without seasons blown out like the leaves when winter whispers her treasons believe…

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    Comment #40165587

    https://www.thekeyunlocks.us/p/it-rhymes-for-a-reason ...A verse without rhythm's all distance, no meter Like rhythm without time all coffin, no cedar All beats, without heart all …

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    SEEKING FREELANCER | SF Bay Area | Remote OK I am looking for a talented individual who is capable of generating programmatic text animations for a word game where the goal is to '…

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    which is why a sufficiently advanced prompt is indistinguishable from poetry ;)

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    Sorry, I meant using directly in a work that is then resold. Thank you for clarifying, though.

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    Just curious -- do you feel that a person who learns to perfectly imitate (do an impression of) another's voice should be required to pay them for any performances done in that voi…

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    > "power grab" by artists to defend their works.. so unhinged, hard to respond. In what way is attempting to extend copyright from individual works to styles or sub-styles of art n…

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    In my view it's categorically wrong to assume that these systems will cost a billion dollars forever, and if we write the laws without that understanding, we are only helping billi…

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    Comment #38525218

    A sample is using a literal cut-and-paste of a section of another copyrighted work and re-selling it directly -- on the other hand, musicians that wholesale take a particular beat …

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    Sorry, I should have phrased that as "why should we have a separate set of laws for men and for men using machines?" No artist is required to pay out to their influences, but an ar…

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    > I think it's only fair to pay for using someone else's work to your own benefit. How many artists do you know that pay out a portion of the proceeds of any of their works to the …

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    I've personally made generative models produce poetry that brought tears to my eyes. Granted, they always require as a template other poetry that I already find meaningful, but thi…

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    I don't think that struggling to write poetry makes the poem worthy. The final result, and its impact on the performer/reader/listener does (and I say this as a poet). Many of my m…

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    https://thekeyunlocks.us I use it to discuss tech, science, language, mythology, and the arts through poetry.

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