Let’s hook it up to a sentiment and toxicity model, and then if you’re being too negative online, it will start to deform you into a monster, we could have a real Picture of Dorian Gray!
This is actually such a cool idea.
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s a reasonable expectation and desirable outcome in and of itself. Not everything needs to be intended to be art for it to be perceived as such. Art is in the eye of the beholder. Do you share your stories publicly? I’m curious what kind of stories you would write. It would be cool to have an HN writing group!
I do, but it’s obscure fanfiction. Admittedly with heavy computer science and AI inspirations, so maybe you’d find it interesting regardless? It’s over here: https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/shards-of-a-br...
I read the prologue and it seems neat! I'm not familiar with the fanfiction scene really, or the works yours is based on. How did the voting work?
I like the pictures, and I can see how using AI would help a lot with that, especially in the context of existing characters, as matching styles and designs is something that AI is likely well-suited to do.
I read a bit about Shugo Chara to see what it's about, and it seems like an interesting series. The way you presented your story reminded me of Steins;Gate a bit with the reality manipulation.
Should I be familiar with the source material in order to appreciate your work better?
Thanks for sharing your work. Are you working on any other pieces?
Any anime recommendations, while you're here?
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#103I would love to see you add a networking layer so that I could connect my frame to a random one somewhere in the universe. Then I could see another person through this style transfer. They could see me. It would be like an art chat roulette.
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#104I don't have anything to say about the artistic value, but as a part-time tool collector with dreams of being a handy person, this passage was the most interesting: I used a puncher to cut a hole in the frame’s cardboard for the camera (drills didn’t work). I would love some more detail, or just people's interpretations ... in what manner can a drill fail to "work" on cardboard? There can be issues with tearing, perh…
My guess is he tried with a wood drill bit, which will tear cardboard and make a big mess. For cardboard, or plastic, you need a metal drill bit.
That's right, sorry for not explaining further in the post! The cardboard was so thin than neither wood nor metal drill bits made a clean enough cut.
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#105Some optimization suggestions: - cache the prompting somehow, unless you are doing dynamic stuff with the prompts, the language embeddings generated should be static (this depends on the architecture of the model that you are using, it's only possible with certain setups where the language processing is a separate part in the pipeline) - consider fine-tuning an img to img model with your current outputs instead of us…
Love it thanks, will look into it!
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#106> Making art is hard. But art is mostly about surfacing the inner world, and only in part about skill. It’s unfortunate that art selects so strongly for skill. Not to sound like a luddite, but I do question the idea that the skill gap is merely an inconvenience. I suspect learning how to paint or make music changes something in yourself which teaches you some deeper life lessons. I've heard the phrase (paraphrased):…
> I suspect learning how to paint or make music changes something in yourself which teaches you some deeper life lessons.
I enthusiastically support this notion. A simpler, than painting, example would be writing. Sure everyone has a story to tell, and everyone can write, but to make it worth other people's time would take you days if not years of perfecting the craft, as you inevitably learn things about yourself and crystallize your perspectives on this world.
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#107FYI, the link to the frame used to mount the display just blocks you: https://www.leroymerlin.fr/produits/decoration-eclairage/dec... For those curious, it's a MILO 21 x 29.7 cm black frame. These links work for me: https://www.leroymerlin.pt/produtos/decoracao-e-tapetes/mold... Also, the screen he uses (HMTECH Raspberry Pi Screen 10.1) is pretty hard to find. Do people have other good recommendations for screens wit…
> Any idea why this uses infrared light and an infrared camera? I'd guess it's to make it work in the dark as well.
That's correct. Plus it also adds a layer of interaction that's pretty fun, kind of like a wand.
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#108> Making art is hard. But art is mostly about surfacing the inner world, and only in part about skill. It’s unfortunate that art selects so strongly for skill. Not to sound like a luddite, but I do question the idea that the skill gap is merely an inconvenience. I suspect learning how to paint or make music changes something in yourself which teaches you some deeper life lessons. I've heard the phrase (paraphrased):…
I think he's on the right lines with "surfacing the inner world", but that's why I see this as more wallpaper than art. He's not doing a deep dive into his own psychology and hauling up pearls; none of these images have that property. Does the totality of the project have that property? That would be less clear, but IMO, no. I see it as technically driven, not psychologically driven, although I can see how you could…
It's extremely sophisticated dynamic art.
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#109You should get a couple of old-work low voltage brackets and brush wall plates (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Carlon-1-Gang-Non-Metallic-Low-V..., https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-1-Gang-Brush...), and route the power cable through the wall. It would look much nicer.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
My guess is he tried with a wood drill bit, which will tear cardboard and make a big mess. For cardboard, or plastic, you need a metal drill bit.
That's right, sorry for not explaining further in the post! The cardboard was so thin than neither wood nor metal drill bits made a clean enough cut.
I've had success by putting the material between two pieces of wood and drilling through it all. Ideally you clamp it, but you can also just kind of push down on it.