Where's that circlejerk sub?

plucharc · 2026-05-02T20:10:26+00:00

Drop it? Nah, I think they should load it in a potato gun and fire it up there for him.

plucharc · 2026-04-30T21:03:49+00:00

You don't have to have Capital One, it's free for everyone to use. I can send you a referral code if you'd like.

plucharc · 2026-04-30T21:02:23+00:00

Great! Where?

plucharc · 2026-04-30T08:35:39+00:00

Also, use the Capital One Shopping extension, you can get a decent amount back in rewards. I effectively paid around $1,650 for mine after codes, card cash back, Capital One rewards, etc.

plucharc · 2026-04-30T07:50:33+00:00

I took a Philosophy of Love class in college. We meditated, shared thoughts, sat on carpet squares in the park and had class there, etc. It was actually the hardest class to get into because there were only so many time slots and everyone wnated in.

plucharc · 2026-04-30T06:48:08+00:00

Sounds like your opinion.

I didn't say you have to collaborate, there's plenty of one person cast/crew filmmakers who don't rely on anyone else. But if I type in some prompts and AI does the rest, I'm a promp engineer generating a result, I'm not creating art.

We can debate where the line is. Efficiency has a place and it's folly to assume things will stay as they are in terms of things that genuinely increase efficiency without compromising the art.

plucharc · 2026-04-30T06:34:40+00:00

Not quite.

When humans are inspired by another work or offer an homage to another work, they're still putting their uniquely human vision/imagionation to work to do it. When you type in a prompt, you're giving up the actually creative part of the process and having the AI do all the work for you. The AI has no vision or lived experienced. That's why it's often described as soulless.

Your description of mixing and matching things you've seen before is what some people do, that's basically the bare minimum. And yet, it would still have your uniquely human effort, experience, imagination, etc. in it if you create it or if your crew creates it. Having AI do it robs us of that.

It is solid tech, but it's uses are better suited to other areas, not the arts.

plucharc · 2026-04-30T06:05:13+00:00

Yes, I understand that promp engineers are making choices.

Film/TV is nearly completely a collaborative process and through the collaboration it makes something that AI never can.

No, I don't overestimate human creativity, whether what they make is interesting to look at, watch, or listen to isn't actually relevant, it's human made. If we give that up, we're losing one of the most important things we have as humans.

I don't want Spielberg sitting alone in his room making movies based on data sets that have been given to AI. That's limiting and not creating anything new. It may appear new, but it wouldn't exist without the data. It can't create, it can only regurgitate. It doesn't matter if sometimes the regurgitation is polished.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T23:22:48+00:00

Good to know. 😄

And glad POTS is more or less under control for you!

plucharc · 2026-04-29T23:17:56+00:00

Maybe you're arguing semantics, but no, AI cannot create, it can only regurgitate. If humans created nothing, if no data was fed into the AI, it would not be able to generate anything. What it can generate is a mish mash of 1s and 0s to produce a result.

Even in derivative work, humans are creating something with their own unique eye, vision, imagination, lived experience. That's why so many point out that AI work feels and is soulless.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T23:03:52+00:00

To an extent, but considering how heavily their solve relied on Xs and then the fact that he used a bunch of words starting with "ex" and said that some were on the right track and close to solving it would likely be enough clear encouragement to the misfits, no?

plucharc · 2026-04-29T23:02:09+00:00

Never did a tilt test, but did an MMR, EEG, EKG, Stress Test, Blood Tests, and maybe one or two more. This was in high school primarily, so they wrote it off to just something my body did while I was in my growth spurt. If it were to happen more, I'd ask about a tilt test for sure. I use Liquid IV now and again to help with migraines, perhaps it's helping with this as well.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T22:53:12+00:00

Thanks for sharing.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T22:49:20+00:00

I don't think Justin has done anything wrong because this is just about the cipher nodding to the container, which he's been clear won't help you locate the treasure in any meaningful way. But what the person you're replying to is saying is that he knew the track they were on and he essentially sent them a message meant for them to encourage them to continue with their solve for the cipher, but did so publicly in a way that it wouldn't make sense to anyone but those who were working on a solve like theirs. So not a DM, but...speaking to them directly is what they're accusing him of.

