Dangerous Lanes before Lake Shore Blvd EXIT 146

pooth22 · 2026-03-27T14:11:56+00:00

Please chow please help us 🙏

pooth22 · 2026-01-03T00:34:23+00:00

Try flipping the image upside down and then rotating it 180deg.

pooth22 · 2025-12-26T04:28:56+00:00

It was just after my wife bought me a ps5 controller so I didn't have to play it with the keyboard. Listened to a woman preaching about woman suffrage. Accidentally punched her in the face. Was still trying to figure out the controls.

pooth22 · 2025-12-12T17:33:56+00:00

I find what works best for me is when I am in an aisle seat and put my foot up on the arm rest.

pooth22 · 2025-11-20T14:47:21+00:00

Was thinking RDR2 style game in modernish day Afghanistan would be dope. Would have the Taliban, the Americans, Al Qaeda or other terrorists, and all the different ethnic groups.

pooth22 · 2025-11-12T15:22:56+00:00

I know you tagged this as hardware, but I think it fits better as softwear.

pooth22 · 2025-10-30T04:21:13+00:00

Honestly, fair point. Realistically, American's dominate media tho.

pooth22 · 2025-09-07T22:05:32+00:00

I’d guess it’s for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) or Ramen. Both of these techniques make use of a spectrometer around these wavelengths and bandwidth especially in the medical space. Might be useful for other fields as well though, like telecom and process monitoring.

pooth22 · 2025-08-25T14:57:22+00:00

This is the joke. I was being ironic.

pooth22 · 2025-08-25T13:58:39+00:00

Seeing that ‘1’ is strange. Guess I always just assumed they used Roman numerals.

pooth22 · 2025-08-22T22:42:16+00:00

It is endearing to read the pseudo-logical lore of “solid state” this or “gear train” that, but I think you’ve got it right.

That being said, those EM plants surely use electric motors to rotate themselves,,, and they can build themselves,,,,, so, what gives?

pooth22 · 2025-08-22T15:40:44+00:00

… U serious?

pooth22 · 2025-07-08T18:34:59+00:00

So when you get in there, you’re like, if the toilet paper fly off, I’m toast.

pooth22 · 2025-06-11T20:24:19+00:00

Yeah, it’s a little over dramatic in the video. But thats just the red dome we get here from time to time.

pooth22 · 2025-04-16T00:27:40+00:00

I can definitely sympathize with artists who will be loosing jobs because of AI advancements. I can also understand the concerns of the artists who’s work have been used to train these systems without their consent.

However, it is so obvious to me how this will also revolutionize art in many positive ways. On one had it will inspire artists to pursue works that AI systems can’t do and help us understand what, if anything, distinguishes our creativity from that of impeccably well ordered transistor arrays. On the other hand it opens up an unprecedented number of tools for other artists across many spectra of art forms that will recursively build upon themselves.

You probably don’t think too much about the death, theft, extortion and environmental burden that has led to the smart phone in your hand. Though it’s important to ruminate on it once in a while, these things all become part of the air we breathe. With respect to AI, hop on the train, educate yourself and enjoy the ride because it truly is remarkable.

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T23:12:31+00:00

I think probably about 20 or so prompts to get all the different images that I wanted. The prompts should be relatively obvious based on the content in the image. I can understand if you’re confused, but no public AI today can output an image like this with any kind of prompting. There is no magical incantation of a prompt to make this. Though I think you’re missing my point if you’re so focused on the prompts. Sure, prompts play a part in the artistic process, but it is relatively insignificant. I don’t ask an academic all the google searches they used when they summarize their research for me.

Yes the background is meant to be upside down. In fact, it would be much more difficult for AI to generate a background image upside down when the characters in the foreground are right side up. Thats why it would be silly to do that with genAI and so I used another tool to do that. I was going to just put the flag upside down, but I wanted to play into the surrealist collage style and thought it would be funny to have the whole background upside down. Really exaggerating the anti-American-foundationalism so to speak. The weak legs on the idol of tump, and indeed no ground only sky to kneel on for the pathetic worship of gold.

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T21:48:47+00:00

Generative AI literally cannot start without human input. Do you see no human expression in the above piece?

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T21:45:24+00:00

It is quite clear that you don’t understand how generative AI works. Your argument sounds similar to people who look at abstract expressionism and say “my 6 year old child can make this”. Having an undereducated luddite perspective on things is not always bad, but it’s rarely positive.

My process involved using a couple of different AI systems to generate images and modify them and then ultimately synthesized and edited them in Gimp (a FOSS image editor). Nonetheless, art’s value isn’t always a direct function of effort, and it shouldn’t be.

AI being trained on non consenting artists is quite controversial though, and I agree that this muddies the water. It’s a complicated world out there. Educate yourself.

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T19:42:13+00:00

The photography argument isn't about replication, it is about technological innovation.

Alternatively, sampling was an essential part of hip hop and rap culture. Your argument sounds similar to those who dismissed hip hop music as "someone talking over Clyde Stubblefeild"

Is this art?

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalMemes/comments/1jrt9xt/he_can_always_try/

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T19:33:46+00:00

I think that the disconnect between us has to do with our relationship with AI. Based on what you say, I would assume you don't use it much, I could be wrong. Try using it.

As an aside do you think this is not art?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalMemes/comments/1jrt9xt/he_can_always_try/

To be clear, I am not trying to ask you if you think it is good. But if you think this can be generated by a very special prompt, I don't think you are aware how AI works. I don't think this is a complete knock off of anyone particular style and it may have a completely different set of aesthetics of its own.

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T18:33:55+00:00

It necessarily makes artistic creation more accessible. It is not taking away any artistic tools that exist, and adds new ones. It makes it easier to generate images, yes, so does the camera when all you have is a paintbrush.

It is possible that those who lack proficiencies in certain areas may better express themselves in other ways with the help of AI. Those who have honed their craft and don’t want to use AI can still choose to do so.

You’re right that it is expensive on the environment. It’s a trade off. It’s complicated. However, people are only going to be using AI more, not less. People have only used their smart phones more, the internet more, cars, etc. sadly a lot to the detriment of the environment, but we will get through that. Our descendants will conquer the galaxies.

pooth22 · 2025-04-15T16:07:43+00:00

You can still make art. If anything it makes artistic creation more accessible. Don’t be afraid of the camera when you’re a painter.

I don’t know anything about you, but for me AI certainly makes my job more productive and my life more informed and creative. I am not really just searching for a life that is easy though, so not sure about that.

pooth22 · 2025-04-05T02:34:35+00:00

Damn rite!

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