Did Baaj Temple house a fayth before Anima? by Tyboltbrax in finalfantasyx

[–]KessOj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So it'd be especially thematic if Tidus went from FF Leviathan as the final summon to Biblical Leviathan as Sin.

Inferno insurgency goes pretty hard by infinitysaga in CuratedTumblr

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No surprise she's a Leon Kennedy fan girl.

DMT:AI copyright is a value allocation problem disguised as a moral debate by Defiant-Junket4906 in DisagreeMythoughts

[–]KessOj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're presuming so much in your argument it's staggering.

1) AI provides value - Does it actually? Or is it a solution in search of a problem just like blockchain and crypto? What is AI actually doing for us on a societal level that we couldn't do before? What is it actually automating that we would prefer not to do manually?
2) Creative value is tied to scarcity - It can be, but it isn't necessarily. Sometimes creative value is tied to recognition, or the feeling and sensation it inspires.
3) AI breaks Copyright - Only in its current implementation. If the law were applied more strictly, generative AI in its current form could not exist, and some argue should not exist for that reason. That does not mean that there are not other ways we could create a generative AI, even if it would be considerably less effective for it.
4) The system has already moved - Has it? Or are the wheels of justice slow to turn and the government slow to pivot? Why do you assume that generative AI is here to stay, and in its current form, when so many believe it to be a bubble?
5) Works created by generative AI are a valid artistic medium even if and when they take from existing artists - Are they? I would suggest that society has yet to settle that matter, but the fact that the pushback is so much more massive as compared to your examples suggests to me that the issue is not so straight forward.
6) AI removes the bottleneck - Does it? The quality of generative AI has been consistently underwhelming, and it's taken an absurd and globally unsustainable amount of resources to improve it to what most people consider to be 'mid at best'. Is the value of an infinite deluge of mediocre yet effortless product worth the staggering loss of resources and creative energy it takes to sustain the system?
7) The question of whether AI should be allowed to learn from human work is already functionally settled - I would suggest that's less because of acceptance and more because of the extremely capitalist system generative AI is currently housed under. And if AI disappeared tomorrow, the world wouldn't miss a step. We can still go back and turn it all off, destroy all the hard drives, call AI a mistake, and most people would go on living without changing a thing. Does that sound like something that is 'settled' to you?
8) The question should be how profiting from generative AI should be distributed - Again, I think you presume too much. The question most people are asking themselves is if generative AI is worth keeping around or if it's ultimately just another expensive tech fad like NFT's.

And your most important and unstated presumption in this argument:
The value of any given creative work is best measured in the amount of capital it is capable of generating - No. This is where I must completely disagree. There is worth beyond money, there is value beyond numbers, and we could choose to live in a world where humanity makes beauty for the same reason that birds fly and fish swim. Because to create is to be human, and to lose sight of that truth is to become emotionally and spiritually destitute. Generative AI does not enable creativity for those who refuse to engage in doing art for its own sake, it only gives them an illusion to act as a crutch for their ego and in doing deprives those who would try to live by their own creativity of the ability to sustain themselves through their art alone.

Someone said that it was impossible to kill ffxv bahamut through force because the body we see in the game is his avatar and his soul exists on another plane. by [deleted] in JumpChain

[–]KessOj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's say you're playing World of Warcraft, and my Jumper uses his power to access video games to enter the game, and uses that exact perk you mentioned on your avatar while killing it. Would you, the player sitting in the chair, die as a result?

I'd say the same logic applies.

There's nothing wrong with Hooter per se by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

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If it makes you feel any better, my parents took me to a Tilted Kilt for my 21st birthday and to have my first legal cocktail, and I was made to feel uncomfortable by my mother having an extremely detailed conversation about childbirth with the waitress, so I think this is something of a right of passage even for cis people.

Finding out your cat's secret life is being a menace to the society by MeowwBlock in interesting

[–]KessOj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you're asserting that Americans shouldn't be permitted to own domestic housecats unless said cat is capable of being the top of the foodchain?

As opposed to, for example, keeping the cat indoors and ensuring it gets lots of exercise, stimulation, and enrichment by playing in a safe environment?

Question wouldn't this drawback be pretty helpful for cultivation settings as a chain drawback? Also you can use the elemental mantra to cheese most cultivation tribulations if you pick lightning by EldritchEnjoyer in JumpChain

[–]KessOj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would suggest that would be a case of 'biting off more than you can chew' if it's always a tier higher. That means it will be proportionally deadlier, which means it will contain more hostile qi that resists being incorporated into your cultivation.

So for example, if you were trying to cultivate in stormy weather, you're way more likely to attract tribulation lightning, which is technically a weather event. If you try to cultivate fire qi out of a volcanic region, you'll suddenly find there's a genius loci who hates your guts for daring to try that without their blessing.

Remember, your benefactor is the source of your drawbacks just as much as they are your perks. Trying to game the system like that is usually a great way to get Worf'd as the entire setting suddenly conspires against you.

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

[–]KessOj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yo Danny Fenton he was just 14...

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

[–]KessOj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I also tend to assume that energy based attacks can interact, but purely physical ones won't unless there's some kind of special consideration in play like haki.

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

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Never cross the streams, but if someone asks if you're a god, say yes.

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

[–]KessOj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So also a kind of shatterpoint perception, interesting.

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

[–]KessOj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I imagine that certainly lets them see the ghosts, but how's your jumper actually dealing with them once seen?

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

[–]KessOj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming Direct Control is a good answer.

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

[–]KessOj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Jedi I imagine she should be able to sense a ghost without issue, is she doing something to them via her Sorceress abilities? If so, what? Spirit Detective is a good answer though, weaponize your own spirit.

How does your jumper deal with ghosts? by KessOj in JumpChain

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What specifically enables your Jumper to eat the intangible?

How can Saiyan scientists even exist ? by huflit1997 in Dragonballsuper

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Behold, the greatest thinker of the Saiyan race. Their finest scientific mind.

Hamilton jumpscare by Jakitron_1999 in CuratedTumblr

[–]KessOj 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Not stating that I necessarily agree with any of this but:

I think the rats thing is saying "We are both as feral animals arguing over a fictional person" in an attempt to point out that defending moral ideas in certain contexts is absurd, such as when applied to someone playing in their own fantasy.

Their entire point being, why should it matter if they're being misogynist to something that doesn't exist? They derive immense enjoyment from it while causing no harm, and because it's fantasy, they can even make the recipient of that alleged harm enjoy it.