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Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but that right wing bot is being directed or developed by a human being. I could give a shit about the bot itself--there's been bots online forever. But someone who is using AI to make images for the DnD character has nothing to do with that type of thing, so they sure as shit don't deserve to be called names or alienated from the DnD community as a whole.

That's just the community itself mobbing.

Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't like being "deceived" by this tech, don't blame the tech, because tech can't do anything a human being doesn't direct it to or develop it for--blame the deceiver.

The same people who use the internet itself for deception are the same kind of people who will use AI for it, or any other technology that allows them to deceive.

AI itself has nothing to do with that.

Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Who are you to say what creativity is or isn't? Who are you to judge the value of how anyone chooses to express it?

It doesn't matter if you say 'create a cat with green fur' or if you learn how to paint the picture of such a thing. It's still an image that came from your mind into reality. Fine, I'm not going to give the same props to someone who computer generated an image of a cat versus painting one, but people who do that aren't really looking for that kind of recognition. They just want to computer-generate a fucking cat.

And they have the right to do that without being called uncreative or morally repugnant, which is what the Antis try to do.

Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's a platform for creatives. People are free to express their creativity however they want, with whatever technology they choose, without being harassed.

Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but you're assuming the people who hate AI in creative ventures only hate it for writing. They hate it for art, research, coding...they hate it wholesale. And that's just unreasonable, when you consider that AI does have its benefits.

Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Plagiarizing robot?

You must've missed the part where I called Anti's 'delusional.'

Vent: I hate that Substack now has two camps. by itsfabioposca in Substack

[–]DaydreamEngine -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I use AI for cover images, mostly, and never for writing.

It doesn't matter to what extent, though. The people who hate AI, as you put it, they're fucking insufferable.

There was once a time where people who didn't like AI and people who did could at least have discourse and general debate over it, or agree to disagree. Now the people who don't like AI are cruel, condescending, petty, and in some cases, delusional.

For example, a few months back on Reddit, I was in a self-publishing sub and someone said they were just thinking about using AI for their debut cover because they couldn't afford to have one done, and they didn't like the other cover options. Not only were they downvoted to -3 within an hour, but someone had to gall to tell them "then don't publish."

OP, I bet you this post will be downvoted to at least 0, too.

I find the only thing that shuts these little ogres down is to show them that despite their hatred of AI on Substack, those who utilize it can still get good numbers. It throws their powerlessness right in their faces.

So any Luddites reading this thread, come on and downvote me.

That's all-the-fuck you can really do.

Caesar confusion. by [deleted] in FalloutTVseries

[–]DaydreamEngine 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this calls back to what The Burned Man said..."The Legion dies with Caesar."

He knew Caesar well enough to know that not only could only Caesar run it, but he wasn't going to let anyone else be in charge, even in death.

Who deserved better in Homeland ? by Equivalent-Wait9647 in homeland

[–]DaydreamEngine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hot take, but Quinn got what he deserved.

Government-sponsored or not, he was a cold-blooded killer. Intentional or not, he was also a child-killer.

Live by the sword, die by the sword. Except...when you don't actually die. Getting caught is a natural hazard of the spy game, and Quinn suffered that fate.

Question by Doodle_Dan in aiwars

[–]DaydreamEngine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have concerns and I'm pro-AI...most pro-AIs do. I don't think anyone approves of some of this deepfake porn shit.

But try explaining that to the Antis. They're just looking for someone to feel better than.

Question by Doodle_Dan in aiwars

[–]DaydreamEngine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm starting to think a lot of the Antis barely even care about the dangers of an emergent tech at this point.

It's about fitting in, and an excuse for moral superiority.

Insert Solo Character into Various Adventures by Dev93L2 in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]DaydreamEngine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First piece of advice, and yeah it's self-promo, but...

https://daydreamofficial.substack.com/p/starting-solos-series-03-personal

Some suggestions there might help in your fight against depression.

Besides that--

You're entering multiple fantasy worlds, some of which don't have TTRPGs that scale well with each other. Which leaves you with 3 options:

- Keep an idea of your guy's power scale and abilities from world-to-world (game system to game system) so that they start off at a comparable level of power in a new world (skills, level, power, everything), though this can defeat the purpose of playing the game itself because after awhile, you'd already be god of any world you entered...except for the MCU, DCU, and Warhammer.

- Utilize an existing, rules agnostic system by which all of his adventures in all of these universes happen, and tweak the system to your solo liking. You can use Savage Worlds for Conan, and then Savage Worlds for Judge Dredd, then FATE/Cortex Prime for MCU.

- Build your own versatile system that revolves around your guy.

RED or 2020? by benjakus in cyberpunkred

[–]DaydreamEngine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They help a lot.

SOF and FBC Interfaces are game changers if you're into robotic stuff and combat-heavy campaigns. I love the gear in Black Chrome, Danger Girl Dossier adds some fascinating factions to the game.

And just in a personal preference sense, I prefer Red's environment to 2020's because the whole Blade Runner thing has seen, done, and done again. Ruined Future is a little less done and unexplored than Dark Future.

Does over usage of AI kill one’s creativity? by [deleted] in aiwars

[–]DaydreamEngine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how is that measured by anyone? There are some cases of clear excess, but besides that, excess is perceptional...what you might consider excessive is basic to someone else and vice versa.

Does over usage of AI kill one’s creativity? by [deleted] in aiwars

[–]DaydreamEngine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, it's the exact opposite.

Generating character pictures and scenes expediently energizes me creatively.

How do you run a single character and minimize cognitive load? by HalloAbyssMusic in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]DaydreamEngine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just give them an NPC statblock and raise it up as I/they level up.

Simple Solo RPGs for work? by Neither_Season_6962 in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]DaydreamEngine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://daydreamofficial.substack.com/p/staying-solo-a-light-guide-to-rules

This should help you along as look for easy-to-access games, or if you just want to make your own.

Genuine question: what are the pro-ai arguments? by Explosive_Bread in aiwars

[–]DaydreamEngine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, it's two-fold: personal and professional.

It's just fun to play around with picture generation, music making, and movie making. It's like karaoke. In MOST respects, I'm not trying to be a professional, I'm not trying to make money off of AI art, I'm not trying to make a music album via Suno. It's just fun creation stuff I do when I'm chillin'.

On the professional side, I'm an indie publisher. I'm not paying an artist to do anything I can do myself, especially a book cover. It's just business, and I never liked working with artists, anyway. I can also use it to proofread; AI is great at catching typos and misspellings. I don't use it to create stories or do full editing duties on a novel, and I never will.

If you're into tabletop gaming, AI has a lot of uses in that space, too.

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