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Post by the_af »

ex-aws-dude wrote: post #223
electrosphere wrote: post #124

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It reminds me of the Star Wars content thats come out recently - before there was the Original Trilogy which we all watched many times and the lines became iconic. Since then it's all become a mismash and blur of mediocrity due to over-exposure. (except The Mandalorian, and I can't believe I'm using the word "content" :/) edit: Totally forgot about Andor & Rogue One sorry, great film and two seasons of top-notch stor…

That is something that annoys me with fandoms You could ask "how many more movies should we make?" and the answer would be "there is no limit, I always want more" "I like this thing therefore more of it is obviously better" I think it takes maturity to say "I like this thing and I don't want more of it."

Yes, and also many fandoms lack the maturity to know when to say "no, I do not want to know MORE details, and certainly not about this obscure secondary character's difficult childhood that explains everything they did later in life".

See:

- All of Wookiepedia and most of Star Wars Expanded Universe.

- "The Hunt for Gollum".

- Every movie in the franchise after "Alien" and "Aliens".

- The sadly upcoming expanded universe/sequels/shows for Blade Runner.

Etc, etc. Everyone has their exceptions ("this one was cool"), but in general the point stands: fandoms ruin everything. They simply don't believe in the adage that "less is more". They always want MORE, and the industry is only happy to oblige.

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Post by fwip »

sekai wrote: post #176
whynotmaybe wrote: post #41

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>fake OF models Soon many real OF models will be out of job when everyone will be able to produce content to their personal taste from a few prompts.

> Soon many real OF models will be out of job when everyone will be able to produce content to their personal taste from a few prompts. net positive to society

In what way? Certainly not for the models, who lose their income/job. Probably not better for the consumer, either.

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Post by whynotmaybe »

dfxm12 wrote: post #181
whynotmaybe wrote: post #41

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>fake OF models Soon many real OF models will be out of job when everyone will be able to produce content to their personal taste from a few prompts.

I don't think so. Talking to people in this space, I've found out about broad camps. There are probably more: -They simply aren't into real women/men (so you couldn't even pay a model to do what they're looking for). -They want to play out fantasies that would be hard to coordinate even if you could pay models (I guess this is more on the video side of things, but a string of photos can put be together into a comic)…

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Re: Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model

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Post by bena »

sebzim4500 wrote: post #202
bena wrote: post #175

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It stands for "OnlyFans" a website originally for creators to engage directly with their audiences but quickly became a website where women sold explicit pictures of themselves to subscribers.

TIL it wasn't created to be a porn site

They still run ads trying to push the narrative that it's for comedians and musicians.

But at this point, OnlyFans is so synonymous with egirls that suggesting someone has an account is used as a way to insinuate they sell pictures of themselves.

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Post by tallesborges92 »

zug_zug wrote: post #102

I'm sure this has been written about but here's what happens long term - images are commoditized and lose their emotional appeal. Probably about half of us here remember photos before the cell phone era. They were rare, and special, and you'd have a few photos per YEAR to look back on. The feel of photos back then, was at least 100x stronger than now. They were a special item, could be given as a gift. But once they…

Agree the same is happening with tools and services

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Post by staticassertion »

zug_zug wrote: post #102

I'm sure this has been written about but here's what happens long term - images are commoditized and lose their emotional appeal. Probably about half of us here remember photos before the cell phone era. They were rare, and special, and you'd have a few photos per YEAR to look back on. The feel of photos back then, was at least 100x stronger than now. They were a special item, could be given as a gift. But once they…

I really don't get that. I look at pictures I've taken in a digital world and I'm moved, just as I am when I see pre-digital pictures. Perhaps older images are sometimes "more special" but that's an artifact of the distance between who I was then vs now. Why would I stop feeling an emotional attachment to photos just because I have many? I really can not understand this at all.

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Post by klaussilveira »

thewebguyd wrote: post #211
zug_zug wrote: post #102

I'm sure this has been written about but here's what happens long term - images are commoditized and lose their emotional appeal. Probably about half of us here remember photos before the cell phone era. They were rare, and special, and you'd have a few photos per YEAR to look back on. The feel of photos back then, was at least 100x stronger than now. They were a special item, could be given as a gift. But once they…

I believe this is the reason for a return to interest in analog media with both my generation (millenials) and gen-z. I do wedding photography on the side, and the past ~2 years have seen a huge increase in requests for film photography, either exclusively film or as an add-on to digital. Offering film has been one of the best things I've done for my side hustle. Likewise with the sort of resurgence of vinyl, and the…

Interesting how this matches the Matrix timeline. According to Agent Smith, 1999 represented the height of human civilization before things started to decline.

Not only 1999 prevents humans from becoming too advanced and invent new AI again, it is a believable and comfortable era. A perfect time, perfectly balanced between analog and digital.

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Post by casey2 »

zug_zug wrote: post #102

I'm sure this has been written about but here's what happens long term - images are commoditized and lose their emotional appeal. Probably about half of us here remember photos before the cell phone era. They were rare, and special, and you'd have a few photos per YEAR to look back on. The feel of photos back then, was at least 100x stronger than now. They were a special item, could be given as a gift. But once they…

IMO this would be a positive side effect were it true. Do you really long for the day Hollywood exploited your emotions for profit?

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Post by mjr00 »

thewebguyd wrote: post #211
zug_zug wrote: post #102

I'm sure this has been written about but here's what happens long term - images are commoditized and lose their emotional appeal. Probably about half of us here remember photos before the cell phone era. They were rare, and special, and you'd have a few photos per YEAR to look back on. The feel of photos back then, was at least 100x stronger than now. They were a special item, could be given as a gift. But once they…

I believe this is the reason for a return to interest in analog media with both my generation (millenials) and gen-z. I do wedding photography on the side, and the past ~2 years have seen a huge increase in requests for film photography, either exclusively film or as an add-on to digital. Offering film has been one of the best things I've done for my side hustle. Likewise with the sort of resurgence of vinyl, and the…

This is something I predicted when image/music/other creative art models first came out, as many were crying that art as a medium was dead thanks to Stable Diffusion. And it does seem like I've been right (so far).

The introduction of massive of low-quality creations has made high-quality art much more in demand. Low-quality AI art and music has become a huge blinking indicator that says "SLOP". Hand-made, uniquely styled, quality art now has a "luxury goods" vibe, and people are willing to pay a premium.

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