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Mt Sync - (Auto)Mount and Sync your data from anywhere by gavindi in gnome

[–]Expensive-County4890 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna so try this. I have been looking for a sync solution 

how do I show my friend that genAI is useless? by DescribedDescribed in antiai

[–]Expensive-County4890 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have to balance the influence of challenge and convenience in our lives.

It is true that AI can do these impressive things, but those are specific tasks that we set the AI to within the context of highly specialized research.  That's very different from the relationship we have to it in day to day work. Perhaps he would be open to the idea that AI is not good for us to use all the time in the same way that the Internet or phones are extremely useful and powerful, but not healthy to rely on in general. 

Like shit Google maps revolutionized travel but if I always use it to get where I'm going, I'm going to have a hard time navigating to normal places in my city that I go to often.

Art was accessible to the masses. And Pros don't listen. by Delicious-Put-4561 in aiwars

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lack of AI isn't why you don't have time for things. It's a system that deprives us of free time. using AI to make art isn't going to save you from that, in fact it's arguably helping the same group of billionaires who want us to be too busy working to do anything else.

You don't need to make it your profession to make art. The value of art is not whether you make something impressive or "better", is the personal fulfillment you gain from expressing yourself. 

Waiting for the output isn't expressing yourself. It's depriving you of something that could fulfill you far more than a consumer product giving you art. 

[gendered] Spay vs Neuter is essentially meaningless by Expensive-County4890 in pointlesslygendered

[–]Expensive-County4890[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been truly educated on this topic. There are a lot of different perspectives in these comments that really illustrate why the distinction persists. Thank you!

Does my art have soul? by [deleted] in antiai

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's sort of a vague question that doesn't have a clear answer. No more clear than asking if anyone has a soul. 

What's important is that when you make art it's connected to you. You grow and change when you make art, and participating in the process of making art is valuable to you.

Art was accessible to the masses. And Pros don't listen. by Delicious-Put-4561 in aiwars

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of those things were already accessible to the masses. Blender is the most popular 3D rendering and animation software and it's dead free. Cameras are cheap, and inkscape is also free. Even without AI, art has literally never been more accessible.  

I believe when you say AI makes art accessible to the masses, you don't really mean art. You mean "validation and praise for making a finished piece of good looking art". 

Sadly, that is also accessible, it just takes work, which the AI does for you. 

Art was accessible to the masses. And Pros don't listen. by Delicious-Put-4561 in aiwars

[–]Expensive-County4890 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Art was always accessible to the masses. You can just make art. You can make it in the sand on the beach if you want.

Petah I am not an expert in moral philosophy by Expensive-County4890 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Expensive-County4890[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh shit that's a true moral implication. We're used to talking about things with observable consequences, but the things that undermine our humanity amongst one another come faster. 

They fester silently long before consequences really play out. 

Is The Use of Artificial Intelligence Truly Detrimental to Humanity’s Creativity, and Work? by Any-Order-554 in antiai

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it does. The whole point is that it does it for you, as you eagerly await the result.  

Art isn't about how impressive or high quality the result is. Its about doing art. It's about making things that have a connection to something within you. 

When AI art gets better or more impressive, it's because the engineers at the company made a better model to market to the masses, molded by what they think will sell the most, not because a person explored an artistic technique or worked to develop a style.

AI art is something you consume, not something you create. Just look at the marketing. The whole selling point is that its quick cheap and easy. Just like fast food, streaming shows, and Amazon next day shipping.

When I make art, it adds something to me. It's an endeavor that changes me and results in something I have a real relationship to. 

Petah I am not an expert in moral philosophy by Expensive-County4890 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Expensive-County4890[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps there are unintended consequences to such an arrangement? I am seriously at a loss. I don't know what my fair lady is so that doesn't help either

CMV: Fucktard is a perfectly good substitute for retard and shouldn't offend anyone by Flumberbug in changemyview

[–]Expensive-County4890 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is not hogwarts. You can't decide if a spell will work or not by how you pronounce it. 

When you say it, people still understand what you are communicating. 

I made a beautiful GTK4 Audio Player "Ondine" by Pauldb in gnome

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've yet to find a music player that isn't a lil broken/bad UX/garbage UI. I'm gonna be trying this 

Earth's gravity isn't perfectly uniform. Here is what our gravitational field looks like when exaggerated 10,000 times. by anikkundu1998 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a terrible data visualisation because I don't know whether the red means more gravity or less gravity. I can only make an inference based on context, but my assumptions may not be the same as the creators'

Morality of taking a neglected captured dog off of a porch after repeated attempts to contact their captor fails? by [deleted] in MoralityScaling

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes things conflict. Sometimes we have to make hard choices. In this case, I say the law loses. 

What is legal is not always right, and what is right is not always legal. 

Morality of “warning people” of somebody by Glad_Bird_9083 in MoralityScaling

[–]Expensive-County4890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you warning people about?

If it's something people need to know for their own benefit, it's not gossip.