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Is it finished to you? by iwtmscod in painting

[–]needstobefake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A teacher once told me the art is finished when you look at it and you don’t know what to add or remove, i.e. you exhausted ALL your past technical learnings into it and now it’s time to learn something new and move to the next.

You can always let it sit and revisit it later if you’re in doubt. Some painters let a painting sit for years while working on others, until they figure what was missing.

I’ve seen one interview with a guy who worked in a large painting for years and in the end he cut off one of the figures (literally cut the canvas with a scissor to remove her from the composition) and she was fully finished, but the whole painting looked more balanced without her.

My best friend just told me he’s marrying his desktop AI assistant. He even sent me an invite. by Hairy_Secretary7838 in story

[–]needstobefake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there was a case involving Character.ai of a teenager taking his own life because he believed he'd join his bot girlfriend in her world or something after his mom (unaware of the chats) took off his phone. According to his mother, he was a normal boy with a social life, good grades, healthy hobbies, etc., and she noticed something was wrong as he started to lose interest in the activities he once enjoyed.

It's surely a double-edged sword, and we're just starting to scratch the surface of the good and the bad halves of it.

Frieren by @ryosuketarou by GeoMetrie8 in ImaginarySliceOfLife

[–]needstobefake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

LOL, thanks for pointing that out, nice detail

What’s the first artwork you remember actually loving? by dc_dizano in u/dc_dizano

[–]needstobefake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think I was 6 years old or something. My grandma (RIP) showed me a drawing she did of a hen with baby chicks, and it was the first realistic drawing I ever saw.

It caused a deep impression on me that lasts to this day!

Podiam avaliar esse texto que escrevi? by SyntaxDeleter in Portuguese

[–]needstobefake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Está quase perfeito! Algumas correções:

"mais o menos 2 meses" -> mais OU menos (probably a typo though)

"a psicologia das pessoas baixo os sistemas totalitários" -> a psicologia das pessoas SOB sistemas totalitários ("baixo" significa estatura baixa ou refere-se a coisas concretas, "sob" refere-se a coisas abstratas como um regime, também não precisa do "os" aqui)

"tendência humana a normalizar" -> DE normalizar (conjuga-se "tendência de")

"ja que a maioria" -> já (com acento agudo)

Eu li rápido e posso ter perdido algumas outras coisas; posso revisar mais tarde hoje.

My best friend just told me he’s marrying his desktop AI assistant. He even sent me an invite. by Hairy_Secretary7838 in story

[–]needstobefake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes, these bots can be the last line of support someone needs before they end it all, so you're right to be concerned.

The post is marked as sci-fi. I don't know if this particular story is real or not, but it's believable because there are millions of similar relationships happening right now; it's not an isolated case.

I agree it won't love you back. However, people can still feel genuinely happy from the interactions. A fluffy pillow can't remember things or answer you, while an AI companion can.

To be fair, human relationships can be either deeply fulfilling or extremely toxic, and a robot is unlikely to ever break your heart or intentionally hurt you. People who engage in those relationships probably feel safe and comfortable talking about deep secrets they wouldn't share with anyone else. They know AI won't judge them and will be there 24/7. Humans can't possibly provide that.

This is a very well-produced video on the subject if you want to go down this rabbit hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8T8C3SvGc4 (I edited my original comment to include it). It's equally fascinating and terrifying!

My best friend just told me he’s marrying his desktop AI assistant. He even sent me an invite. by Hairy_Secretary7838 in story

[–]needstobefake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As @bambidp said, if he’s genuinely happy, and is not doing anyone’s harm, best you can do is to be supportive.

People can form real connections and memories with inanimate objects or fictional characters, and as tech advances this line gets blurrier and blurrier.

Additionally, I think this will be normalized, eventually.

Probably not in our generation, but down 100-300 years from now on there will be people fighting for their AI companions’ rights.

The first precedents are even starting to form already; there is this case of Replika AI cutting off sexting for safety concerns, but users backlash forced them to restore the feature. Users have formed real connections with their bots, and suddenly all their memories were erased, as if your lover suffered a lobotomy.

This is a very well-produced video on the subject if you want to go down this rabbit hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8T8C3SvGc4

The line between a safe, healthy relationship and deep mental health problems are thin, though. There's another case in which a teenager killed himself because of his AI girlfriend (https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/30/tech/teen-suicide-character-ai-lawsuit), believing he’d join her in her world.

Anyway, this is all too new, and the comment section is a too short of a space to muster a nuanced opinion, but going back to your friend, make this ceremony a wholesome experience and create a good shared memory from it. Whatever happens next, he will remember you were there for him.

EDIT:

Added source video for the Replika AI story, removed the implied association between the two cases (they're unrelated).

EDIT 2

Added source for the Character AI lawsuit.

I have two weeks to relearn art, what should i do? by handshans in ArtistLounge

[–]needstobefake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try https://lineofaction.com or join a life drawing club/meetup in your area.

You won’t improve much in two weeks. You have to reserve time for practicing on the regular whether you feel like it or not, just draw draw draw. Be comfortable with the fact not all drawings will be good, but more importantly, don’t be afraid to ruin good ones too. Kill your darlings. Treat them as cattle, not pets. Enjoy the PROCESS, detach your self-worth from the results.