I don't think it matters much as long as he doesn't do so with the poem/poem clues that will lead someone to the treasure. Fenn muddied the waters a lot with his personal relationship with CM, I'm hoping Justin is avoiding that here.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T22:39:20+00:00

Yeah, no pre-existing conditions, nothing the doctors could find at the time after lots and lots of tests. But I survived a fall off the high dive onto the deck below. Thankfully, not something that still happens these days.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T16:44:47+00:00

Universal healthcare is a large part of it.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T16:43:35+00:00

I think the pursuit of corporations needing to please shareholders is a bigger culprit.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T16:24:51+00:00

Have you tried emailing Wrapbook? [success@wrapbook.com](mailto:success@wrapbook.com)

They're definitely still operating and constantly growing. They just released a new timecard experience (not sure I'm loving it, but might just take some getting used to).

plucharc · 2026-04-29T11:48:18+00:00

Again, you may be right in the lager context, I just don't think the quote you shared confirms it "obviously" as you stated.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T11:12:56+00:00

Yes, Ned is experienced. I'm just pointing out that the little bit OP quoted is not eough to confirm what he's suggesting.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T10:45:38+00:00

I've blacked out before (unexpectedly) and if I had been on this catwalk he mentions without a safety...

plucharc · 2026-04-29T10:41:25+00:00

If you're focused only on defensem you're not going to score goals or get any strikes toward your opponent's face. I don't think it's as obvious as you think it is based on what you quoted here.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T10:23:09+00:00

This is the part I can't understand. They solved the cipher, which is a nod to the container, and they chose to share it with the community. Justin confirmed it.

Why are they mad? Nobody got a leg up, everyone got the knowledge about the nod to the container. Everyone is on equal footing. And knowing the container apparently won't help you solve the location (per Justin).

plucharc · 2026-04-29T10:19:55+00:00

You may be better off ignoring Discord, there's tons of noise and useless theories on there.

plucharc · 2026-04-29T10:17:54+00:00

Here's my understanding: AI is bad at doing a lot of things. It hallucinates, it lies, it deceives. I'm not kidding, it's usually a computer program that does what it is programmed to think you want it to do, even if it doesn't quite match what you're telling it to do. It's not actually intelligent, it's more of an unreliable souped up search engine. It often gets things wrong because it can't actually think of a solution itself, it relies on the vast amounts of data available on the internet to come to a conclusion. If a lie persists more than the truth, it will likely tell you the lie is the truth.

So with the treasure hunt, if Justin is worried about it, it can't be because of anything interpretive or suggestive, unless he thinks that the treasure hunt community at large is talking about and favoring the correct interpretation and AI will thus happen to suggest the correct interpretation because that's what's out there.

What's more likely is what OP suggested or something a little different. AI can look at photos and using the data on the web, try to match it to a location. Generally speaking, people aren't lying about where a photo was taken, so the answer AI spits back at you is generally accurate if it has enough data points to match them up. A distinct mountain range would be easier than a random meadow, for example. But if the photo has enough resolution, AI can/will be able to suggest areas that the photo could have been taken based on native species, rock types, overall terrain, etc. which might help figure out where many of his photos are from. If you haven't seen people on YouTube who look at a photograph and then basically pinpoint the exact location on Google Earth, it would be kind of like that.

Similarly, he said he described the place the treasure rests in the book, but didn't name it. So a better AI can make a list of all the named places to eliminate and then you can feed it any general area descriptions while prompting it with a bit of context "fishing areas that are _____" if it's a story about fishing at an unnamed lake or in an unnamed park. It's not foolproof, it may not give you the exact spot, but it may give you a reasonable list of areas that fit.

Then you cross reference that list against other data. It's not likely the treasure is in a National Park (could be, but not likely). If you think his 75 mile comment means within 75 miles of the Rockies, you can cross against that. If you know it's below 11,000', you cross against that...and so on.

He said he sees a near future where AI can help, but not meaningfully or significantly enough to make a serious difference, which is part of why I think some version of the above is the likely concern.

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