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Post by Hard_Space »

gertlex wrote: post #65
MgB2 wrote: post #30

Idk, the models generating what are basically 1:1 copies of the training data from pretty generic descriptions feels like a severe case of overfitting to me. What use is a generational model that just regurgitates the input? I feel like the less advanced generations, maybe even because of their limitations in terms of size, were better at coming up with something that at least feels new. In the end, other than for co…

What if the word "generic" were added to a lot of these image prompts? "generic image of an intergalactic bounty hunter from space" etc. Certainly there's an aspect of people using the chat interface like they use google: describe xyz to try to surface the name of a movie. Just in this case, we're doing the (less common?) query of: find me the picture I can vaguely describe; but it's a query to a image /generating/ s…

If Indiana Jones (for example) defines a genre, then 'generic' will produce Indiana Jones.

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Post by cwillu »

thesuitonym wrote: post #753
simpaticoder wrote: post #698

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Your comment inspires me to write an essay titled "What's wrong with hypocrisy?" because it seems like no-one really cares about it anymore. It's like the concept itself has lost meaning. Hypocrisy a big, abstract word that has the audacity to refer to other big abstract words like "character" and "virtue" and "fairness". Now many people accused of hypocrisy say "so what?". What's going on there? It has the feel of a…

The worst part about this trend toward hypocrisy acceptance is that nobody cares when you point it out. This empowers the hypocrite to answer with "So what?" because they know they will face absolutely no consequences. In politics, business, and even personal life, most people have everything to gain and very little to lose*. And our current hyper-individualistic society has only exacerbated the issue. "Who cares if…

A lot of “hypocracy” is nothing of the sort. Selectively using the rules that are derived from a moral concern is not hypocracy, unless they argued for those rules on those moral grounds. Chinese companies aren't known for their fervant declarations of support for american values, and so it is entirely fair that they play according to the rules-as-written. Now, if they're espousing communist ideals for all people, _then_ there would be a valid claim of hypocracy, but the arguments I see are basically never this nuanced.

Which is not to say that there is no hypocracy these days, just that the word is so frequently misapplied that its use is little more than a signal of emotional valence.

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Post by xandrius »

Qualitionion wrote: post #564
xandrius wrote: post #562

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I think most like the vibes, not the fact it took ages to make.

Its the quality or level of detail. Which might indicate an environment were quality is above quantity

I think soon we might see whether that is the case or not.

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Post by WhyOhWhyQ »

card_zero wrote: post #319
jkhdigital wrote: post #282

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I hate to paint with such a broad brush, but I’d venture that “creatives” are not primarily motivated by profit. It is almost a truism that money corrupts the creative endeavour.

There are various ways to turn creativity into money, even without publishing any kind of artwork. Basically all skilled jobs and entrepreneurial enterprises require creativity. And if you do have an artwork, you can still seek profit through acclaim, even without copyright: interviews, public appearances. Artists once had patrons - but that tends to put aristocrats in control of art. So money will motivate a lot of…

All mediums for creativity are not equivalent. We're killing off the good ones and replacing them with bad ones.

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Post by codedokode »

fragmede wrote: post #307
codedokode wrote: post #297

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You pick one example and ignore thousands of writers who didn't even return costs after publishing a book. Also, as another example, a great Russian 19th century poet and writer Alexander Pushkin left lot of debt after his death. He supported publishing other writers but it turned out to be a commercial failure. Maybe this fact will make you less unhappy about supposedly unclouded lazy writer's career.

I'm not ignoring that, I'm saying that a differently organized society would have everybody working 40 weeks a year instead of the ridiculous inequality we face today.

I am not working 40 hours a week so although equality seems fair I don't really like your idea.

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Post by djoldman »

capnrefsmmat wrote: post #866
djoldman wrote: post #812

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That's an interesting perspective, and yes wholly foreign to my very American economics influenced background. Are the origins the same when looking at other intellectual property like patents? How did they deal with quoting and/or critiquing other's ideas? Did they allow limited quotation? What about parody and satire?

I'm not sure about other intellectual property rights. I do know there's a similar dichotomy for privacy: Americans tend to view it in terms of property rights (ownership of your image, data, etc.) while Europeans view it as a matter of protecting personal dignity. That leads to different decisions: for instance, there's a famous French case of an artist making a nude sketch of a portrait subject, and being unable to…

Thanks. I put it on hold at the library.

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Post by grg0 »

MrMcCall wrote: post #665
grg0 wrote: post #288

"A modern Internet website with a scroll bar that isn't broken." I'll see myself out now.

Preach! How is it that my FF preference (something like 'Always show scrollbars') is regularly just ignored. I want my scrollbars! And I wat `em fat and in my UI's color scheme! And why the HELL would a web designer think this is a good idea. Maybe their beret and hipster pants are too tight? Thanks for being here for my rant. I owe you one :-)

I want my scrollbars thicc. Those designers are drinking too many macchiatos.

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

bluGill wrote: post #716
econ wrote: post #673

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>the average person speaks and thinks in these terms, (Trademarks aside) Even more surprising to me is how everyone seems concerned about the studios making enough money?! As if they should make any money at all. As if it is up to us to create a profitable game for them. If they all go bankrupt today I won't lose any sleep over it. People also try to make a living selling bananas and apples. Should we create an elabo…

> Even more surprising to me is how everyone seems concerned about the studios making enough money?! As if they should make any money at all. As if it is up to us to create a profitable game for them. Do you want more games (movies, books...)? Then you want studios to make money in that type of game. Because and if they make money they have incentive to do so. Now if you are happy with the number and quality of free…

> Do you want more games (movies, books...)?

Not really. We already have multiple lifetimes of them to enjoy.

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

jl6 wrote: post #508
djoldman wrote: post #332

I don't condone or endorse breaking any laws. That said, trademark laws like life of the author + 95 years are absolutely absurd. The ONLY reason to have any law prohibiting unlicensed copying of intangible property is to incentivize the creation of intangible property. The reasoning being that if you don't allow people to exclude 3rd party copying, then the primary party will assumedly not receive compensation for t…

> There are approximately zero people who decide they'll create something if they're protected for 95 years after their death but won't if it's 94 years. I’m sure you’re right for individual authors who are driven by a creative spark, but for, say, movies made by large studios, the length of copyright is directly tied to the value of the movie as an asset. If that asset generates revenue for 120 years, then it’s slig…

Lower-budget movies are probably a good thing. Force a return to practical effects instead of CGI.

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

capnrefsmmat wrote: post #769
djoldman wrote: post #332

I don't condone or endorse breaking any laws. That said, trademark laws like life of the author + 95 years are absolutely absurd. The ONLY reason to have any law prohibiting unlicensed copying of intangible property is to incentivize the creation of intangible property. The reasoning being that if you don't allow people to exclude 3rd party copying, then the primary party will assumedly not receive compensation for t…

For what it's worth, this is a uniquely American view of copyright: > The ONLY reason to have any law prohibiting unlicensed copying of intangible property is to incentivize the creation of intangible property. In Europe, particularly France, copyright arose for a very different reason: to protect an author's moral rights as the creator of the work. It was seen as immoral to allow someone's work -- their intellectual…

For once, the US had the right idea all along.
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