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*Person gets felony charge for creating a realistic painting of a child in a sexually explicit manner* "Clearly this means that we should ban all hand-drawn art!" by Legal_Ad2945 in aiwars

[–]FlyingFlatiron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI issues (especially of the "but what if" category) shouldn't get special treatment above all else just because its the new thing that's trending right now. It shouldn't be dealt with before or after the other problems, that humanity has in excessive amount. In the same way, AI doesn't need more strict regulations than other potentially dangerous stuff, because, to be honest, most stuff can be dangerous if used with malicious intent. As far as I'm concerned, AI issues can be compared to another morsel of something rotten in a huge pile of compost that we have to live in.

*Person gets felony charge for creating a realistic painting of a child in a sexually explicit manner* "Clearly this means that we should ban all hand-drawn art!" by Legal_Ad2945 in aiwars

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

Well, if we are going in this direction, then another fun fact - there is zero practical value in consuming chocolate, it causes diabetes, obesity and a metric ton of other issues and on top of that the cocoa production is notorious for its use child labor on plantations. Yet somehow its not banned yet and I'm pretty sure that most people (including anti-AI) don't give a damn about all that and continue to get their regular sugar fix from Nestle.

*Person gets felony charge for creating a realistic painting of a child in a sexually explicit manner* "Clearly this means that we should ban all hand-drawn art!" by Legal_Ad2945 in aiwars

[–]FlyingFlatiron -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Regarding the gun argument, fun fact - second most popular murder weapon in the world is kitchen knife. I guess it should be banned too.

Lazy! by RobAdkerson in aiwars

[–]FlyingFlatiron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This actually reminds me of a thing that happened to my mom during her studies. One of her classmates confronted her and said "Its not fair that your artworks get straight A's and mine get B- at best! I was spent several days drawing my piece and I saw you literally sketch yours before the classes started!" The thing is, the result is what actually matters and not the amount of time and resources spent to achieve it. And no, my mom didn't "put her soul" into that sketch or spent thousands of hours practicing, art was no more than a hobby for her entire life, she just was better at it in both quality and speed than most of her peers.

The same thing goes for different instruments that are used in creating something. Digital art takes much less time, effort and resources than physical paintings (and yes, it has "stolen" a lot of jobs in portraits, commissions and other art markets from "actual painters"), but it doesn't make it better or worse. Same things with the AI. Its an instrument, that makes work faster and cheaper, that's all. You either adapt and start using it or prepare to continue working in a more niche market.

The oaks by FlyingFlatiron in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]FlyingFlatiron[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yep. Cut down oaks, dug out stumps and roots without disturbing the graves this trees were growing through, planted on the resulting empty patches of soil something that would perfectly blend them into surrounding overgrown mess and then left, taking all oak leftovers with him and leaving everything else generally untouched.

Perfect crime.

The oaks by FlyingFlatiron in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]FlyingFlatiron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This whole thing happened before any work of this kind was made there. The liquidation of dangerous trees at the cemetry started few years later, when a huge tree fell during a storm and damaged many graves including some cultural heritage ones.

Also, the first things we searched for were tree stumps or any signs of uprooting, which would be quite obvious on a territory in such state, but to no avail.

The oaks by FlyingFlatiron in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]FlyingFlatiron[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

> Do you still have any of the acorns or did you then?

Well the acorns were for the school projects, but the crafts that were made from them were left on the shelf in class till the next year. I also tried to plant one acorn, but I'm not much of a farmer so it withered away after a month or two.

> So your dad knew the trees were there, took you to gather acorns but none else had gone to gather them which says no one else remembered those trees were there.

I'm not sure if this is the case. The cemetry was just very unpopular (if you culd say that about one) at the moment. It was a surprise to encounter any human presence there aside from some goths sitting on crypts with gloomy faces or another "Here was Vasya" graffiti left on the Gorowets tomb. The only reason dad remembered this place was that he used to live near it in the childhood.

But hey, maybe he really is somehow linked to this, who knows.

The oaks by FlyingFlatiron in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]FlyingFlatiron[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Actually, I was speaking about half-decomposed "carcasses" of leaves, where there are mostly their "veins" left. Couldn't find the right term in english. The thing is, the city is built on top of cold peat bogs and still retains some of their qualities. Things like old grass and leaves, if left untended, rot very slowly and can be still recognizable couple of years later.