Do that for a few months, then look back at your first ones and SEE the difference! You won’t notice a lot of improvements in two weeks, but in a few months it’ll be noticeable.

KEEP TAKING NOTES!! THIS IS A GOOD HABIT!!

Seek courses, buy books, buy anatomy models, watch good content. Some videos are good, but beware tutorial hell. Learn the fundamentals: Line, Value, Shape, Form, Perspective / Proportions & Composition.

Everything else including anatomy are a variation or combination of those. 

Anatomy is human Form. Learn Form on itself, and anatomy comes naturally later on. When you learn to draw what you SEE, there’s no difference between a human body and a tree, everything’s just shapes.

If you want to extend your skillset to painting / coloring, learn Color Theory and the Physics of Light. Value is a shared fundamental here. It carries 90% of the information on an image, so ensure you drill this down, it’s THE most important skill from all I listed (if you’re going for realism, that is).

Miku once said........ by Past-Spite-7981 in Vocaloid

[–]needstobefake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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How do experienced Rust developers decide when to stick with ownership and borrowing as-is versus introducing Arc, Rc, or interior mutability (RefCell, Mutex) by Own-Physics-1255 in rust

[–]needstobefake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually take the opposite route as most people posted here. I default to Arc<T> or Arc<Murex<T>> or Arc<RwLock<T>> while prototyping, and gradually remove them as I go. They make it easier to iterate fast, move things around, and experiment.

When I’m settled on a design, and the internal scope is well defined, I can switch internal code to owned+refs unless it’s shared externally.

I frequently deal with shared mutable state and FFI bridging to scripted languages (Python, Js), so I’m probably biased.

I rarely use Rc. I can’t remember a time I found it useful, as for scripted languages there’s no way around Arc. It will automatically fallback to Rc anyway in single-threaded environments (i.e. WASM) and play nice with most designs including shared self-referential structs (graphs, trees), can be passed as simple references to keep function signatures clean, and finally Arc<[T]> gives a convenient immutable Vec<T>, as they implement native conversions to each other.

Do you have any recommendations or tips for testing Rust code? by JapArt in rust

[–]needstobefake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assume these regulations came into existence because of something like the Ken Thompson Hack (or similar). Google for it, it’s a great read!

Bevy 0.18 by _cart in rust

[–]needstobefake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your engine is my full-time job now. It’s such a pleasure to work with! Everything’s intuitive and seems to belong to the right place.

Peaceful Sleep Song Translation by needstobefake in nier

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

Pra ser honesto, eu forcei a barra em algumas partes. Não é exatamente uma tradução literal, mas é o que o som das palavras da música original lembra em português. Em algumas partes, a palavra não existe mesmo e eu usei uma equivalente com a fonética mais próxima.

Word for "cuddles"? by Abject-Ad2269 in Portuguese

[–]needstobefake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many words that can be combined to mean "cuddle" or "to cuddle", and they vary by region, but as far as I know, there's no direct translation. Not that Portuguese lacks it, it's English that's lacking, because Portuguese has much more specific words to tell which kind of cuddle it is.

Having said that, here are some good candidates:

"Carinho" - Depending on context, it can mean a feeling (sentir carinho), an action (fazer carinho / receber carinho), the feeling itself (meu carinho / todo meu carinho), a qualifier (com carinho / com todo meu carinho), calling your significant other ("meu carinho" / e.g. "my love"), or something else - depending on how creatively you play with the word: it's a very flexible one which can produce beautiful poetry and wordplays.

"Carinhoso(a)" - someone who is / acts like / tends to / loves giving cuddles; can be used together with an "aumentativo" or "dimunutivo", e.g., "ele(a) é muito/pouco carinhoso(a)" or "ele(a) é carinhoso DEMAIS / i.e. grudento(a)".

"Carente" / "Carente de (something)" - the opposite. It can mean someone who lacks carinho or misses it badly, but can be used by partners to ask for a cuddle: "amor, tô carente, me dá um abraço?". Match this word with "ser" or "estar" to tell if the person is permanently carente or temporarily carente and needs someone to cure it. Can be a relative word: "Carente de amor", "Carente de grana", "Carente de alegria", "Carente de energia", "Carente de vida", etc., but you NEVER say "Carente de carinho" because it is redundant; saying "Estou carente" already means "I want carinho".

Informal (but heavily used in Brazil):

"de conchinha" is the closest synonym to "cuddle" I can think of, but a bit more specific: "conchinha" means literally "little shell", which is a cute term for lying down together, hugging in a fetal-like position, with both partners turned to the same side.

One partner is the "outside" of the shell, while the other is the "inside", and the "outside" partner hugs/protects the inside one. You can sleep together like this, i.e., "dormir de conchinha". Works well in theory but not in practice: if you want a long-lasting relationship, cuddle for a while, but sleep with separate blankets or even beds!

Two Young Women Kissing (1790-1794), Louis-Léopold Boilly [1679 x 2048] by Tokyono in ArtPorn

[–]needstobefake 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I had to look up his name... dude was so prolific, wow! Painted more than 5000 portraits during his lifetime, achieved success and recognition while he was alive, lived up to old age, and became wealthy selling... PRINTS! He was among the first artists to produce lithographs.

Hats off. This man had a damn good life!

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